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Mayor in the stocks. Margaret Britnell, King Township mayor, was put in stocks Saturday and guarded by rebel Bob Watts, member of the Upper Canada Rif(...)
Mayor in the stocks. Margaret Britnell, King Township mayor, was put in stocks Saturday and guarded by rebel Bob Watts, member of the Upper Canada Rif(...)

Mayor in the stocks. Margaret Britnell, King Township mayor, was put in stocks Saturday and guarded by rebel Bob Watts, member of the Upper Canada Rif(...)

Date10/14/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mayor in the stocks. Margaret Britnell, King Township mayor, was put in stocks Saturday and guarded by rebel Bob Watts, member of the Upper Canada Rifles, as part of the Lloydtown 1837 Rebellion Day celebrations. The hamlet claims it is second only to Toronto in importance to York regional history. Events recreated pioneer days.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0034324F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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Mayor Britnell. Will take any avenues
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Good idea? In a bid to encourage Ontario residents to put some of their savings into stocks, Treasurer Robert Nixon has introduced a new plan that wil(...)
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10/23/1985
Britnell, Margaret
Britnell, Margaret
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Margaret Britnell
Margaret Britnell
11/21/1980
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Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
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Fantasy feeder: Star reporter Ellie Tesher and Jack Fine, who stocks up to 25 video games in some of his 23 Bowlerama outlets, have some fun playing one of the sets. In Canada, about 1,200 middle men buy and service the machines, which are leased to tens
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