The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith's History and Music The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith’s History & Music Ladysmith & District Historical Society
Joseph Mairs, a young coal miner, died in Oakalla prison in January 1914 while serving a sentence for participation in disturbances during the bitter Vancouver Island coal strike […]
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 […]
View of the town looking south: at left, the E&N railway track leading to the newly constructed two-story station. Only the Esplanade, Roberts Street and First Avenue are […]
Juana Smith (b 1798: d 1872) – aka Lady Smith – was the Spanish wife of Sir Harry Smith, a very decorated and venerable British soldier who, between […]
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 […]
