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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
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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
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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
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Oxen were invaluable to settlers

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Oxen were invaluable to settlers

Oxen's strength, diet made them more favourable than horses
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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
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Village was bustling, until it wasn’t

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Village was bustling, until it wasn’t

Newton Robinson was abuzz with business and activity until early 1900s
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Remembering Gertrude Thornton

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Remembering Gertrude Thornton

Columnist recalls life of retired opera singer, whose property he cared for
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dredging up the past of the 'ghost canal'

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dredging up the past of the 'ghost canal'

William Mulock's plan became 'an engineering nightmare,' columnist explains
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Remembering mail delivery of the past

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Remembering mail delivery of the past

Mail was delivered despite conditions, columnist recalls
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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Brown farm rooted in history

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Brown farm rooted in history

Columnist recalls growing up next to Brown family in West Gwillimbury
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