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Williams Family

  • CA BWGPL PH23737
  • Item
  • 1914

Municipality :
Community : West Gwillimbury
Lot :
Concession :
Description : Williams family on their farm on Lot 8, Concession 7.

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Williams Farm House

  • CA BWGPL PH23748
  • Item
  • 1958

Front view of the Williams farm house.

Mary (Williams) Lisk

Graduation from St. Mary’s Queen of the Martyrs

  • CA BWGPL OS9856
  • Item
  • 1960

Graduation; St. Mary's Queen of the Martyrs; June 28 1960 Back Row l-r: Roman Sharko, Herbert De Kerf, Francis Jonkman, Andy Muslewski, Ibel Koster, John Van Rooyen, Nevio Kalegaric, Charles Davidson, Frank Bittner, Stephen Bacsalamsi Jr., Bill Van Berkel, Ladda Dyrda. Middle Row l-r: Joe Fabing, Chester Antosik, Paula Preg, Rosemary Lee, Julia Cunecca, Amelia Stybel, Suzanne Van Rooyen, Beverly Williamson, Wanda Francyck, Joanne Lewis, Carl Sauner, Jimmy Amero. Front Row l-r: Eva Bakes, Eva LeBlanc, Kathenne Sherrard, Frederick Wenzel, Mother St. Andrew (Florence Kelly), Mary Bittner, Oksana Turcyniak.

Thomas Wells Opens School

  • CA BWGPL 2017-02-02
  • Item
  • February 9, 1977

Bradford Witness
Volume 111, Issue 6
February 9, 1977
p.1

Bradford Witness

90th Birthday - Bertha Langford

  • CA BWGPL OS10374
  • Item
  • 1980-09-06

Bradford's Bertha Langford celebrated her 90th birthday last week with more than 200 family and friends in attendance. The energetic lady still loves to bowl. Happy birthday!

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms

  • CA BWGPL 2018-12-05-10
  • Item
  • 1982

A copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was enacted as part of the Canada Act 1982 and came into force on April 17, 1982.

Government of Canada

Proclaiming Yonge's Bicentennial

  • CA BWGPL 2017-05-15-01
  • Item
  • 1996-08-21

Description: Celebrating Yonge street's 200 years of existing.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Times

A look at Bradford, then and now

  • CA BWGPL PH26583
  • September 13 1997

Municipality :
Community : Bradford
Lot :
Concession :
Description : Last year, Fred C. Cook Public School took an innovative approach to welcoming the kids back to school. Instead of the usual temporary homerooms, followed by classroom shuffles, tears and disappointment - moving some students to a new setting, just as they began to feel comfortable - the school embraced a week-long "Whole School" entry. All during week one, students were divided into teams, not classrooms, and participated in a unit that combined team spirit and fun with course material, in math, history, sports, arts, crafts, language and geography. Last year's theme was "The Olympics", coinciding with the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The unit was such a success, promoting "a positive school environment", that this year the school has done it again, with a unit titled, "Bradford, Then and Now." A look at the history, geography, crafts and cultures of Bradford West Gwillimbury, the unit drew upon the expertise of local volunteers to give students a multi-dimensional introduction to their own community. The students were divided into "Guilds" - merchants and blacksmiths, tailors, weavers, saddlers, stonemasons and millwrights, eighteen in all. As "Guilds", they traced the origins of the settlers, the agriculture of the area, participated in mathematical activities, played traditional sports, and listened to presentations on topics like "Building Bradford" and "Hurricane Hazel", from special guests who included local historians Barb Verney and George Jackson. Friday was the "grand finale." Gordon Marriott piped in the Guilds for an outdoor assembly, followed by a speech by Mayor Frank Jonkman, and performances by a choir and Irish dancers. Then each Guild made the rounds of the special displays, games and demonstrations. Scotch Settlement Apple Orchard brought bushels of crisp apples, and made cider in an old fashioned cider press. Hank Vanderpost of Vanhaven Farms demonstrated the art of preparing a calf to be shown at a Fair. The students asked questions, and experienced history, hands-on. And only at the end of the week did each child receive a letter, designating their classroom for the year.

Recognized for contributions to Heritage

  • CA BWGPL PH26721
  • 2008

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
Lot :
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.

Canada 150 Quilt

  • CA BWGPL 2019-05-30-01
  • Item
  • 2017-04-27

Event Date: May 30th 2019
Event Type: Donation
Municipality: Bradford Ont.

Description: Canada 150 Quilt donated to the BWG Local History Association. Handmade by Nancy Young & Kathy Clarke.

Nancy Young

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