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He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke
He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke

He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke

Date8/4/1971
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127861F
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David Thomas holds out his arms to catch son Richard as the 3-year-old attempts to stay upright yesterday with the aid of nanny Charlotte Areskoug. It(...)
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Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
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Buckling up in case of trouble, Ontario Health Minister Frank Miller practises what he preaches about need for seat-belt requirements. Miller says it (...)
Buckling up in case of trouble, Ontario Health Minister Frank Miller practises what he preaches about need for seat-belt requirements. Miller says it (...)
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Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
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An act to amend an act of the fifty-eight year of His late Majesty, for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to(...)
An act to amend an act of the fifty-eight year of His late Majesty, for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to(...)
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