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Jelloy home

  • CA BWGPL OS10990
  • 1899

The Jelly House photographed by J.J. Thompson.

Recognized for contributions to Heritage

  • CA BWGPL PH26721
  • 2008

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Concession :
Description : On March 17, BWG Council recognized the contributions of two long-time residents to Ontario's heritage, presenting a Certificate of Achievement to Barbara Verney and a Certificate of Lifetime Achievement to George Jackson, on behalf of the Ontario Heritage Trust and the 2008 Heritage
Community Recognition Program. Barbara Verney was co-founder of the BWG Local History Group. Through her involvement with the Group, the Town's HEART Committee, IODE and Gwillim Group, she helped organize walking tours of historic Bradford, bus tours of the Holland Marsh, displays on the anniversary of Hurricane Hazel, and the installation of the statue of Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe and historic plaque in Bradford during the Sesquicentennial. She was the Town's Co-ordinator for the Bicentennial of Yonge St. in 1996, and has won numerous awards for her community involvement and voluntarism. Mayor Doug White Called George Jackson the "godfather of BWG history." Also a founder of the BWG Local History Group, Jackson is a volunteer, an historian, and an author.

Bond Head Hotel

  • CA BWGPL OS9320

A horse and buggy in front of the Bond Head Hotel. James McDermott the hotel keeper, William McGowan a weaver, William Gilkinson a policeman and carpenter, John Long the printer for Bond Head paper, Marshall Hipwell a storekeeper, Ross Carter a storekeeper, and Torrance Averill a butcher in Cookstown.

The Original Reilly Family

  • CA BWGPL OS8625
  • Pièce

Members of the Reilly (alternative spelling: Riley) family who came from Ireland.
Top Row, left to right: Francis, Archibald, Elizabeth, George.
Bottom Row: Alex, Jane, Arthur.

Royal Bank's 125th

  • CA BWGPL PH26597

Municipality :
Community : Bradford
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Description : D-Day had launched the greatest invasionary force in recorded history. The allies, from their toe-hold on the beaches of Normandy, were driving the Nazi armies back toward Germany. On the home front, the mood was one of optimism, even though items were still in short supply, and rationing a fact of life. And in Bradford, on July 15th, 1944, William Compton opened the "Carload Groceteria" on Holland Street West. Compton purchased Sutherland's grocery and bakery shop, which had been in business since the 1850's. With the assistance of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, he managed to stock his shelves, despite war-time restrictions. After the war, rationing came to an end, and Bradford began to grow, as immigrants, most from central Europe and the Netherlands, moved to the area. William's son, Gordon, grew up in an increasingly cosmopolitan town, and remembers primarily the "absolute honesty" of the new arrivals. "Their sense of honor was the only thing they arrived in Canada with," Gord Compton says. "Bradford was a heck of a nice place to grow up in." Gord helped out around the store, as soon as he was old enough to stock the shelves, and prepare and deliver orders. In those days, deliveries were complicated by the lack of street numbers. Residents would phone in an order and identify themselves - either by name, or if they were new to the area, by their residence: the old Smith house, the Jones house. "It was a very different era," Gord remembers. "You knew everybody in town, and of course, everybody knew you." The end of the war also brought the rise of the Chain Store. In 1951 William Compton joined with other independent grocers and Oshawa Wholesalers to form I.G.A., and the store became Compton's I.G.A. Compton's kept pace with the growth of the town, moving to new and larger premises on John Street in 1966 and finally to its current location, in August 1983. The store is now under the management of the third generation, Gord's son David. It is David who is organizing the 50th anniversary celebrations.

Collings Home

  • CA BWGPL OS10742
  • 1955

Home of Mrs. Ernest Collings built in 1890, by Robert Collings who had 2 sons, Frederick and Ernest. Robert died and the home was left to the two sons. Frederick died in 1982 at the age of 93. The home was then owned by Keith Collings, a grandson of Robert. About 1980 the home was sold to Dr. Larry Barcza for an office. It is at 80 Holland St. E. This photo is from the Bradford Womens' Institute Scrapbooks.

Tom Gardner

  • CA BWGPL OS10159
  • 1976

Tom Gardner was chosen citizen of the year by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gardner, a popular resident of Bradford, operated a hardware store before his retirement last year. This photo appeared with a group of others entitled "Bradford's year in photos."

Ron Harvey

  • CA BWGPL OS9250

Ron Harvey, son of Joseph and Edith Harvey (nee Neilly), served in World War II. Cousin of Jim Turton

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