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Part of Local History Collection
The following set of photographs were taken from the Bradford Witness August 21, 1957 edition, highlighting the Bradford Centennial parade and celebrations.
These participants were " one of the numerous groups in native dress," meaning they wore pioneer-based costumes.
Bradford Witness
Pizzaville Donates to the Library
Part of Local History Collection
A newspaper clipping about fundraising to raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court. Included in the article is a newspaper photograph of Tony Gratton (Business Owner), Carlos Beloso (Business Owner) and Debbie Jeske (Library Rep.)
Bradford Weekly
Part of Art Janse fonds
List of plans & maps donated by Art Janse that relate to the Holland Marsh Scheme.
Art Janse
Plaster Decorative Moulding from Convent
Part of Local History Artifacts
A piece of plaster decorative moulding recovered during demolition of The Lukes House/The Convent in August 1994. This house had various owners throughout its history. Most notably, Reverend Egerton Ryerson, Samuel Lukes and the Ursuline Order of the Diocese of London (Catholic sisters).
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of plumbing being installed by Steve Noakes from the construction of the library at its location on Holland Court. The view is from the street, looking toward east entrance.
P.M. John Diefenbaker Visits Bradford Today
Part of Local History Collection
"Prime Minister John Diefenbaker will visit Bradford this afternoon and will speak in the Bradford and District Memorial Community Centre at 3 o'clock. The word of this visit first reached here on Monday afternoon. It is understood that he is travelling by special train."
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Artifacts
A metal and wood pointed trowel. This type of trowel would be used in masonry for mixing and to get into small areas.
Part of a collection of items owned by Walter Reeves and Joseph Mark (Mark was original spelling before it changed to Marks). Reeves was Bradford Town Constable and Mark was a railway worker. Donated by their grandson, Bill Marks.
Bill Marks
Police revert to former phone numbers
Part of Local History Collection
Article about the Bradford Police Department changing phone numbers. At this time, the Police Department was moving from the Town Hall to 1 Holland St. West.
Bradford Witness
Policing in Bradford West Gwillimbury
Part of Local History Collection
Contains files and articles relating to the history of the Bradford Police Service and, after 1997 with the amalgamation with Innisfil's police force, the South Simcoe Police Service.
Police in Bradford history:
The Bradford Police Service was established in the early 1900s, though it only featured one Town Constable until it teamed up with the Ontario Provincial Police on January 1, 1949. These Provincial Constables lived in the area. By 1951, the OPP office was located at the corner of Holland Street and Barrie Street, and the Bradford Police in the Town Hall.
The Bradford Police moved into their new building at 1 Holland Street West, the former Canadian Bank of Commerce (where the jail cells were in the old bank vault) on September 25, 1976. They then moved in early 1980 to 45 Holland Street East, the building right to the west of the Town Hall and Courthouse.
In 1997, the Bradford Police Service and the Innisfil Police Service amalgamated into the South Simcoe Police, and the South Division (Bradford) branch was designated at their station house at 45 Holland St. East. The motion to amalgamate was first turned down in October of 1996 only to be revived by support from Mayor Frank Jonkman and other prominent citizens as a cost-saving method for the police forces. The Town Council voted in favour of the motion on November 12, 1996.
On April 15, 2005, when it was revealed that the new administrative building (where the current Leisure Centre and Library reside) would not be able to hold the police as well, a discussion began about a new building for the South Simcoe Police. It commenced construction in 2006. The South Simcoe Police began to move into their new South Division headquarters at 75 Melbourne Drive in February, 2008, with full services transferred over by August, and the old headquarters at 45 Holland St East was demolished on June 24-26, 2009. This is where the current South Simcoe Police reside.
In March of 2017, the issue surrounding the cost-saving methods of the amalgamation was brought up in Bradford West Gwillimbury town council again. Information is currently being gathered to see how cost-effective the South Simcoe Police service is run.
Part of Local History Collection
An article about a gathering hosted by the Bradford and West Gwillimbury Liberal Conservative Associations.
Luanne Campbell Edwards