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Streetsville welcomes its skating champions home, Linda Tasker, 17, and Allan Carson, 19, winners of Canadian Junior Pairs Figure Skating Championship
Streetsville welcomes its skating champions home, Linda Tasker, 17, and Allan Carson, 19, winners of Canadian Junior Pairs Figure Skating Championship

Streetsville welcomes its skating champions home, Linda Tasker, 17, and Allan Carson, 19, winners of Canadian Junior Pairs Figure Skating Championship

Date1/25/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Streetsville welcomes its skating champions home; Linda Tasker; 17; and Allan Carson; 19; winners of Canadian Junior Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Winnipeg; stand under 10-foot by 3-foot welcome sign at Toronto International Airport last night as they are welcomed home by Streetsville Mayor Mrs. Hazel McCallion; wearing her chain of office. The pair are both students at Streetsville Secondary School; and a busload of cheering fellow-students was on hand to meet them; along with a piper; as they left plane.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097488F
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