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One of the original Toronto motorcycle policemen, George Sneaky Dude Dickenson, turns 95 today
One of the original Toronto motorcycle policemen, George Sneaky Dude Dickenson, turns 95 today

One of the original Toronto motorcycle policemen, George Sneaky Dude Dickenson, turns 95 today

Date9/11/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: One of the original Toronto motorcycle policemen; George Sneaky Dude Dickenson; turns 95 today. Yesterday he was given a party at Albion Gardens Presbyterian Church in Rexdale; and got a close look at Constable Garry Harrison's motorcycle; quite a change from the one on which Dickenson; wearing a business suit; hid behind billboards to net speeders in 1912. That earned him his nickname.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114228F
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