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CA BWGPL WEG-Mil-OS10312
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Bill Marks playing hockey in his back yard in front of the Bradford Cabinet Works with an old blacksmith shop on the left.

Bill Marks

Holland River Bridge

CA BWGPL LHC-BraPh-2016-12-19-11
Item
1920

Part of Local History Collection

Photograph of the Holland River Bridge in 1920. The boat in the centre of the photograph are the hay-cutters of the Holland Marsh on the boat they would use to transport their daily work. This was prior to the marsh's drainage. Horses were transported up-river to work on the Marsh wearing wooden shoes. In the photograph, there are men fishing off the bridge, and on the right side (west of the bridge) you can see the water tower which trains used to fill up their water supply.

Bill Marks

Section Gang - Bradford Railway

CA BWGPL LHC-Tpor-2016-11-01-03
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ca. 1900

Part of Local History Collection

From left to right: Charles Davidson, Bill Adams, William Waldruff, Bert Stares

Bill Marks

Hockey Stick Factory - Ash Tray souvenirs

CA BWGPL LHC-BraPh-2016-12-19-10
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1930s

Part of Local History Collection

Photograph of hockey stick ashtrays from the Hockey Stick Factory in Bradford. A puck sits in the centre of the sticks. These were owned by Bruce Davey and Marg Davey, former workers of the Factory.

Bill Marks

Convent demolition

CA BWGPL WEG-Arch-2016-12-19-09
Part
1994-08

Part of WEGWHIST Collection

Photograph of the Convent demolition

Bill Marks

Old Fire Hall on Barrie Street

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-FireHall-OS10442
Item

Part of Local History Collection

Bradford fire hall with many volunteers. Volunteers were the only source of fire fighters in those days.
From left to right: Roy Storey, Ted Gapp, Roy Saint, Bill Beekink, Gord Church, Jim Church, George Allan, Jim Everitt, Gord Compton, Orville Hand, Harold "Butch" Boyd, Chuck Woodcock.

Bill Marks

Horse Bridle

CA BWGPL AR-Farm-2018-11-14-04
Item
Undated

Part of Local History Artifacts

Leather horse bridle. Date of creation unknown.

Bill Marks

Horse Shoe

CA BWGPL AR-Farm-2018-11-14-05
Item
Undated

Part of Local History Artifacts

Metal horseshoe attached to wood to create a marsh horseshoe. These types of shoes were commonly used to prevent horses from sinking in marshes or soft ground. They would have been used by marsh farmers in the area when needing to conduct work, such as cutting hay.

Bill Marks