Canal Bank Service Centre looking west. This was located on the corner of North Canal Road and Simcoe Rd, owned by the Hrynyk’s.

Clearing the land to build the Peterman Dairy Farm. Pigs are in the foreground.

"This was the scene in a greenhouse operated by Ferragine Brothers on Simcoe Road. They estimate their losses in flowers and stock at between $20-30,000. Mud and water, 10 inches deep, swept through the greenhouse."

Printout copy of a photograph of (from left to right) Deputy Mayor James Leduc, Heidi (Chard) Northover, Mayor Rob Keffer and CAO Geoff McKnight. The photograph was taken inside of the community centre on Simcoe Road on December 1, 2017. Heidi Northover is holding a certificate given to her in honour of her 30 years of service working in the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. Handwriting on the back of the page reads: "30 years Dec 1, 2017 | James Leduc Deputy Mayor | Rob Keffer Mayor | Geoff McKnight CAO"

Field lacrosse game on the old lacrosse field on Simcoe Road, across from the tennis courts and arena.

Field lacrosse game on the old lacrosse field on Simcoe Road, across from the tennis courts and arena.
From Harvey Marks: "This is a lacrosse game taken about 8 years ago [1911] across from present Community Centre, west side of Simcoe St."

Article on the fire which destroyed the old Market building on Simcoe Road, just south of the Bradford Community Centre.

The Peterman Dairy Farm on Simcoe Street.

This dairy farm ran for years by George and Sarah (Leopard) Peterman. George Walker Peterman was born on March 19th, 1870 to George and Charlotte of Tecumseth, and he decided to come to Bradford to clear land on Simcoe Road to build his dairy farm. With his wife Sarah Jane Leopard (born January 31st, 1869) of North York, and ten children, the Peterman Dairy farm came into being at 319 Simcoe Road. All the boys worked on the farm until they moved out to start families of their own. Out of the four girls, Vera Peterman (later Williams) was the first to drive the horse-drawn dairy wagon through town. She did it for seven of the 35 years the family farm ran. As the dairy farm died out, most of the Peterman family stayed in the Bradford area (Monty and Norma left for Detroit). George Peterman died on September 17th, 1950, and Sarah died soon after on April 15th, 1955, both in their 80s. Most of their children are buried with them in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.

Photograph of the cows on the Peterman Dairy Farm.

Photograph of George Walter Peterman and Sarah Jane Peterman (nee Leopard) in Riverside Park, Guelph. They ran the Peterman Dairy Farm in Bradford.