"Firemen were called to The Village Inn about 10 a.m. on Sunday when fire was discovered in one of the bedrooms about two hours after the occupant of the room on the previous night had left the building. The mattress on the bed and the bedding, were burning when firemen entered and these were thrown from a window, thus ending the smoke in the building. It is supposed that a cigarette was the source of the fire."
John Edmanson's Tavern was built in 1831 and escaped the Great Fire of 1971 which destroyed about 130 businesses and houses in Bradford. Later this became the Bingham's Hotel and today it exists as two private attached residences.
"For those of you wondering about the new real estate office, bank and newspaper in town, (and why they're already gone), worry no longer. The film's been shot, the sets have been struck and the actors have all gone home. But for three days last week, Bradford was transformed to the sleepy town of Hope Springs by means of movie magic." ...
Article about the renovations at the Edmanson Hotel (71-73 Holland St East), the Village Inn (2 Holland St East), and the new South Division Police Station (75 Melbourne Drive).
Contains local history information on Bradford. Headings include:
Alice Green Scrapbook
Bradford Fall Fair
Coulson's Hill
Doctors
Donated by Bill Kell
Donated by Tom Collings
Entertainment
Florence Cronan Scrapbook
Hotels, Taverns and Inns
Newspaper Advertisements
Old Bradford Newspaper articles
Photographs
Prohibition
Recollections from Sam Neilly
Recollections from The Browns
Recollections - Known Author
Recollections - Unknown Author
The Way We Were - Other