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    Photo of Mabel Munroe on the Angus Munroe homestead.

    After September 1921 the Secondary School Classes were moved from the public school to new facilities located in the former residence of Dr. George Cook. There were only 12 classrooms initially, then

    In 1937, York Knitting Mills bought the Harvey Knitting Company in Woodstock, they made women and children's underwear. They decided to change their name to Harvey Woods Ltd in 1966, to match the nam

    York Knitting Mills started in Woodstock in 1937. During the Great Depression, York Knitting Mills Ltd. became on of the largest employers in Woodstock. In 1985, the company was bought by T.A.G. Appa

    The Springbank Snow Countess was the world's record lifetime producer of butterfat, she held the record for 18 years before it was broken. She was owned by Thomas Roy Dent, and was valued at $25,000

    This is a photo of the Dofasco limestone plant in Beachville from 1971.

    This fire was the worst of its time needing the Ingersoll, Loondon, and Brantford Fire Departments to help put it out. Despite this the workers didn't loose any work as they immediately began to rebu

    The lime stone deposits around Beachville contain some of the whitest and purest stone, for this reason they have been mined since the 1830s. This is a photograph of workers at the quarry in 1904.

    This is a photo of a truck accident on the bridge located just south of Embro, that resulted in the collapse of the bridge.

    This is a photo of a truck accident on the bridge located just south of Embro, that resulted in the collapse of the bridge.

    This is a photo of man sorting limestone at the Dafasco quarry plant in Beachville, this is still a vital industry in the town of Beachville today

    Photo of one of the cannons found in front of the Oxford County Courthouse. The cannons were made in England and shipped to Canada for defense if the Americans were ever to attack. They were never us

    Photo taken of the Woodstock Public Library on Hunter Street.

    Photo of the Woodstock Cenotaph in Victoria Park with the Armouries building behind it.

    Built in 1890, 385 Brant Street Woodstock is a 1 1/2 storeys home.

    The Oxford County County Courthouse was completed in the fall of 1892 but the financing for the building did not come through until 1894. This is part of the reason why the architects added monkeys t

    The first Eastwood S.S. No.3 was a log frame building built between 1830-40 on the northeast corner of Fred Schell's farm west of the creek. At a meeting in Dec. 11, 1871 a new school was discussed.

    The school was built in 1875. Most of the trees on the property were planted soon after this. The school had double seats, a pine floor and a box stove for heating.

    Photo taken of Woodstock College (1857-1926).

    Capt. Andrew Drew lived at 735 Rathbourne Avenue, Woodstock. He came to Woodstock from England in 1832 and bought eastern land and began to separate it into lots. In 1842, Drew returned to England to