"Bradford library is being whipped into shape. There is a new head librarian with new ideas. Ann Marie Newman started part-time in February and last week she began full time. Anne Marie is from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and she studied sociology at Dalhousie University. After graduation, Ann Marie was taken on staff of the University library. For two and a half years, she catalogued books in the Special Collection department. "I worked with all facets of technical library skills," explained Ann Marie. Dan Blake of Bradford's Library Board interviewed her and in February Ann Marie became head librarian."

"A surprising number of people living in and around the Bradford area don't even know the town boasts a flourishing public library. Tell them that it's situated right across from the IGA and they'll be even more astonished. But, with a membership of better than 1,150 and still climbing, reading is obviously a popular activity in Bradford, and for that, book-lovers and those who only use library facilities now and again, can thank Library Administrator Gertrude Melbourne, assistant Amanda Kneeshaw and library secretary Susan Klop, all of Bradford."

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.

Librarian Anita Sikma at "Spy School" at the Bradford Public Library. Summer 1986.

Working at the Bradford Library are Anita Sikma, Marilyn Reynolds, Susan West and Adrienne Price, Librarian. This photo appeared in the Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News on Jan. 16, 1985.

Susan Downs (West) cleaning 16 mm film at the Bradford Public Library. Summer 1986.

Photograph from the Spring of 1983 of the outside of the Bradford Library when it was located on John Street.