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Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Walter Reeves, Town Constable of Bradford from 1929-1946.
Bill Marks
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Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Walter Reeves, Town Constable of Bradford from 1929-1946.
Bill Marks
My Canada... The Campbells of Bradford
Part of Local History Collection
An article about the history of the Campbell family in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.
Luanne Campbell Edwards
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Cronan family found in the BWGPL collection
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Jessop Family. Most of the photographs are of brothers Earl, Mervyn, and Clarence Jessop, donated by Mervyn to the WEGWHIST collection.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Bradford Railway Station Sign Plaque
Part of Local History Collection
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
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Culbert family found in the BWGPL collection.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Bradford Train Station - Barry Schroeder
Part of Local History Collection
The Local History Department received a digital donation of photographs and artifacts from Barry Schroeder on December 7, 2016, to include in our database. Barry is a train enthusiast and has collected numerous items relating to the stations of the area, namely the Bradford Train Station.
Barry Schroeder
Part of Local History Collection
Amanda Gallagher
Part of Local History Collection
Mural on the side of 64 Holland St. West. It depicted the farmers of the Holland Marsh. This mural was painted in 1995 as part of the Downtown Revitalization Project. It was painted over in the fall of 2016 due to vandalism, and only Gwilly the Carrot remains.
Amanda Gallagher
Andrew Bell and Alice Jane Bateman
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Andrew Bell (July 2, 1858-December 12, 1926) and his wife Alice Jane Bateman (April 6, 1858-September 16, 1927). They were married on November 9, 1881.