Bradford Co-operative Storage.
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Postcard of the Bradford Co-operative Storage.
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Bradford Co-operative Storage.
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Postcard of the Bradford Co-operative Storage.
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Bradford Post Office and Esso Station
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The first official Post Office to be built in Bradford in 1936.
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Located on Holland St. West. It was originally a private residence. George Sadovchuk of Bradford owned this building. It has since been demolished.
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Bradford Witness on Barrie Street
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The Bradford Witness was the local newspaper. It was first published on February 20, 1879 by Mr. E. Garrett. He was born in Hampshire, England, but settled in Bradford with his parents when he was only one year old in 1856. Before starting The Witness, he worked for Mr. Broughton who published the South Simcoe News, another Bradford newspaper. The fire of 1892 destroyed the offices of The Witness, and the two papers amalgamated, with E. Garrett as proprietor.
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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.
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These shops were located on Holland St. East, near Barrie Street. This building used to be Bracken's Drug Store, owned by Mr E.O. Bracken and part of I.D.A. (Independent Druggists Alliance). Mrs. Myrtle Bracken was a Public School Teacher.
Today this is a jewellery store.
Please contact the library (905-775-3328) if you have any more information on this photo.
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Holland St., Looking West Later
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White building on left is Compton's IGA. Sometime in the 1950's.
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This home on Holland Street has since been demolished.
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It was used as the Methodist Manse until 1970. Located on the corner of Barrie and Frederick Streets. Built around 1885.
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This building was built around 1862. It was close to John Edmanson's Hotel which was a very important (and sometimes only) public building in town. Town Hall became the towns first community center and the town grew around these two buildings.
Town Hall survived the Great Fire of 1871 but was damaged in the storm of 1875 and the bell tower was removed. The wooden front doors were replaced by glass. A World War I memorial used to be on the grounds (two crossed rifles). Up to the mid 1930's a weekly market day took place here.
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