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Jose Diaz Rodriguez, now owner of a TV repair shop in Toronto, was a boy when the Mac-Paps fought in Spain.
Jose Diaz Rodriguez, now owner of a TV repair shop in Toronto, was a boy when the Mac-Paps fought in Spain.

Jose Diaz Rodriguez, now owner of a TV repair shop in Toronto, was a boy when the Mac-Paps fought in Spain.

Date10/25/1990
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126667F
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
12/8/1985
Please smoke here: Dedicated smoker Heinz Fuhrman, displays guidelines urging workers to smoke in a Toronto auto repair shop, which is even offering start smoking courses
Please smoke here: Dedicated smoker Heinz Fuhrman, displays guidelines urging workers to smoke in a Toronto auto repair shop, which is even offering start smoking courses
12/1/1988
Fine work: Jason Chisholm repairs a Rolex watch at his shop, The Little Shop of Horolog, which he runs with wife Sue. I'm swamped with work, he says, because in these economic times, people aren't throwing old watches away.
Fine work: Jason Chisholm repairs a Rolex watch at his shop, The Little Shop of Horolog, which he runs with wife Sue. I'm swamped with work, he says, because in these economic times, people aren't throwing old watches away.
10/22/1992
Repairman Len Longman, as president of the Toronto Television Service Association, is a champion of stronger regulation of the TV repair industry
Repairman Len Longman, as president of the Toronto Television Service Association, is a champion of stronger regulation of the TV repair industry
2/24/1977
Selling uniqueness: Mac McDonald, owner of the Lepidopterist Gallery, which specializes in exotic butterflies mounted under glass, calls Elm St
Selling uniqueness: Mac McDonald, owner of the Lepidopterist Gallery, which specializes in exotic butterflies mounted under glass, calls Elm St
8/5/1986
Repairmen: Peter and Mike Gout opened their own sports equipment repair shop, Sportfix, on Torbram Rd. in 1990 and haven't looked back.
Repairmen: Peter and Mike Gout opened their own sports equipment repair shop, Sportfix, on Torbram Rd. in 1990 and haven't looked back.
3/12/1998
Ted Pandakis, above, of Olympic TV did cheapest repair work in Star survey
Ted Pandakis, above, of Olympic TV did cheapest repair work in Star survey
3/9/1977
The TV repair picture may be murky in Metro but th eindustry itself is trying to brighten it
The TV repair picture may be murky in Metro but th eindustry itself is trying to brighten it
4/17/1972
Repair man: Good old shoe polish is the cheapest way to extend the life of footwear, says Peter George, owner of Market Square Shoe Service. He has been in business for 23 years.
Repair man: Good old shoe polish is the cheapest way to extend the life of footwear, says Peter George, owner of Market Square Shoe Service. He has been in business for 23 years.
2/8/1989
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
6/30/1998
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977
Steve Solomos, Co-owner of Toronto's The Beguiling Comic-book shop
Steve Solomos, Co-owner of Toronto's The Beguiling Comic-book shop
9/22/1993