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Pickering gets its flag. Pickering's new flag was unfurled at last night's Council meeting by Mayor George Ashe, with help from Helen Bambrough, 14, a(...)
Pickering gets its flag. Pickering's new flag was unfurled at last night's Council meeting by Mayor George Ashe, with help from Helen Bambrough, 14, a(...)

Pickering gets its flag. Pickering's new flag was unfurled at last night's Council meeting by Mayor George Ashe, with help from Helen Bambrough, 14, a(...)

Date12/15/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pickering gets its flag. Pickering's new flag was unfurled at last night's Council meeting by Mayor George Ashe; with help from Helen Bambrough; 14; and Irene MacLeod; 16 (right); co-winners of the flag-design contest. The flag is red; white and blue.
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Evicted from their home near Cherrywood in Pickering township, Roy Bambrough (second from left) leaves with his daughters Helen, 16, and Rose Marie, 2(...)
Evicted from their home near Cherrywood in Pickering township, Roy Bambrough (second from left) leaves with his daughters Helen, 16, and Rose Marie, 2(...)
3/23/1977
Mayor's on the job in bed. Confined to Ajax-Pickering Mayor George Ashe of Pickering with nurse Patricia Meek kept up with with telephone calls to cou(...)
Mayor's on the job in bed. Confined to Ajax-Pickering Mayor George Ashe of Pickering with nurse Patricia Meek kept up with with telephone calls to cou(...)
10/20/1975
Rapid Growth of the residential area of the Town of Pickering is being observed here by Mayor George Ashe, left, and the town's administrative clerk, (...)
Rapid Growth of the residential area of the Town of Pickering is being observed here by Mayor George Ashe, left, and the town's administrative clerk, (...)
2/24/1976
Pickering Mayor George Ashe (left) is congratulated by jack Bateson, president of the Ajax Progressive Conservative Association, after defeating the f(...)
Pickering Mayor George Ashe (left) is congratulated by jack Bateson, president of the Ajax Progressive Conservative Association, after defeating the f(...)
6/9/1977
One more time: Wayne Arthurs, Pickering's incumbent mayor, bids for another term as he casts his ballot yesterday
One more time: Wayne Arthurs, Pickering's incumbent mayor, bids for another term as he casts his ballot yesterday
11/12/1991
Out of Africa: Pickering's Bob Johnston spent two weeks last fall in Kenya and Uganda helping to set up baseball camps for youngsters in those countries
Out of Africa: Pickering's Bob Johnston spent two weeks last fall in Kenya and Uganda helping to set up baseball camps for youngsters in those countries
2/12/1993
And the winner is: . . . Wayne Arthurs holds his campaign sign in the mayoral race in Pickering against opponents Gordon Potts, left, and George Ashe
And the winner is: . . . Wayne Arthurs holds his campaign sign in the mayoral race in Pickering against opponents Gordon Potts, left, and George Ashe
11/14/1988
Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency
Pickering's nuclear plant: The big building in the foreground can suck dangerous air from the four reactors in case of emergency
8/2/1971
A letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis...on the present state of our national affairs. With remarks upon Mr. Pickering's letter to the Governor of the commonwealth. From the second Boston ed.
A letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis...on the present state of our national affairs. With remarks upon Mr. Pickering's letter to the Governor of the commonwealth. From the second Boston ed.
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Metro's first is a long one, Metro Council had its first meeting in the new City Hall last night, but it was just like old times. Members spent six hours trying to get their business done
Metro's first is a long one, Metro Council had its first meeting in the new City Hall last night, but it was just like old times. Members spent six hours trying to get their business done
9/22/1965
But two new Leafs didn't help. An unannounced change of heart put two new Canadian flags up the pole at Maple Leaf Gardens last night for the Leafs-Ca(...)
But two new Leafs didn't help. An unannounced change of heart put two new Canadian flags up the pole at Maple Leaf Gardens last night for the Leafs-Ca(...)
4/13/1965
Mr. Pickering's speech, in the House of Representatives of the U. States, on Saturday the 26th and Monday the 28th of February, 1814: the House being (...)
Mr. Pickering's speech, in the House of Representatives of the U. States, on Saturday the 26th and Monday the 28th of February, 1814: the House being (...)
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