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Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimbl(...)
Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimbl(...)

Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimbl(...)

Date6/1/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimble at the age of 51. Or is it 49? Wisdom opens at the O'Keefe Centre next Monday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089822F
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
1/1/1963
Great for the back: Actor Patrick Rose sings a song for Star reporter Rita Zekas as he explains his role as a sloth who hangs upside down in Madeira M'Dear at Theatre-in-the-Dell
Great for the back: Actor Patrick Rose sings a song for Star reporter Rita Zekas as he explains his role as a sloth who hangs upside down in Madeira M'Dear at Theatre-in-the-Dell
4/30/1984
Plane sight. Stunt flyer Gordon Price takes his Pitts Special biplane upside down past the C Tower yesterday. He staged the stunt to dramatize the pli(...)
Plane sight. Stunt flyer Gordon Price takes his Pitts Special biplane upside down past the C Tower yesterday. He staged the stunt to dramatize the pli(...)
10/15/1979
Proves a point: Oilers' star Paul Coffey has been tagged as a fine offensive defenceman, bu he takes great pleasure in proving that he also is a more than adequate defensive player
Proves a point: Oilers' star Paul Coffey has been tagged as a fine offensive defenceman, bu he takes great pleasure in proving that he also is a more than adequate defensive player
11/26/1984
The music man of Toronto schools for 27 years, Harvey Perrin will lay down his baton soon - but not before he conducts a concert by 3,000 city students in a Massey Hall concert on May 26 and 27
The music man of Toronto schools for 27 years, Harvey Perrin will lay down his baton soon - but not before he conducts a concert by 3,000 city students in a Massey Hall concert on May 26 and 27
5/4/1971
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Upside-down workout: Blue Jays' catcher Jeff Hearron uses a pair of ''moon boots'' to stretch his back and get the blood flowing to his head at training camp in Florida
Upside-down workout: Blue Jays' catcher Jeff Hearron uses a pair of ''moon boots'' to stretch his back and get the blood flowing to his head at training camp in Florida
3/2/1987
Patrick Rose: His singing while hanging upside down is hilarious, critic says
Patrick Rose: His singing while hanging upside down is hilarious, critic says
4/23/1981
Ageless. Guy Lombardo formed his band in London, Ont., years before the stock market crashed and he's still playing soothing sound for foxtrotters at Royal York this week.
Ageless. Guy Lombardo formed his band in London, Ont., years before the stock market crashed and he's still playing soothing sound for foxtrotters at Royal York this week.
8/28/1967
Heads up!: After years of playing upside down as a centre, CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur got a rare chance to kick the ball as he launched Grey Cup luncheon ceremonies yesterday
Heads up!: After years of playing upside down as a centre, CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur got a rare chance to kick the ball as he launched Grey Cup luncheon ceremonies yesterday
11/22/1983
Image shows the rooftops of some waterfront building with the lake in the background.
Toronto Harbour 1898. View looking south from roof at corner of Yonge & Front Streets
1898
Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
1/19/1987