Postcard Memories

From 1812 to 1815, the Lower Landing was a hive of activity as a storage depot where material was gathered before shipping across Lake Simcoe and further west

Janet McLeod started teaching at Bond Head S.S in 1919 and would walk three miles to school each day

The snowstorm of 1975 stranded travellers along Highway 400 for days

Bingham's Hotel offered a bar room that served fine liquors and cigars and a coach service picking up train passengers from the station down the street

Postcard Memories is a series of historic views, stories, and photos of Bradford and the area, a trip down memory lane on a Saturday m orning.

Bradford resident Jim Culbert will always remember the lifesaving gift he received from his neighbour, Herb Hodgson in the 1950s

Born in Smith’s Falls in 1840 and the son of a Methodist minister, he taught school until at the age of twenty-three he followed his father into the clergy

In 1791, Holland surveyed the area, charting the map of Lake Simcoe

Samuel Lukes' flour mill was one of the largest and most productive in Ontario

The plot of land used to house a service station, a Beckers before its current tax centre