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Second part of an interview with Dave Bateman on May 17, 2003. He is interviewed by George Jackson. See the Related Descriptions below for the summary.

Due to length, the audio is split into three parts (see related descriptions below for links).

First part of an interview with Bob and June Brown on May 15, 1992. They are interviewed by George Jackson. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

Due to length, the audio is split into two parts (see related descriptions below for links).

A summary of an interview with Bob and June Brown on May 15, 1992. They are interviewed by George Jackson. See the Related Descriptions below for audio.

Second part of Gord Church's first interview on January 28, 1995. He and George Jackson discuss the harvesting and use of Marsh Hay. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

Due to length, the audio is split into two parts (see related descriptions below for links).

First part of Gord Church's second interview on October 25, 1996. He and George Jackson discuss the Holland Marsh. See the Related Descriptions for summary.

Due to length, the audio is split into two parts (see related descriptions below for links).

Summary of Gord Church's second interview on October 25, 1996. He and George Jackson discuss the Holland Marsh. See the Related Descriptions for audio.

Summary of an interview with Ron Coffey on November 13, 1990. George Jackson is the interviewer, the interview discusses Ron Coffey's family history. See the Related Descriptions below for audio.

Audio of a presentation given by George Jackson and Joe Saint at the Bradford Rotary Club. The Library's Local History collection is discussed as it a bit of local history. Additionally, Joe Saint outlines his family history. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

"When Jean Keffer asked me to sign her petition to keep Gwillimbury in the Town name, I did so with the following in mind...Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gwillim was an aide-de-camp of General Wolfe. He was with Wolfe when the General died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. His daughter Elizabeth married John Graves Simcoe; the rest is history. My own connection to the "Gwillburys" began in 1803, when my 5G-Grandfather, John Eves, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, built one of the first settler dwellings, after he was patented with Lot 108 in West Gwillimbury. He is credited with the first industry in the "Gwillimburys", when he built a sawmill on the Holland River soon after. I even found reference to North Gwillimbury in the 1881 census where my Great-Great grandparents Thomas Lamb and Rachel Eves briefly lived. When I wrote on the Millenium Clock Monument, with assistance from George Jackson, I tried to balance the story of the Town and Township, so that one can see the relationship that existed, where we were intertwined socially, economically and emotionally. My wife Julie and I both spent our formative years in West Gwillimbury, and our two sons are the 9th generation in Ontario as descended from those original settlers on Lot 108. The name Bradford West Gwillimbury may be long and unwieldy, but historically and emotionally it is ours alone."