Grand opening of John Evans' Dry Goods and Hardware store on October 1st, 1865 on Holland Street.. It also tells us that Mr. Trott's Merchant Tailor shop and S. Trott's Cabinet Shop were on Holland Street at the time.
"Rybka Bros. Produce, 251 Holland Street East, Bradford, located immediately west of the C.N.R. station, was completely destroyed by fire, with its contents, late yesterday afternoon." ...
Photograph of hockey stick ashtrays from the Hockey Stick Factory in Bradford. A puck sits in the centre of the sticks. These were owned by Bruce Davey and Marg Davey, former workers of the Factory.
Photograph of the previous intersection at Disette and Holland Streets, facing west. The street on the right of the photograph leads to the train station, while the street on the left is Bridge Street.
Photograph of the Village Inn Hotel on the southeast corner of Holland Street and Simcoe Road. The Village Inn exterior was renovated in the 2000s, and has been in operation since the early 1900s.