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Up And Away

"It was up, up and away at Bak's Market on Wednesday, August 21 when the windmill on top of the market was completed. The job of lifting the blades up to the steel stand took only minutes after workmen finished putting the finishing touches on them. (right) The cost of the whole windmill is roughly $15,000 according to proprietor Casey Bak. The blades and shaft alone weigh two tons and will turn at one and a half revolutions per minute when the drive motor is installed."

Bill Lidstone

Up And Away

"It was up, up and away at Bak's Market on Wednesday, August 21 when the windmill on top of the market was completed. The job of lifting the blades up to the steel stand took only minutes after workmen finished putting the finishing touches on them. (right) The cost of the whole windmill is roughly $15,000 according to proprietor Casey Bak. The blades and shaft alone weigh two tons and will turn at one and a half revolutions per minute when the drive motor is installed."

Bill Lidstone

Wife and Husband in Double Tragedy

"Mystery, beyond the understanding of the closest friends of the family, surrounds the horrifying tragedy of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. ("Bud") Stephenson in their home above the Bradford Bakery, in which business the former was a partner, sometime about midnight on Saturday. ..."

Bradford Witness

The Country Store

View of The Country Store in the early 1990s.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Kentucky Fried Chicken on Holland Street

This photograph shows the Kentucky Fried Chicken store on Holland Street. The store closed down in early 2016 and the building remains empty.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Holland Street East from Tim Horton's

View of Holland Street East, looking west towards the Barrie/Simcoe St. intersection from the Tim Horton's of the early 1990s (118 Holland St. East.)

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Tupling Insurance Building

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

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