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Roads Closed As Result of Floods
Part of Local History Collection
"A Department of Highways bulletin announced the following highways closed as a result of the flood in this area: ..."
Bradford Witness
Reeves, Walter obituary (long)
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Tuesday, November 05, 1946
Event Type : Death
Description : Husband of Sadie Saint and father to Mrs Harvey Marks (Dorothy) died in his home after a seizure from thrombosis. Mr Reeves was a Town Constable for Bradford. He was born in England and moved to Bradford at 13. Member of the Bradford lacrosse championship team of 1908-09. Rev. H.G. Blake conducted the ceremony and interment is in St. Pauls' Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.
Bradford Witness
Recollections of Old Times In The Scotch Settlement
Part of Local History Collection
Article on the Scotch Settlement, as recalled by T. A. Pratt of Islington, former resident of Bradford.
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Collection
Article on the total number of people injured and killed due to train related accidents in one year (1908). The majority were railway employees.
Bradford Witness
Prof. W.H. Day Memorial to be Unveiled Sunday
Part of Local History Collection
Article detailing the unveiling ceremony of a cairn dedicated to Professor William H. Day.
Bradford Witness
Prof. W.H. Day Memorial to be Unveiled May 27
Part of Local History Collection
Article detailing the unveiling ceremony of a cairn dedicated to Professor William H. Day.
Bradford Witness
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
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
Ontario Premier Authorizes $100,000 Credit for Marsh
Part of Local History Collection
"Immediate credit, to the extent of $100,000 by the Provincial Government, was promised by Premier Leslie Frost within a matter of minutes after his arrival by car to attend a meeting with the Holland Marsh Emergency Relief Committee, held in the Township of West GWillimbury municipal office on Monday. ..."
Bradford Witness
Old Records and Books Should Be Preserved
Part of Local History Collection
Article on memory and physical presence of history/heritage in a community like Bradford. Based on the unveiling of the Auld Kirk cemetery plaque (see Related Description below) and Murray Faris' preservation of the Auld Kirk's records.
Bradford Witness