The Oak Bay EncyclopediaTM
T . H . E . . E . A . R . L . Y . . Y . E . A . R . S

A listing of noteworthy
people, places and things from
Oak Bay's early years.

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Tapley's Grocery
1175 Newport Avenue (...1941–1942... phone books)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Taplin TV & Radio Service
2280 Cadboro Bay Road (...1956–1957... phone books)

1956 AD COMING
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Taxi Cabs
Newport Taxi (1930 phone book)
Oak Bay Taxi (1930 phone book)
Charlesworth Taxi (1930 phone book)
Community Cab Company (1947 phone book)
Ferriday's Taxi (1947 phone book)
Willows Taxi (1947 phone book)
Uplands Taxi (1957 phone book)
Jubilee Cabs (1957 phone book)

Taylor, R R,
Reeve of Oak Bay (1936–1940)
1884–1942
Richard Ratcliffe Taylor served the municipality of Oak Bay in many capacities before being elected reeve in 1936.
In 1918-1920 he was Police Commissioner. From 1927 he served on the Zoning Appeal Board. Later he served as an Oak Bay municipal councillor (1933-1936) and as reeve (1936-1940). In the latter capacity he represented Oak Bay at the coronation of King George VI in 1937. In 1939, he and his wife were part of the parade carrying the King and Queen through Oak Bay.
His tenure as reeve saw the establishment of Oak Bay's fire department and the construction of the fire hall on Monterey Avenue, the purchase of the municipality's first Elgin garbage collector and compactor, and the addition to the municipal hall for police accommodation. Reeve Taylor also facilitated, with benefactor Ada Beaven, the creation of the Oak Bay Rose Garden at Windsor Park and the development of the Native Plant Park at Margate Avenue and Beach Drive.
In recognition of his work in establishing Oak Bay's fire department, Reeve Taylor was given an Honourary Fire Chief's badge, presented by the Fire Chief.
When he died in 1942 he was remembered as a man of high character and ideals. At Oak Bay Municipal Hall, he was held in high esteem by both council and staff.
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Tempest, Mrs M M gift shop
1171 Newport Avenue (...1948–1951... phone books)
see Newport Novelty Nook
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Tempest, Paul V furniture
1179 Newport Avenue (1942 phone book)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Terry's Charm Beauty Salon
687 St Patrick Street (1951–1952 phone books)
Listed in 1953 phone book as Charm Beauty Salon
see Charm Beauty Salon
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Tiarks, John Gerhard
Architect, Victoria mayor (1896) and Oak Bay land developer
Biographical material welcomed

"Tilikum"
Dugout canoe sails around the world from Oak Bay in 1901
Profile under development

Tod, John
HBC factor, member of the first legislative assembly and Oak Bay's first landowner
Profile under development

Totem Pharmacy
2577 Cadboro Bay Road (...1956–1957... phone books)
JIM HARDY - "YOUR MEDICINE MAN"
SERVING WILLOWS - LANSDOWNE
AND THE UPLANDS
2577 Cadboro Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2112
— ad in 1957 phone book
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Totem Super Service
1220 Newport Avenue (...1934–1957... phone books)
Built in 1931, this is the only remaining service station in Oak Bay, now designated a heritage site. It was named after the totem pole standing on the property.
In 1976 it became Autohaus Victoria, Ltd — an automotive restoration facility that, after 1986, specialized in the repair of Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royce, and other high-end European cars.
In 1995 Tom O'Keeffe purchased the company, which became known as O'Keeffe's, and expanded its services to all types of automobiles.
Former location of Newport Pharmacy (...1934... phone book)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Trial Islands
see Street/Place Names section

"Tugboat Princess"

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1936 movie produced by film studio in Oak Bay
see Willows Park Studio
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

"Tune & Trend"
An unlikely Oak Bay legacy from the "Summer of Love"
see Off Beat

S R Tyler & Son Exclusive Men's Wear
2201 Oak Bay Avenue (1954–1957... phone books)
"In the early 1950s, Mr Tyler ran the Oak Bay Theatre. When the Bank of Montreal moved from the corner of Hampshire and Oak Bay Avenue, in the mid '50s, Mr. Tyler and his son opened a clothing store at this location. It was subsequently taken over by Jack Burgess."
— Richard Goodall, OBHS class of 1960
Former location of Bank of Montreal
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Tyrrell's of Oak Bay Beauty Parlor
2571 Cadboro Bay Road (...1956–1959... phone books)
Specialists in all Branches of
HAIRDRESSING and BEAUTY CULTURE
Norman Tyrrell - Hair Stylist
2571 Cadboro Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1032
— ad in 1957 phone book
Oak Bay branch of Victoria operation
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Tyson, Ian
1933 –
Folksinger (Ian and Sylvia) and songwriter ("Four Strong Winds")

Ian Tyson with Sylvia Fricker
Country singer/songwriter legend, Ian Tyson, spent his first twenty years in Oak Bay. As a youth, Ian was totally captivated by the cowboy lifestyle. In the 1930s, he read stories of his cowboy hero, Will James and, in the 1940s, rode his father's horses through the Uplands and galloped along the beach at Cadboro Bay. In his late teens and early twenties, in the 1950s, he participated in rodeo events until he fractured an ankle while bronco busting in 1957. While convalescing in the hospital he learned guitar and then pursued musical interests, forming successful folk duo, Ian and Sylvia, and writing "Four Strong Winds" — voted "greatest Canadian song of all time" by a CBC Radio One listeners' poll in 2005.
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