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"Council highly praised the new library building when it was presented to them last week. the architect, Bill Lett, stood beaming along with the library committee as their $1.2 million proposal was unanimously approved..."

"Editor's note: with the new Bradford Public Library scheduled to hold Official Opening Ceremonies November 6, 1988, following is an article submitted by D. Cilipka on the library's past history in Bradford." ...

Photograph of celebrations for the opening of a meeting room at the Bradford Public Library, when the library was on John Street in Bradford.

Known people in photo:
Adrienne Price, Gloria Linstedd, June brown

Photograph of a gathering at Kate Larson's home, including Bradford Public Library staff in the Summer of 1980.
Front row, left to right:
Kate Larson, Kate's Aunt Jessie, Adrienne Price, Nellie Dewhurst
Back row, left to right:
Joyce Green, Marilyn Reynolds, Juanita Stan

Photograph of Adrienne Price in office.

Photograph of library staff on a staircase outside of the library during the late-1970s - early-1980s.
Front row (from left): Kate Larson, Adrienne Price, Juanita Stan
Back row (from left): Brad Hand, Marilyn Reynolds

Photograph of staff & volunteers at a social gathering in the summer of 1982.

Front row, from left: Flora Nydam, Anita Sikma, Susan West, Adrienne Price, Shelly dePeuter, Brenda de Best
Back row, from left: Nellie Dewhurst, Phyllis Bell, Madge Beexton, unlegible on back of photograph, Bill Melbourne, Marilyn Reynolds

Photograph of library staff and volunteers at a picnic at Gertie Melbourne's home in the Summer of 1982.

Front row, left to right: Marilyn Reynolds, Brenda de Best, Susan West, Anita Sikma

Back row, left to right: Nellie Dewhurst (library volunteer), Adrienne Price, Gertie Melbourne, Phyllis Bell

Adrienne Price at a library booth set up for the Bradford Salad Festival.

Official opening event for the new Bradford Public Library on November 6, 1988.

Seated against the wall (L-R): Ada Watson (Women's Institute), Brenda Fuss (Bradford Progress Club), Lawrence Sturdy (President of the Bradford Lions Club), Padre Ormond Hopkins (Bradford Trinity Anglican Church), Bruce Owen (MPP Simcoe Centre), Valerie Ridgeway (Ministry of Culture & Communications), William De Peuter (Mayor of Bradford), Adrienne Price (Bradford Library Librarian)