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Train at the Bradford GO Station terminal
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A train pulling into the Bradford terminal of the GO line.
Trailer Town to be Established Here
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"To help solve the housing problem for the thousand or more people made homeless by the flood a trailer town is being planned.
Bradford Rotary Club members are in charge of this project and the objective is 100 trailer cabins to be located on the ball grounds. It is proposed to install showers and toilet facilities to serve this big trailer camp.
The search for a sufficient number of trailers is already underway."
Bradford Witness
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Two articles on the railway activity.
"Traffic on G.T.R.
Passenger traffic is so heavy on this division of the Grand Trunk that for the past ten days the Muskoka and Pacific Expresses have been sent through in two sections. From the 17th June to June 31st, 5,000 more passengers were carried over this division than for the corresponding period last year.
North West Excursions
The G.T.R. and C.P.R. will issue Farm Laborers' Excursion round trip tickets from all stations in ONtario via North Bay to Winnipeg and other points in Manitoba and Assinaboine territory on Aug. 22nd, for $28. Fare going $10. Tickets good till the 15th November. Special trains leave Toronto at 1.30p.m."
Bradford Witness
Township of West Gwillimbury Accounts Journal - Inside View
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An accounts journal for the Township of West Gwillimbury from 1936 - 1967. It details surplus, accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Township of West Gwillimbury
Township of West Gwillimbury Account Page
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Page from the account book for the Township of West Gwillimbury from 1921 - 1924.
Township of West Gwillimbury
Township of West Gwillimbury Account Page
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Page from the account book for the Township of West Gwillimbury from 1921 - 1924.
Township of West Gwillimbury
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Town Receptionist Ann Smith sitting at the front desk in the new Administrative Building for the Township of West Gwillimbury on August 12, 1989.
The building was designed by architect R. Myles Allison from Barrie, and replaces the offices built in 1951. The building and adjacent works garage cost $820 000.
Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Looking north west up Holland Street East in Bradford. The Town Hall is on the right of the street at 61 Holland St E.
Thomas Maconchy - Clerk advertisement
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Advertisement for Thomas Maconchy's clerk services, which began in 1843.
Maconchy was also the 'founder' of Gilford, won the contract to build an extension of the railway through Bradford and Gilford, and owned a very lucrative mill. See Governor Simcoe Slept Here p211 for more information on Gilford's founding.
Bradford Chronicle