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Taking Care: Tending plants is a favorite hobby of Bob Gwilliam, a dean at George Brown College who was honored recently for his volunteer work.
Taking Care: Tending plants is a favorite hobby of Bob Gwilliam, a dean at George Brown College who was honored recently for his volunteer work.

Taking Care: Tending plants is a favorite hobby of Bob Gwilliam, a dean at George Brown College who was honored recently for his volunteer work.

Date7/14/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128047F
Cliff Moss: 73-year-old Whitchurch-Stouffville man, who lost his sight 10 years ago, was recently honored by United Way for his volunteer work.
Cliff Moss: 73-year-old Whitchurch-Stouffville man, who lost his sight 10 years ago, was recently honored by United Way for his volunteer work.
5/18/1990
A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
5/29/1974
Happy and active: Bill Roedde, 60, has had more time to enjoy his favorite hobbies - cycling and reading - after taking an early retirement.
Happy and active: Bill Roedde, 60, has had more time to enjoy his favorite hobbies - cycling and reading - after taking an early retirement.
5/28/1985
Nice medal, granddad: Lesley Kane, 6, admiries the award won by her grandfather, Jim Kane, who was honored Friday for his volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Society
Nice medal, granddad: Lesley Kane, 6, admiries the award won by her grandfather, Jim Kane, who was honored Friday for his volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Society
10/3/1986
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.
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.
2/12/1969
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
5/15/1978
Hobby didn't keep him bottled up. George Fulfit examines some of the handiwork that made him an instant television star recently. The Etobicoke 80-year-old appeared on Real People and just couldn't believe it. But he was an instant success, it seems, beca
Hobby didn't keep him bottled up. George Fulfit examines some of the handiwork that made him an instant television star recently. The Etobicoke 80-year-old appeared on Real People and just couldn't believe it. But he was an instant success, it seems, beca
2/22/1984
Falling behind: Dean Bob Higgins works a numerically controlled lathe in Humber College's highly advanced technology department.
Falling behind: Dean Bob Higgins works a numerically controlled lathe in Humber College's highly advanced technology department.
10/16/1981
Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.
Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.
9/15/1976
Quiet and Clean fuel cells may be the electrical plants of the future and Indo Holzhuetr, below, is takin to the road to show how they work
Quiet and Clean fuel cells may be the electrical plants of the future and Indo Holzhuetr, below, is takin to the road to show how they work
7/28/1991
Green Tomlinson thumbs: Dierdre and David Tomlinson of Aurora work on their garden of 1,200 different plants, which will be open for public viewing this Saturday and on July 12, from 10 a
Green Tomlinson thumbs: Dierdre and David Tomlinson of Aurora work on their garden of 1,200 different plants, which will be open for public viewing this Saturday and on July 12, from 10 a
6/24/1987
George Bell admits: I'm not the hitter I used to be, George Bell, who doesn't often talk to the press, reflected on his baseball career recently with a Star reporter and confessed that his big hitting days are probably over.
George Bell admits: I'm not the hitter I used to be, George Bell, who doesn't often talk to the press, reflected on his baseball career recently with a Star reporter and confessed that his big hitting days are probably over.
3/27/1980