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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bad day for Holland Landing moonshiner

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bad day for Holland Landing moonshiner

Thomas Foster avoided jail after being busted during Prohibition era
POSTCARD MEMORIES: House packed plenty of history, memories

POSTCARD MEMORIES: House packed plenty of history, memories

Author recalls his time living at house near highways 88 and 400
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Town 10 years older than Confederation

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Town 10 years older than Confederation

Bradford West Gwillimbury no stranger to tragedies, from fires to hurricanes, 'but this town looks after each other in times of disasters,' says columnist
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Brooks family was well known in Bond Head

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Brooks family was well known in Bond Head

Columnist recalls fond memories of Mary and William Brooks
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Locals mourned loss of landmark

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Locals mourned loss of landmark

Building known as the Convent was originally home of Simcoe County Court clerk
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bank teller helped put gang behind bars

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bank teller helped put gang behind bars

June Catania was star witness in case against Bradford bank robbers
POSTCARD MEMORIES: The Rose of the Queen's Hotel

POSTCARD MEMORIES: The Rose of the Queen's Hotel

After stroke left husband bedridden, Rose McEvoy took reins of popular Bradford establishment
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Stroud homestead boasts colourful history

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Stroud homestead boasts colourful history

James Murray Stroud met Miss Elizabeth Lee in England during the Second World War before making their mark in Bradford's history books
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Oxen were invaluable to settlers

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Oxen were invaluable to settlers

Oxen's strength, diet made them more favourable than horses
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Fines family made mark on Bradford

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Fines family made mark on Bradford

Ona and Lorne Fines were active members of the community