NUMBERS B Y T H E Digits that will make you do a double-take
24+ flavours of ice cream are available at Dad’s Ice Cream , on Vance Drive.
700 gallons of paint have been recycled thanks to the paint collection program at Nu-Decor . There’s no charge to use the service and best of all, you’ll save $5.00 off your next paint purchase. To learn more, visit www.nu-decor.ca.
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barrels of oatmeal were produced every day at E.D. Tillson’s oat mill in 1887. That’s a lot of bowls of porridge even for Goldilocks!.
1855 is the year Tillsonburg’s oldest church, Avondale United , was constructed and has been in continuous use ever since.
500 continuning education classes are offered online through the Tillsonburg Branch of the Oxford County Library —including Bartending and Mixology 101. Cheers!
30,000 swimmers visit Lake Lisgar Waterpark each summer--or roughly 500 to 800 people a day.
In 1954, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation granted an application for a 250-watt radio station for Tillsonburg. CKOT (now Easy101 ) officially took to the air in April 1955 and today, broadcasts at a powerful 50,000 watts .
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