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- 1979
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Kate Larson and Juanita Stan helping at the Bradford Public Library Book Sale.
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Kate Larson and Juanita Stan helping at the Bradford Public Library Book Sale.
Boyd Gang Bank Robbery - Grace Moriarty
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Ledger-keeper at Bradford bank is Grace Moriarty, who was "compelled to lie on the dirty floor in my white dress." Getaway car crashed into truck in escaping.
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Staff artist's sketch shows how the robbery was executed by men, who forced people to lie on floor and then looted tills. Constable is also depicted as he went upstairs for revolver and entered into gun duel with men who nearly hit him.
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Fire chief Harold "Butch" Boyd. This photo accompanied an article about his death at the age of 64 which appeared in the Bradford Witness.
Bradford Witness
Bradford Businesses Destroyed by Fire
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Firemen attempt to put out the fire that destroyed five businesses on Holland Street in Bradford. The businesses that were caught in the fire were Breen's Refrigeration Service, Evan's Men's and Boy's Wear, Model Bakery, Bradford 5 cents to $1.00 store and Harveys Meat Market. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.
Bradford fire hall and early fire brigade
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This fire hall was located on Barrie Street between John Street and Joseph Street (shown on a map of Bradford from 1900) where the current post office now sits.
Bradford Witness
Bradford High School - Form 1 1927
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Bradford High School, Form 1. Back Row, from left to right: Helen Clark, Marjorie Seim, May Parks, Zelda Fox, Mabel Andrews, Miss Bertha Collins (Teacher), Anne Watt, Mamie Catania, Donna Archer, Constance Ward, Ruth Cerswell. Third Row: Miss Anna O'Neil (Teacher), Gwen Ward, Grace Brown, Kathleen Wilsone, Audrey Courtney, Mr. E.J. Keenan (Principal), Evelyn Thorpe, Mary Loblaw, Wilma Slack, Bertha Berry, Miss Marion George (Teacher). Second Row: Aubrey Belfry, Elgin Connell, Don Wilson, Victor Cummings, Bruno Cavallo, James Darling, Allan Gould, Keith Kilkenny. Front Row: Harold Knibbe, Earl Gray, Bryon Loblaw, Gordon Ogilvie, Errol Godwin, Charles Nesbitt.
Bradford High School
Bradford High School - Form 2 & 3 1927
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Bradford High School Front Row: Herb. Taylor, Mac Wilson, Keith Faris, Beverly Hartman, Ron Sutherland. Second Row: Jessie Melbourne, Marg. Gowland, Jim Worfolk, Clarence Cook, Homer Henbest, George Hartman, John Clubine. Third Row: Miss O'Neil, Audrey Bales, Blossom Dales, Amelia Hambly, Dorothy Faris, Principal E.J. Keenan, Ruby Belfry, Janet Pringle, Alma West, Dorothy Stone, Connie Bateman, Miss George. Fourth Row: Ruth Roberts, Dorothy Reeves, Irene Archibald, Gladwyn Burton, Kathryn Hambly, Miss Bertha Collins, Marjory Wilson, Amy Archer, Mae Madill, Valerie White, Zella Gardener.
Bradford High School burned down
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Bradford High School, destroyed by fire in 1923. These are the remains.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library