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Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)

Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)

Date3/18/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth an estimated $1,000,000 to land-hungry developers. With his own four children now grown up, ponies are ridden only occasionally by children from neighborhood.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035924F
Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
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Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
9/29/1971
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
8/23/1971
Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
5/21/1981
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job
10/19/1972
A mayor gets a check-up. Dr. Ellis Shenken tests Scarborough Mayor Ab Campbell's for glaucoma at the opening yesterday of the borough's Triple Test Centre at 29 Civic Road. He passed
A mayor gets a check-up. Dr. Ellis Shenken tests Scarborough Mayor Ab Campbell's for glaucoma at the opening yesterday of the borough's Triple Test Centre at 29 Civic Road. He passed
4/1/1968
A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
4/28/1980
Scarborough says goodbye to Ab Campbell
Scarborough says goodbye to Ab Campbell
12/7/1969
These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
8/14/1936
Missed opportunity: Leaf centre Mike Bullard chases a puck at the San Jose net as defenceman David Williams, left, and goalie Jeff Hackett scramble during the first period last night at the Gardens
Missed opportunity: Leaf centre Mike Bullard chases a puck at the San Jose net as defenceman David Williams, left, and goalie Jeff Hackett scramble during the first period last night at the Gardens
11/4/1991
Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
10/7/1977
Joseph Renwick keeps a lonely vigil on his 1,280-acre farm in Saskatchewan
Joseph Renwick keeps a lonely vigil on his 1,280-acre farm in Saskatchewan
1/16/1970