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Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment
Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment

Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment

Date8/14/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108407F
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