Jacket: Stittsville 55-R.D.H.C.-56

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Jacket: Stittsville 55-R.D.H.C.-56

Entry/Object ID

D2023.9.2.5

Description

One letterman's jacket. The jacket is made from a cream-colored fabric with yellow and blue sleeve cuffs, collar, and bottom edge. The front of the jacket has 7 blue buttons, one breast patch, and two pockets. The opening of the pockets is lined with the same blue fabric as the sleeve cuffs, collar, and bottom edge.

Context

Credited In memory of our parents Garnet "Red" Bradley and Fern Bradley (Knox) donated by their family. Red Bradley was a member of the Orange Young Britons #74. He was an avid athlete in Stittsville and volunteered as a coach and trainer for local teams. Elected as Goulbourn Township Councillor 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, Goulbourn Township Deputy Reeve 1965, 1966, Reeve 1967, 1968, and represented the Township of Goulbourn on the first Ottawa Carleton Regional Council 1967, 1968, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton 1968. The Bradley family's story in Goulbourn dates back to the 1860s and the 10th line of Goulbourn (Fernbank Road). In 1948 Red Bradley took over the farm from his father John Wyckliffe Bradley and married Fern Knox of City View. They had dairy cattle until 1961 then they transitioned to beef cattle. They raised six children and farmed the land until 2007. Red Bradley's Sports achievements: 1949 Eastern Ontario Amateur Softball Association, Stittsville Intermediate Champs, 1950 Eastern Ontario Men's Intermediate Softball Champs, 1952 Eastern Ontario Senior A Softball Champions, 1954 Eastern Ontario Senior A Softball Champions, 1954 Stittsville Senior City Champions, 1956 Ontario Amateur Softball Association Senior A Champions, 1996 Stittsville 56'ers were inducted into the Goulbourn Sports Wall of Fame, 1955-1956 Rideau District Hockey Champions.

Collection

Artefact Collection: Digital

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Textile Details

Color

Cream

Made/Created

Artist

Score Sporting Goods MFG. CO. LTD

Place

City

Toronto

Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Patch

Location

Left breast

Transcription

55-R.D.H.C.-56

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jacket

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects