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Jessop Family

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

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

Culbert Family

Photographs of the Culbert family found in the BWGPL collection.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bradford Train Station - Barry Schroeder

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

Holland Marsh mural

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

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.

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