Bradford's Centennial - Centennial Queen
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Car in Bradford's 1957 Centennial Parade.
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Bradford's Centennial - Centennial Queen
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Car in Bradford's 1957 Centennial Parade.
Bradford's Centennial - Centennial Queen Close Up
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Photograph of the Centennial queen during the 1957 Bradford Centennial Parade.
Bradford's Centennial - Store floats
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Bradford's Centennial Parade. Shops that line Holland St. W. include Kilkenny Furniture, Evans Bakery, and Bradford 5 Cents to $1.00 Store. The tow truck at the far right of the picture is from Monarch Ford. Behind it, two girls carry a banner which reads: "Centennial Congratulations from Ray Hodgson, Imperial Oil Dealer, and Joe Wintercorn, Imperial Oil Farm Trade Agent." Behind them is an old Imperial Oil gasoline tank wagon.
Bradford's Centennial - United Farms float
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Bradford's Centennial Parade. Banner on float on right reads "Birthday Greetings to Bradford from United Farms."
Canada's Centennial Celebrations
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Contains articles and photographs of Canada's Centennial celebrations around West Gwillimbury. Some photographs were donated by Jean and Rob Keffer (Mayor of Bradford West Gwillimbury 2014-2022), while others came from the newspapers of the time.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Firey Meteorite Seen By District Residents
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"The blazing meteorite which cut a fiery path over Eastern Canada and the United States on Saturday night, frightening or thrilling thousands of people, was seen by many residents of Bradford and district. Though your editors did not see it, from all reports it created an eerie feeling in those who were witness to its passing.
Dr. Peter Millman of the National Research Council , Ottawa, said the meteorite may have been a fragment of a planet that broke up millions of years ago and, if so, it probably had been orbiting the sun until it crashed through the earth's atmosphere."
Bradford Witness
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This article highlights the Bradford Division Sons of Temperance social event held on February 26, 1868
South Simcoe News
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Photograph of Norman McKinstry from the Bradford Centennial edition of the Bradford Witness. He was one of many who returned home to Bradford for the celebrations.
Bradford Witness
Newton Robinson's Centennial Celebration Successful Community Effort
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"At 2 p.m., on Saturday, October 7, a weekend which will long be remembered, began for the residents of Newton Robinson and the Newton Robinson community, when friends of former years came to celebrate the village's Pioneer Family Days.
The activities for the celebration were introduced with a parade, which assembled a Poole's garage, and was led by two pipers, Paul and Marilyn Moir of Cookstown, up the hill and into Lloyd Coburn's orchard, which was prepared in readiness for celebrating the occasion." ...
Bradford Witness
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This collection of newspaper articles is based on the Office Window column from the Bradford Witness & South Simcoe Times. This column covers a variety of topics, from daily events to local history tidbits. They also give insight into the content of the newspapers, great for further research.
Currently, editions from the year 1964 are digitized.
Bradford Witness