"The home-coming for the Bradford Centennial Reunion has brought sons and daughters from the length and breadth of the continent, and even guests from Bradford, England. Bradford churches were filled to capacity on Sunday, when old boys and girls added to the regular congregations, and friendships were renewed following these services." ...
"A project planned by the Centennial Commission in preparation for 1967 is to have school children, across the country, participate in tree planting in the parks of Canada, and for this area arrangements were made to have this done at the new Holland Valley Conservation Authority park in West Gwillimbury, north of Bradford, on Friday last. The project was in charge of the Canadian Centennial Commission and the Conservation Authority, with the trees and officials who directed the officials who directed the work of planting, from the Department of Lands and Forests." ...
"Bradford's town council has marked this Centennial year in very suitable manner by doing a very complete "face-lifting" job at the venerable town hall. A complete and permanent refinishing of the exterior of the building, together with a few needed repairs, and a paint job, where paint can be applied, has worked wonders." ...
Article from the BRadford Witness in 1900 proclaiming the date of the August Civic Holiday. Municipalities were able to designate a date for the holiday at the end of the summer, and began around the 1850s in Ontario.
"All aboard! That was heard one year ago on April 1 as Canadian National Railways opened up its commuter service between Bradford and Toronto. The first anniversary was yesterday [April 3rd, 1975]. "Initially there were 95 commuters using the service in both directions," said spokesman Morris Simms of CN. "Currently 190 commuters are using the train in both directions." The train leaves Bradford at 7:11 a.m. arriving at Union Station at 8:20 a.m. The return train leaves Unions at 5:15 p.m. and arrives in Bradford at 6:27 p.m. There is a double fare system in effect for the commuter train. The single fare one way is $2.10. A flash card good for one month can be purchased for $52. This lowers the cost to about $1.25 pert trip. The strike of the Toronto Transit Commission last year increased the daily number of people taking the train. "The strike increased the passengers to about 582 going to Toronto during the day and 563 returnin," added Simms. The number of coaches was increased from two to nine but now the train has four coaches with a seating capacity of about 240. During the strike 20 people were taking the train from Bradford each day. The number of people using the service has doubled over the year and about 10 people are now using the train. "The use is varying," stated the CN spokesman, "it is slow but is increasing." "
Article on the murals of Bradford as part of the Downtown Revitalization Project in 1995-96. This article features the Holland Marsh mural on Holland Street West, and the postcards mural on John Street.
"Feeding refugees: Marsh refugees enjoy a hot meal in the Bradford town hall after their flight from the flooded Holland Marsh. Most spent the winter in an emergency trailer camp set up where the community centre stands today."
