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CA BWGPL OH-McKinstry-McKinstry Summary
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Undated

Summary of an interview with Mike and Dorothy McKinstry. The interviewer is not introduced, but it is believed to be Joe Saint. Mike and Dorothy discuss people who lived in the Holland Marsh and Bradford areas, histories of the houses, professions of the home owners, business owners in Bradford and anecdotal stories. See the Related Descriptions below for audio.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

McKinstry, Mike & Dorothy Audio

CA BWGPL OH-McKinstry-McKinstry Audio
Item
Undated

Part of Oral History Collection

Audio of an interview with Mike and Dorothy McKinstry. The interviewer is not introduced, but it is believed to be Joe Saint. Mike and Dorothy discuss people who lived in the Holland Marsh and Bradford areas, histories of the houses, professions of the home owners, business owners in Bradford and anecdotal stories. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bradford Municipal Offices

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Muni-2016-10-18-12
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1990

Part of Local History Collection

Picture of the Bradford Municipal Offices, which held the Town Clerk, Council Chambers, and Fire Department at the old Town Hall on Holland St E.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

The Country Store and Marshland

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1989-1992

Part of Local History Collection

View of The Country Store and residences backing onto the Holland Marsh in the early 1990s.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Disette and Holland Streets

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Muni-BWGCol-2016-12-23-06
Item
1898-1991

Part of Local History Collection

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.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bak's Market

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Item
1989-1992

Part of Local History Collection

Bak's Market

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

D.G. Bevan Insurance Brokers, Ltd.

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Item
1989-1992

Part of Local History Collection

The building of the D.G. Bevan Insurance Brokers, Ltd. at 61 Holland Street West. This building currently houses the Hearing Sciences Audiology and Hearing Aid Centre. It was built in the 1880s by Mark Scanlon Jr., son of the one of the town founders Mark Scanlon, to house the Scanlon Law Offices in a Romanesque revival architecture style. His son Albert was also a lawyer for the Town.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Tupling Insurance Building

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1989-1992

Part of Local History Collection

View of the (current) Tupling Insurance Building when it was vacant in the early 1990s. On the southeast corner of Holland St. East and Dissette Street.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library