Located on Holland St. at the corner of Barrie St. This building was originally a hotel (Central Hotel, Uneeda Hotel and in 1900 the H. Hulse Hotel). In 1951 the bank was held up by the Boyd Gang which had robbed a number of banks in the Toronto area and Montreal. The robbery resulted in a shootout with Bradford police. There is a bullet lodged in the building across the street from the bank which was the police station at that time. Today this building is the CIBC bank.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce prior to the 1959 fire on Holland Street West. This building was saved due to its fire wall on the left of the photograph.
"A 19-year-old Downsview man, Robert O'Brien, was the second driver to end up in the canal in the past four weeks. Mr. O'Brien lost control of his car on Friday night after freezing rain covered area roads with slick ice. O'Brien was not hurt in the mishap."
November 5, 1993 Death CANNOM - Mary Hazel suddenly at Beacon Hill Lodge, Bradford on Friday November 5, 1993 Mary O'Neill of Gilford in her 74th year. Beloved wife of the late Bay Cannom. Dear sister of Helen Gibbons,Nora St. John, Blanche Rae, Gertrude Keetch, Doreen Lance and predeceased by Everett O'Neill, Pearl Mason and Roy O'Neill. Dear sister-in-law of Ethel Sampson. Also survived by many neices [sic] and nephews. Friends may call at the Gilford United Church on Saturday November 13, 1993 for visitation from 1 p.m. to time of memorial service at 2 p.m. Donations to the York County Hospital Foundation, Newmarket would be appreciated (arrangements by Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford).
