{"id":128633,"date":"2023-05-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=128633"},"modified":"2023-05-10T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:00:59","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-l-w-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-l-w-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cL.W. Thomas\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The character of the first order, a dear friend to all that knew him, a worker to equal any other, when <strong>L.W. Thomas<\/strong> passed away before his time <strong>Old Oxford<\/strong> felt the loss. Not only for one good man but the beginning of the end of an <strong>Oxford <\/strong>era.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas-2.jpg?resize=501%2C771\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas-2.jpg?w=501&amp;ssl=1 501w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas-2.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> L.W. Thomas, photograph by <strong>Kent Moorhead<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas.jpg?resize=640%2C491\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas.jpg?w=788&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-10-JohnCofield-POTW-LWThomas.jpg?resize=768%2C590&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Deborah Freeland<\/strong> remembers, &#8220;I was leaving <strong>The Warehouse<\/strong> one quiet afternoon when I noticed how beautifully the soft light illuminated the room. And there was L.W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The character of the first order, a dear friend to all that knew him, a worker to equal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123475,"featured_media":128635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The character of the first order, a dear friend to all that knew him, a worker to equal any other, when L.W. Thomas passed away before his time Old Oxford felt the loss. 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