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
Contains items relating to the transportation methods of Bradford's past. Headings include:
200th Anniversary of Yonge Street
Canals
Carrying Place
Early Transportation
Government Records
Highway 11
Highway 27
Highway 89
Highway 404
Old Plank Road/ Highway 88
Roads - General
Radial Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway
The Northern Railway
The Simcoe & Huron Railroads
Train Wrecks *Transport by Water
Contains information on the sports and teams of the Bradford area. Headings include:
Baseball/softball
Cricket
Curling
Football
Hockey
Lacrosse *Sports - Other
Contains information on the numerous schools of the Bradford area. Headings include:
Bond Head School
Bradford High School
Bradford Public School
Cookstown Public School
Coulson's Hill S.S. #12
Dunkerron U.S.S. #1
Fieldcrest Elementary School
Fisher's Corners S.S. #7
Gilford S.S. #16
Hollows S.S. #13
Misc.
Fred C. Cook Public School
Gilford S.S. #16
Hollows S.S. #13
Middleton S.S. #6
Mt Pleasant School
Newton Robinson U.S.S #10 & S.S. #12
Photos
Pinkerton S.S. #11
Steele's Corners S.S. #14
St Mary's Catholic School
West Gwillimbury Schools *Schools - Other
Contains information relating to the creation of the "Governor Simcoe Slept Here" book. Headings include:
Cover
Corrections
Correspondence
Drafts
Funding
Newspaper articles 1 of 2
Newspaper articles 2 of 2
Pamphlets
Pictures/Captions
Publishing
Rob Caley
WEGWHIST Outline
WEGWHIST Times Stories
Story of the Book - Other 1 of 2 *Story of the Book - Other 2 of 2
Contains information relating to mailing and the post office of Bradford. Headings include:
Mail Carriers
Newspaper articles and Miscellaneous *Post Office/Post Master
The transport truck arrived early Monday morning, with the reprinted copies of Governor Simcoe Slept Here: The Legacy of West Gwillimbury. If you have purchased a pre-publication copy, you may pick up your copy from Kelly in the Local History Room of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. Please bring your receipt. Copies can also be picked up at the WEGWHIST CarrotFest Booth today, August 19th. If you did not pre-order a copy, they are now available at the post-publication price of $75. Governor Simcoe Slept Here is a handsome, 2-volume set that makes a splendid gift for anyone interested in local history or genealogy - a book that will bring back memories, and in doing so, provide a record of the lifestyle of early days in West Gwillimbury.
The WEGWHIST team has bowed to public demand, and will reprint Governor Simcoe Slept Here, the Legacy of West Gwillimbury. The reprint of the 2-volume set should be available mid-August, 2006. Some factual errors in the first edition will be printed in an addendum to be included with the reprint, and available to all who have already purchased a book. Pre-publication sale of the reprint is underway. The pre-publication price will be $5, the post-publication price $75.
Description : For the past few months, I have had the absolute pleasure of taking a trip down memory lane, by reading "Governor Simcoe Slept Here: The Legacy of West Gwillimbury." I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to those who generously volunteered their time to compile and publish this historical account of the Township of West Gwillimbury. The historical data give the readers a good view of how the Township got its origin. Just as an individual family or farm can't stand alone, neither can a Township, without the intermingling of the small hamlets. It is so interesting to read how places like Pine Hill and Ham's Corners derived their names, just to mention a few. Many of those with whom I have spoken referred to the book as "only about the Township," making it of no interest to Bradford residents. I disagree. Bradford figures prominently in the book, for it was the source of industry and market for many of the rural farms in the surrounding community. Bradford was also the hot spot for social gatherings. Trips from the hamlets into Bradford on Saturday evenings were a weekly highlight for many families.
When the WEGWHIST Team launched Governor Simcoe Slept Here last December, we underestimated your response. Hindsight, which always has 20/20 vision, indicates that we should have printed more copies, but by the same token, we didn't anticipate that many of you were going to buy 4 or 5 copies. All 1,023 copies have found a home, and many of you asked if we are going to do a reprint. We have considered this request, and we have decided to do a reprint that will be available about Aug. 15, 2006. Some factual errors have been brought to our attention, so we are preparing a correction addendum that will be included with the reprint, and will be available to all who have already purchased a book. Pre-publication sales of the reprint will begin July 1st. The pre-publication price will be $65, the post-publication price $75.