The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith's History and Music The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith’s History & Music Ladysmith & District Historical Society
Award-winning bluesman David Gogo’s original, “She’s Breakin’ Through” is based on a true story. In it, he tells the tragic tale of his great-grandfather, who was one of […]
Logging crews were brought to their job site in the woods near Ladysmith using ‘crummies’ – trucks modified like buses to carry passengers. Written caption reads: Fallers Comox […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Ladysmith City Band, after having acquired uniforms through public donations, i.e. after about 1905. Note that the third of three trombonist, on the left, is a valve […]
