The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith's History and Music The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith’s History & Music Ladysmith & District Historical Society
After the riots of August 13, 1913, BC Attorney General William Bowser ordered the militia to restore order. The first regiment to arrive in Ladysmith was the 5th […]
After the riots in Ladysmith and Extension, striking miners were rounded up and arrested by the militia and marched off to jail. Most were held without bail until […]
On May Day 1913, thousands of miners, their families and union supporters converged on Ladysmith for the largest parade and display of community solidarity the Island had ever […]
Hundreds of miners’ wives and children parade behind the United Mine Workers of America Union brass band as part of a mass procession in Ladysmith in 1913 (possibly […]
After the miners’ riots of August 13, 1913, the B.C Attorney General William Bowser ordered the militia into a number of Vancouver Island mining communities to keep order. […]
At about 8.30 am on Tuesday, October 5, 1909, an explosion followed by the emission of afterdamp gas (carbon monoxide) killed 32 men in the Extension mines. The […]
Aida Broadbent and Winnie Nimmo brought the house down with their rendering of “I will give you the keys of Heaven”, an old English folk song perhaps best […]
The Welsh Choir: Back Row L/R: John Harries, Tony Wescot, Jack Bellis, Dave Lewis (Louis), Hugh Fulton. Jim Bakin: Middle Row Jesse Evans, Jack Masters, Evan Roberts, Jack […]
Ladysmith City Band parading through early Ladysmith.
The Ladysmith-Extension Colliery Band performed regularly at company picnics.
Ladysmith City Band is shown here in front of spectators at the Agricultural Hall fairgrounds. In November 1902, as reported in the Ladysmith Ledger, the band was widely […]
