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Trinidad-born Noel Charles, who has owned discos in Barbados, stockholm and Majorca, wants to open one here.
Trinidad-born Noel Charles, who has owned discos in Barbados, stockholm and Majorca, wants to open one here.

Trinidad-born Noel Charles, who has owned discos in Barbados, stockholm and Majorca, wants to open one here.

Date4/29/1985
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0125859F
His disco lives: Manny Mota, owner of Le Club, has operated the after-hours disco for three years - something of a longevity record for city discos
His disco lives: Manny Mota, owner of Le Club, has operated the after-hours disco for three years - something of a longevity record for city discos
10/24/1979
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
6/1/1977
Landscape and its Architect: David Cram, partner with his father-in-law, Don Smith of Ellis-Don Ltd., In a luxury holiday resort on St. Lucia island, near Barbados, seems to be comfortably settled in paradise-like surroundings.
Landscape and its Architect: David Cram, partner with his father-in-law, Don Smith of Ellis-Don Ltd., In a luxury holiday resort on St. Lucia island, near Barbados, seems to be comfortably settled in paradise-like surroundings.
5/23/1990
The Rohde family wants the Jacques Cartier Mint, owned by troubled Silver Shield Mines, to go ahead despite cancellation of government aid
The Rohde family wants the Jacques Cartier Mint, owned by troubled Silver Shield Mines, to go ahead despite cancellation of government aid
11/29/1972
Trinidad-born Churchill Piggott is applying his professional management skills to put Caribana on a solid financial footing
Trinidad-born Churchill Piggott is applying his professional management skills to put Caribana on a solid financial footing
7/15/1984
Everard Sookharry may not want to return home to Trinidad, but at least when he flies out of Toronto he'll be more comfortable than when he flew in
Everard Sookharry may not want to return home to Trinidad, but at least when he flies out of Toronto he'll be more comfortable than when he flew in
10/29/1990
Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
7/25/1973
Home of the hits: John Parikhal has spun an ability to find out what the public wants into Joint Communications, a nine-year-old company he formed with radio veteran Dave Charles
Home of the hits: John Parikhal has spun an ability to find out what the public wants into Joint Communications, a nine-year-old company he formed with radio veteran Dave Charles
5/7/1986
Hero who safely stopped a bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel, Rajbir Bobby Maharj Singh, 23, came to Canada from his native Trinidad two years ago
Hero who safely stopped a bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel, Rajbir Bobby Maharj Singh, 23, came to Canada from his native Trinidad two years ago
6/16/1970
Former altar boy in Cornwall, Peter Gatien, 31, has turned a deconsecrated church into New York's hottest disco, the Limelight
Former altar boy in Cornwall, Peter Gatien, 31, has turned a deconsecrated church into New York's hottest disco, the Limelight
12/6/1983
The disco scene was cooling down in New York, says Canadian Peter Gatien, 'so I said find me a church
The disco scene was cooling down in New York, says Canadian Peter Gatien, 'so I said find me a church
12/7/1983
Ben Otis runs a modern pant manufacturing plant in North York. Disco pants are one of his hot items.
Ben Otis runs a modern pant manufacturing plant in North York. Disco pants are one of his hot items.
6/14/1978