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Detailed index of Archives Room Stack 10 (AR10).

A certificate and letter of appreciation awarded to the BWG Public Library in recognition of contributions to and participation in the 2019 Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Bradford Today article about the Wilson's Hill Pioneer Cemetery in Bradford West Gwillimbury.

"Once the 'most visited cemetery in Simcoe County,' Wilson's Hill in Bradford West Gwillimbury is the resting place of 300 to 500 people, including some notable pioneer families"

Index to the Map & Plan Collection held in the Bill & Erica Marks Archive Room.

Contains the exact editions of the Bradford District High School and Holy Trinity High School yearbooks in our catalogue. As well as other miscellaneous school yearbooks.

If you would like to donate any of the missing editions, please contact the Library at lhistory@bradford.library.on.ca

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A poster for the 2018 Simcoe County Pride Awards. Bradford West Gwillimbury wasa nominee under the community heading.

A brochure for the 2018 Simcoe County Pride Awards Gala. Bradford West Gwillimbury wasa nominee under the community heading.

Plaque was hung in the Library Café at 425 Holland Street West in February, 2017. It accompanies the old Bradford Railway Sign hanging in the Café.

Plaque reads:
The railway station in Bradford has a long history serving the leisure travel, commuting and freight needs of our community. Bradford’s economy has always been strongly tied to railway access to Toronto; historically supporting booming livestock industry and facilitating other exports. Wagon loads of wheat were at times lined up back to Bond Head waiting to load their wheat onto rail cars. More
recently it serves as a commuter link with Union Station.

The present station was built around 1900 by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in response to strong economic growth tied to industry.

The current station was acquired by GO Transit in December 1998, and over the next number of years undertook extensive renovations to help adapt it to its role as a vital commuter link along the Barrie to Union Station Line. The most significant renovations took place in 2006-2007 with the pouring of a new concrete foundation and the removal of parts of a previous
renovation from the 1950s.

Designed by Peter Wilson

An article about the history and popularity of the game of lacrosse in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.

"At this time in June, 110 years ago, there was only one topic being discussed in every household in Bradford: the Bradford players on the Canadian Lacrosse Associations' All Star Team, then playing across Canada on their way to Vancouver, as part of an around-the-world trip promoting the national game. At that time in Canada's history, that game was lacrosse - not hockey..."