Bradford High School, destroyed by fire in 1923. These are the remains.

Photograph students in Form I standing on the steps outside of Bradford High School on November 5, 1919.

Teachers (L-R): Mr. Charles W. Harrison, Miss E. Henry, Miss Jessie Curry

First Row (L-R): Cedric Hipwell, Norman Plant, Lyland Sturgeon, Emmerson Spence, Russel Bowles, Max Morris

Second Row (L-R): Vivian Bowles, Alberta Stoddart, Elizabeth Evans, Laura Kneeshaw, Pearl Metcalfe, Kathleen MacLean

Third Row (L-R): Kathleen Collings, Ruby Metcalfe, Dorothy Bell, Joyce Miller, Constance Nolan

Fourth Row (L-R): Kenneth Cummings, Charlie Brown, Howard Bowser (also written as Bowsher), Jim Webb

Porcelain dish with a drawing of the Bradford Model School inside it.

Side profile of the Bradford Model School porcelain dish

An article listing the students who were promoted to the next grade level, dated 1901.

"Promotions, June, 1901.
JR. IV to SR. IV.
Marion Fox, Irene Holtorf, Edna Neilly, Millie King, Grace Wilkinson, Lillian Belfry, Gertie Yager. On trial - may Porritt, Gertie Poole, Birdie Parker, Norman Birrell.
SR. III to JR. IV.
Arthur Wilkinson, Maggie Holt, Edna Wilson, Emily Poole, Jennie Magee, Thomas McConkey, Lillian Adams, Laura Kilkenny, Warren McKinstry, Wilbert Kneeshaw, Violet Saint. On trial - Alonzo O'Donnell, Louis Armstrong.
NB-Those promoted on trial must attend regularly, work faithfully, and come up to the standard for each month, otherwise they must take a lower class.
JR. III to SR. III.
Duncan McArthur, Maud Yenney, Frank Morden, Florrie Harmon, Ken Morris, Fred Stevenson, Mabel Frame, Willie Frame, Pauliene Charpentier, Lillian Edmanson, Elmore Curry.
SR. II to JR. III
Martha Elliott, Marion Boddy, Kathleen Elliott, Lancy Bowsher, Oscar Lukes, Charlotte King, Leslie Skinner, Ernie Collings, Allen mcKinstry, Sadie Parker, Melville Waldruff, Norman Waldruff, Gertie Saint, Jack Armstrong, Frank Frame, Alvin Yager, Willie Owens, Chester Wilkinson.
JR. II to SR. II
Jessie Adams, Kate Prior, Mary McLean, Bruce Mckay, Zina Wilson, Frank Church, Walter Lawrence, Addie Ellerby, Edna Prior, Benson Morris, Reginald Scott, Willie Spence.
CLASS A to JR. II.
Mario St. Clair, Eva Dedman, Beatrice Waldruff, Edna Kneeshaw, Ethel Stevenson, Bertie Hill, Ropie Holly, Aubrey Allen, Ambrose Charpentier, Nellie Warden, David Adams, Rex Morris, Bertha Harmon, Christina Cerswell.
B to A CLASS.
Harold Yenney, Letitia Sutherland, Walter Birrell, Erle Wilkinson, Emily Spence, Alexander McArthur, Margaret Smith, bertha McKinstry, Lily Martin, Helen Kilkenny, Annie Church, George Manton.
C to B CLASS.
Thelmas Morris, Ethel Waldruff, Marion King, Fred stevens, Alonzo WIlson, otto Parker.
D to C CLASS.
Evelyn Kilkenny, Harry McGee, Gordon Cerswell, Tommy Lawrence, Alvin Waldruff, Irene McAfee, David Stevens, Walter Probert."

The Bradford Model School pictured was constructed in 1878 to replace a previous building destroyed by fire.
Mr. Frank Wood was the first principal in 1878.
It was established by Simcoe County Council for the training of teachers, and by 1907, 496 teachers were trained there.
Upon the discontinuance of Model training in Ontario, the building continued to be Bradford Public School until the new Bradford Public School was erected in 1951. The Model School was located east of the present school.
It consisted of three rooms downstairs, and two large ones upstairs. It was made of brick, and was heated by two coal furnaces.

An old time postcard featuring Bradford Public School. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

Photograph of the old Bradford Public School on Queen and Rebecca Streets

Bradford Public School, Room 5.

Teacher: Miss. Robinson
Back Row: Donald Wilson, unknown, Wilbert Curry, Tom Holly, Florie Rogers, Hilda Corrigan, Betty Semenuk, Isabel Hunter, Evelyn Lang, Verda Feegan, Helen Metcalf, Marjorie Seim and Mary Webb.

Second Row: Muriel Reeves, May Parks, Marjorie Bales, Jean Robinson, Lilly Bonn, Gladys Ogilvie, Ida Cavallo, Eleanor Collings, Eilleen Church, Carrie Stamper and Marian Church.

Front Row: Ken Seim, Harvey Aikens, Elwood James, unknown, Aubrey Belfrey, unknown, Art Hand, Bruno Cavallo, Joe Zampoloni, Frank Maurino and Eddy Stamper.

Top row (from the left): Edith Morton, Irene Brown, Muriel Houghton, Rita McLean, Evelyn Lang, Mr. Jones, Harvey Jeffrey, Jack Armstrong, George Stoddard, Jack Grey, James Bateman.
Second row: Jean Robinson, Norma Walker, Lena Maurino, Helen Kingsley, Helen Archibald, Beth Maddil, Fanny Edney, Florence O'Neil, John Kneeshaw, Franklyn Edney, Eric Adair.
Third row: Howard Henbest, Gordon Bantam, George Lang, Gilbert Wilson, Arthur Hand, Frank Reynolds, Ernest James, Kenneth Wood, John Batchelor, Milton Hambly.
Bottom row: Edward Dunn, Lesson Adams, Norman Addley, Harry Day, Billy Hartman, Billy McWilliam, Bruce Cudmore, Allan ?.