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He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.
He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.

He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.

Date4/2/1990
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126801F
Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
4/9/1981
Protective custody: A chicken on small Markham farm rented by Michael and Sandra Wall keeps a close watch over the eight ducklings it hatched after the eggs were abandoned by the mother duck
Protective custody: A chicken on small Markham farm rented by Michael and Sandra Wall keeps a close watch over the eight ducklings it hatched after the eggs were abandoned by the mother duck
6/10/1991
This chicken coop in Richmond Hill has been home to Marika Madjaroff, 76, for past 10 years
This chicken coop in Richmond Hill has been home to Marika Madjaroff, 76, for past 10 years
4/10/1972
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
8/1/1973
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
8/4/1983
Colonel Harland Sanders, the chicken king, says he and his wife vowed to tithe 10 per cent of their income in return for good health, but adds Ah know that Ah couldn't buy my way into heaven
Colonel Harland Sanders, the chicken king, says he and his wife vowed to tithe 10 per cent of their income in return for good health, but adds Ah know that Ah couldn't buy my way into heaven
5/1/1970
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
8/8/1977
An old chicken coop became the family chapel for the Madsens, who bought Cherry Hill Farm, in Unionville, remodelled the coop as a reverednd setting f(...)
An old chicken coop became the family chapel for the Madsens, who bought Cherry Hill Farm, in Unionville, remodelled the coop as a reverednd setting f(...)
7/25/1974
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Fighting mad: Maritime Life agent Joe Dickstein says his own family may suffer because the federal budget will raise the cost of the life insurance he needs to give them adequate protection.
Fighting mad: Maritime Life agent Joe Dickstein says his own family may suffer because the federal budget will raise the cost of the life insurance he needs to give them adequate protection.
11/27/1981
He's a chicken-plucking fight promoting, land gambling, money raising legend
He's a chicken-plucking fight promoting, land gambling, money raising legend
7/7/1983
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