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Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.
Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.

Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.

Date6/12/1978
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
11/14/1977
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
1/22/1978
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
King of the jungle: Joseph Papineau, 62, recollects his home for the past 20 years has been the freight yards just north of the CN Tower
King of the jungle: Joseph Papineau, 62, recollects his home for the past 20 years has been the freight yards just north of the CN Tower
2/21/1974
Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
4/11/1987
Architect Istvan Lendvay sits on don Mills lawn he hasn't mowed since May - it's a protest against neighbors who let their dogs use lawn as a bathroom
Architect Istvan Lendvay sits on don Mills lawn he hasn't mowed since May - it's a protest against neighbors who let their dogs use lawn as a bathroom
7/18/1978
A new coop: Frank Pellicore's neighbors in Etobicoke didn't like his racing pigeons
A new coop: Frank Pellicore's neighbors in Etobicoke didn't like his racing pigeons
5/1/1981
Lithuanian immigrant Joe Racys, My neighbors - aggressors - want to take my land
Lithuanian immigrant Joe Racys, My neighbors - aggressors - want to take my land
3/11/1968
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
5/10/1984
Brent Chambers: The vice-president of Northwestern is the inspiration behind the plan to build a $17.4-million emergency-ambulatory centre, and an eight-storey, 200-unit apartment building worth $20-$25 million on the hospital's 22-acre site at Keele St. and Eglinton Ave.
Brent Chambers: The vice-president of Northwestern is the inspiration behind the plan to build a $17.4-million emergency-ambulatory centre, and an eight-storey, 200-unit apartment building worth $20-$25 million on the hospital's 22-acre site at Keele St. and Eglinton Ave.
2/15/1989
A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
A developers' trust company is what Roy Dalzell of Morguard wants to build - so he can't complain as towers of new Royal Bank project rise on other side of Wellington St. W., wiping out fine view he used to have from 20th-floor office in Toronto-Dominion centre.
12/1/1975