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Aerial view of Bradford shows the bank at the corner of No. 11 Highway and the town's main street. The four bandits escaped with $4,200 through dusty back streets with Cons. Wilson in rapid pursuit. The hold-up car was abandoned midway between Holland Landing and Sharon, where the men got into another stolen car to make good their getaway, minutes before police converged on the scene. Robbery was in full view of police office.

"Bradford, Jan 22 - A few hours after Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson had been happily skating at the community rink here their bodies were found in their bedroom by their five-year-old daughter, Joan..."

An article highlighting the events of the Boyd Gang Robbery, and the reunion of key members in 1996.

Article and photographs from the visit made by Rick Hansen to Bradford.

"The blazing meteorite which cut a fiery path over Eastern Canada and the United States on Saturday night, frightening or thrilling thousands of people, was seen by many residents of Bradford and district. Though your editors did not see it, from all reports it created an eerie feeling in those who were witness to its passing.
Dr. Peter Millman of the National Research Council , Ottawa, said the meteorite may have been a fragment of a planet that broke up millions of years ago and, if so, it probably had been orbiting the sun until it crashed through the earth's atmosphere."

An image of a flyer for an exhibition of "curiosities" happening in Bradford.

A three horse team pulls a binder cutting grain on the Adair Farm on Con. 8 in approximately 1922. Wesley Adair stands on binder with Peggy and Laura Adair (sister and sister-in-law) in front.

Ella (Margaret Luella), Wesley, his mother Matilda (Switzer Adair) visiting relatives on occasion following the death of her daughter Laura in child birth. 1927 Chevrolet touring top with side curtains and wooden spoke wheels in the background.

Maple syrup in the Adair bush on Con. 8 in 1947

Samuel Thomas Adair with a man made hand stump puller clearing the land.