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Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer(...)
Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer(...)

Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer(...)

Date9/13/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer toy ride; sponsored by the Blue Knights; a motorcycle club for police officers in the Metro area. Riders adorned their bikes with toys; which are later donated to the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal for Christmas.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114155F
Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider
Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider
8/6/1979
Movable feats: Jim Smith creates toys with wood, specializing in movable trucks, trains, planes and children's riding toys
Movable feats: Jim Smith creates toys with wood, specializing in movable trucks, trains, planes and children's riding toys
3/14/1985
Some overall stuff on the kids as they discover the joys of Canadian toys
Some overall stuff on the kids as they discover the joys of Canadian toys
4/14/1975
Popular toys: Many of the toys admired here by Grayson Taylor, 6, may not last long on retailers' shelves
Popular toys: Many of the toys admired here by Grayson Taylor, 6, may not last long on retailers' shelves
9/25/1979
Nursery Toys are pushed aside in a room at Eglinton United Church so Shirley Brunke a real estate broker, can talk economics with students of North To(...)
Nursery Toys are pushed aside in a room at Eglinton United Church so Shirley Brunke a real estate broker, can talk economics with students of North To(...)
11/25/1975
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
11/9/1990
Toying with losses: Two-year-old junior shareholder Terrin Hackenschmidt of Toronto is too busy with the fruits of Irwin Toy's labors to care much that her company had a disastrous year
Toying with losses: Two-year-old junior shareholder Terrin Hackenschmidt of Toronto is too busy with the fruits of Irwin Toy's labors to care much that her company had a disastrous year
6/20/1985
Will the real fit-man please stand up? In Monday's Life section a story about Brian Haring and his toys for lazy slobs contained he wrong picture of him
Will the real fit-man please stand up? In Monday's Life section a story about Brian Haring and his toys for lazy slobs contained he wrong picture of him
12/15/1983
Gary, 33, says one of his personalities is a 5-year-old who plays with toys
Gary, 33, says one of his personalities is a 5-year-old who plays with toys
4/1/1991
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
7/30/1991
Cathy Never Lacks for Toys, Puddykins Takes a Call on Toy Phone for Her
Cathy Never Lacks for Toys, Puddykins Takes a Call on Toy Phone for Her
7/18/1959
Toyland, toyland: Jillian Box, 18 months, Trevor Midwinter, 4, program co-ordinator Elaine Smith and Laura Delorey try out some toys in the Milton Toy Library
Toyland, toyland: Jillian Box, 18 months, Trevor Midwinter, 4, program co-ordinator Elaine Smith and Laura Delorey try out some toys in the Milton Toy Library
5/26/1981