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Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)

Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)

Date10/3/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Skateboarding Is fun; but many youngsters and a few parents; too; found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken arms and legs and head injuries. Kids think pads and helmets look dumb; but they may be mandatory at supervised parks. Her one skateboarder shows his stuff.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097308F
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Here are three of the historic inns in Britain that offer rooms and meals to travellers who want to pamper themselves in historic surroundings. [Incomplete]
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Michael Barrett, Chairman of the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, here with his wife, Ann, and children, Heather and Andrea, says parents may have reservations about sex book Show Me, but they should be able to decide for themselves if it is appropriate.
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