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Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Bro(...)
Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Bro(...)

Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Bro(...)

Date9/4/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Brown while camerman Rob Rouveroy records it all. The director is making a documentary starring Potter, a woman of boundless energy who, says Brown, is a stimulating, gutsy lady.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0074393F
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