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Plaque was hung in the Library Café at 425 Holland Street West in February, 2017. It accompanies the old Bradford Railway Sign hanging in the Café.

Plaque reads:
The railway station in Bradford has a long history serving the leisure travel, commuting and freight needs of our community. Bradford’s economy has always been strongly tied to railway access to Toronto; historically supporting booming livestock industry and facilitating other exports. Wagon loads of wheat were at times lined up back to Bond Head waiting to load their wheat onto rail cars. More
recently it serves as a commuter link with Union Station.

The present station was built around 1900 by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in response to strong economic growth tied to industry.

The current station was acquired by GO Transit in December 1998, and over the next number of years undertook extensive renovations to help adapt it to its role as a vital commuter link along the Barrie to Union Station Line. The most significant renovations took place in 2006-2007 with the pouring of a new concrete foundation and the removal of parts of a previous
renovation from the 1950s.

Designed by Peter Wilson

Front Row: Betty Noble, Adrienne Price, Gertie Melbourne, Amanda Kneeshaw Back Row: Ken McPherson, Marilyne Reynolds, Sheila Cadogan, Nadia Morrow, Wendy Osborne, Anette Francis

Library computers, during the transition from the card catalogue to computers.

Shelf lists of Bradford Public Library memberships on top of the card catalogue. The card catalogue still is in the library in the Bill & Erica Marks Archive room.

Returns Counter at the Bradford Public Library.

The manual checkout at the Bradford W.G. Public Library. Photo taken just prior to computerization.

Photograph from a staff barbecue at Anita Sikma's house in 2003. Includes: Adrienne Price, Heidi (Chard) Northover, Bernice Felton, Anita Sikma.

Photograph from a staff barbecue at Anita Sikma's house in 2003.

From Left: Sarah Edwards, Heidi Northover, Bill Vaxevanis, Mike Caley, Liz Fenwick

Photograph from a staff barbecue at Anita Sikma's house in 2003.

From Left: Joe Sikma, Glenn Traviss, Bernice Felton, Mike Wirenga, Anita Donald, Katrina Flack

A certificate and letter of appreciation awarded to the BWG Public Library in recognition of contributions to and participation in the 2019 Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.