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.
Bradford Witness
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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.
Bradford Witness
Bradford Railway Station Sign Plaque
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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
Peter Wilson
River Takes Life of George Atkinson
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Bradford Witness
Vol. LXVIII, #04
January 25, 1933
Page 1
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Local History Collection Brochure
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Peter Wilson
Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe Returns to Bradford ... at last!
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Newspaper editorial on the Lady Gwillim Simcoe statue prior to the unveiling ceremony
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe returns to Bradford
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Newspaper article on the creation of the Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe statue
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Looking at plaques, for the Sesquicentennial
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Newspaper article expressing interest in renaming streets to honour Bradford's history, and including plaques at the roadsides to explain the significance.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Auld Kirk welcomes Historical Society, annual Outdoor Service
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Description of the annual outdoor service held at Auld Kirk, celebrating the 180th year since it's founding. Also has a brief history on the Scotch Settlement.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Right to your front door ... the history of the Home Deliveryman
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Newspaper article on the history of the home deliveryman, created by the Tecumseth & West Gwillimbury Historical Society
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Bringing history groups together
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The annual Meeting of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association will be held in the Compton Room of the Bradford Public Library on Saturday, December 8th, 1:30 p.m. The BWG Local History Association was formed 17 years ago, in the spring of 1990, and has retrieved and documented many of the details of the history of this area, supported the Local History Room in the Library, and recently, published the 2-volume book, "Governor Simcoe Slept Here." The Association is now taking on new responsibility as the umbrella organization for other history-related groups in the community - The Gwillim Group, which has brought the statue of Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe to Bradford; the Scotch Settlement Historical Association; and the WEGWHIST Group. The arrangement will provide an affiliation with the Ontario Historical Association that will open the door for sponsorship and fundraising in support of the Town's historical features. The Association has been involved in book writing, editing and sales for the past 4 years; now that Governor Simcoe Slept Here has been completed, the focus is returning to researching and recording local history, and there are opportunities for residents to get involved. Are you interested in history? Do you have time to research on line, index and file, or set up and explore your own special local history project? Come to the meeting to discuss the opportunities.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times