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"The Witness surely expresses the feelings of all residents of the district in extending sympathy to those who stood helpless last Wednesday afternoon and watched their flourishing businesses destroyed by fire." ...

"Clerk Forced at Gun-Point to Open Cash Register -- Street Row Distracts Attention of Passerby."

Article describing a robbery at the Model Bakery on Holland Street.

Photo taken atop the Bradford Co-op of the truckloads of farmers bringing their produce to the market. The caption reads: "The above picture, taken from the roof of the Bradford Co-Operative Storage Ltd., shows only a section of the trucks, large and small, which formed the huge cavalcade of Holland Marsh growers and their vehicles, just before they moved off on their trek to Toronto City Hall to present to Mayor McCallum several truck-loads of vegetables for Toronto orphanages and the Hospital for Sick Children. Approximately 125 trucks made up a procession, about a mile and a quarter in length, which went right through with motorcycle police from Bradford to the City Hall without a stop."

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This is a picture of Holland Street looking east when it was just a dirt road. Kilkenny Furniture was located at the corner of Moore and Holland Streets. To the right of it is J.A. Webb's Meat Market, Ernest Snow's Saddlery, and Davey's Butcher Shop.

A look at the advertisement fees and administration of the South Simcoe News, precursor to the Bradford Witness & South Simcoe News.

The bottom section of the advertisement is information on the Post Office.

George Ogilvie , whose business can be seen here, was a merchant tailor in Bradford. He employed 6 to 8 people at a time. He was also a Councillor, on the Model School Board, on the Public Library Board, and on the Board of the Agricultural Society.

Photographs in the Bradford Witness on the new Bradford Police building at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in 1976.

Article about the move to the new Bradford Police station at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in September, 1976.

"The amalgamation of the Bradford West Gwillimbury and the Innisfil Police Services, forming the new South Simcoe Police Service, is planned to take effect January 1st, 1997. Renovations are already underway at the Bradford Police Station, which will be the new South District headquarters, housing an expanded communications and dispatch centre."

Article defining the logistics behind the Bradford and Innisfil Police Departments amalgamation.