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- 1959 - 2013
Part of Local History Collection
Yearbooks from the Class of 1959/60 to the Class of 2012/13 for Bradford District High School, and of the 1998/99 year of Holy Trinity High School
Bradford District High School
Part of Local History Collection
Yearbooks from the Class of 1959/60 to the Class of 2012/13 for Bradford District High School, and of the 1998/99 year of Holy Trinity High School
Bradford District High School
Part of Local History Collection
Contains the exact editions of the Bradford District High School and Holy Trinity High School yearbooks in our catalogue. As well as other miscellaneous school yearbooks.
If you would like to donate any of the missing editions, please contact the Library at lhistory@bradford.library.on.ca
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Volume 2 of the Joe Saint fonds
Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains items on:
People (700)
Businesses (800)
Churches (900)
Events (1000)
Disasters (1100)
Sports (1200)
Fires (1300)
Organizations (1400)
Schools - general (1510)
Schools - high (1520)
*Schools - public (1530)
Joe Saint
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Thomas Wells Opens School
The new Bradford District High School was officially opened by Education Minister Thomas Wells last Tuesday in a ceremony involving dignitaries from the province, the county, and the town of Bradford.
About 400 people braved the cold and blowing snow to attend the event, highlighted by a policy statement from the education minister, a tribute to Bradford resident Tom Gardner, and a key presentation from architects Adamson Associates and contractor C.A. Smith to principal Alex Taylor.
A moment of silence was also observed for Simcoe County Board of Education superintendent of planning Syd Owens who died the previous Sunday of a heart attack.
Trustee Sam Neilly said of Mr. Owens, "He was one of the most important men in the planning and design of this school. His sudden passing leaves us saddened."
Addresses followed by MPP George McCague (Dufferin-Simcoe), West Gwillimbury Reeve John Fennell, Bradford Mayor Roy Gordon, and York-Simcoe MPP Arthur Evans who introduced Mr. Wells.
Principal Alex Taylor gave a brief history of education in the Bradford area, which began in 1852 with the opening of a grammar school in Bond Head.
After the railway was opened to Bradford in 1859, Mr. Taylor said, the growth of Bradford warranted the establishment of a school there, and the grammar school was loaded onto wagons and moved to Bradford.
He joked that it was the first portable in the county.
Another school was built in 1890 which burned two years later, and a new brick school was built in 1893, but it too was destroyed by fire in 1923.
In 1923 Bradford District High School was constructed (now the Fred C. Cook Senior Public School) which served as the high school until last year.
Bradford's 1976 citizen of the year Tom Gardner, a long-time member of the school board before his retirement, was honored by the chairman of the Simcoe County Board of Education, C.W. Brown.
Mr. Brown called Tom Gardner "Mr. Education," and described his life-long efforts on behalf of education in the country.
He then presented Mr. Gardner with a plaque naming the resource centre in the school "The T.H. Gardner Resource Centre."
Mr. Gardner received a standing ovation from the assembly, and called the tribute "the highlight of my life."
Director of Education Jack Ramsay pointed out to Mr. Wells that the pressure would soon be on for the go-ahead to an extension for the new school next year.
He laughed, "We are optimistic that there will be no delay for that since Mr. Wells is present here."
Trustee Sam Neilly told the audience that today was Mr. Ramsay's birthday, and everyone promptly broke into a rendition of Happy Birthday.
The program concluded with a guided tour of the new high school.
Bradford Witness
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Maude Jackson shows seven-year-old Michelle Harris how to knit a sweater for the upcoming frosty days of winter. Knitting was just one of many attractions at Pioneer Day last week at Sir William Osler School near Bond Head. The entire school and many area residents took part in the event."
Bradford Witness
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Contains information on the numerous schools of the Bradford area. Headings include:
Bond Head School
Bradford High School
Bradford Public School
Cookstown Public School
Coulson's Hill S.S. #12
Dunkerron U.S.S. #1
Fieldcrest Elementary School
Fisher's Corners S.S. #7
Gilford S.S. #16
Hollows S.S. #13
Misc.
Fred C. Cook Public School
Gilford S.S. #16
Hollows S.S. #13
Middleton S.S. #6
Mt Pleasant School
Newton Robinson U.S.S #10 & S.S. #12
Photos
Pinkerton S.S. #11
Steele's Corners S.S. #14
St Mary's Catholic School
West Gwillimbury Schools
*Schools - Other
School in Bradford West Gwillimbury
Part of Local History Collection
Contains photographs and other items related to attending school in the Bradford West Gwillimbury area.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of John Harrison Fonds
Census of all children between the ages of five and eighteen in the Village of Bradford, Ontario for the year 1942.
John Harrison
Part of John Harrison Fonds
Census of all children between the ages of five and eighteen in the Village of Bradford, Ontario for the year 1941.
John Harrison
Part of John Harrison Fonds
Census of all children between the ages of five and eighteen in the Village of Bradford, Ontario for the year 1939.
John Harrison