Looking Back Over the Century - Fire of 1871 and Holland Street businesses
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The Bradford Witness decided to release a series of articles from local townspeople on the history of certain events in Bradford and West Gwillimbury's time. This week, the Fire of May 25, 1871, and the businesses which rebuilt on Holland Street after the fire, is the topic.
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Rybka Bros. Produce Totally Destroyed by Fire
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"Rybka Bros. Produce, 251 Holland Street East, Bradford, located immediately west of the C.N.R. station, was completely destroyed by fire, with its contents, late yesterday afternoon." ...
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Prof. W.H. Day Memorial to be Unveiled Sunday
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Article detailing the unveiling ceremony of a cairn dedicated to Professor William H. Day.
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Holland Marsh Garden and Associated Industry Greatly Exceeds Most Optimistic Visions
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Article detailing the development of the Holland Marsh. It was copied from the Prof. W.H. Day Memorial Unveiling programme and published in the Witness alongside the unveiling ceremony story.
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Attendance is Representative at Unveiling of Cairn
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Article detailing the unveiling ceremony of a cairn dedicated to Professor William H. Day.
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Wife and Husband in Double Tragedy
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"Mystery, beyond the understanding of the closest friends of the family, surrounds the horrifying tragedy of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. ("Bud") Stephenson in their home above the Bradford Bakery, in which business the former was a partner, sometime about midnight on Saturday. ..."
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Stage Armed Hold-Up at Model Bakery
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"Clerk Forced at Gun-Point to Open Cash Register -- Street Row Distracts Attention of Passerby."
Article describing a robbery at the Model Bakery on Holland Street.
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Mickle, Dyment and Son's Planing Mill
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The article accompanying this photograph gives a quick history of the Mickle, Dyment and Son's Planing Mill and Lumber Yard. It was run by James Spence in 1906.
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The new police building: it's bright and spacious
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Photographs in the Bradford Witness on the new Bradford Police building at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in 1976.
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Article about the move to the new Bradford Police station at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in September, 1976.
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