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Bitter Memories: Cecil Ing shows the $500 certificate he bought to enter Canada
Bitter Memories: Cecil Ing shows the $500 certificate he bought to enter Canada

Bitter Memories: Cecil Ing shows the $500 certificate he bought to enter Canada

Date10/30/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128697F
Collecting memories: Sydney Charendoff can relive the past with a collection of 50,000 postcards, as well as World War II mementoes. In the basement, this card table shows an unfinished game between two soldiers.
Collecting memories: Sydney Charendoff can relive the past with a collection of 50,000 postcards, as well as World War II mementoes. In the basement, this card table shows an unfinished game between two soldiers.
6/27/1990
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
Fond memories: Former Canadian fight champ Vic Bagnato looks at giant memento he received from late Rocky Marciano.
Fond memories: Former Canadian fight champ Vic Bagnato looks at giant memento he received from late Rocky Marciano.
9/3/1969
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
2/25/1989
Fond memories: Cyril Morley, 81, admires an old-fashioned streetlamp presented to him by Pickering Village when he retired as its reeve in 1963
Fond memories: Cyril Morley, 81, admires an old-fashioned streetlamp presented to him by Pickering Village when he retired as its reeve in 1963
4/23/1985
Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
10/30/1985
Vivid memories: Harold Murray, 87, has seen the world evolve during the 75 years since he went around Kettleby as a boy and lit the gas lamps every evening
Vivid memories: Harold Murray, 87, has seen the world evolve during the 75 years since he went around Kettleby as a boy and lit the gas lamps every evening
1/21/1982
Some psychologists think earliet memory shows fundamental approach to life but Colin Macleod won't go that far.
Some psychologists think earliet memory shows fundamental approach to life but Colin Macleod won't go that far.
3/4/1983
Bill Comper: Memories of his years as a helper and, sometimes stand-in for Santa can bring tears of laughter and sadness to his eyes.
Bill Comper: Memories of his years as a helper and, sometimes stand-in for Santa can bring tears of laughter and sadness to his eyes.
10/23/1981
Video memories: Journalist Paul McLaughlin conducts a video-taped interview with his mother-in-law Doreen Splawinski for his daughter Arianna
Video memories: Journalist Paul McLaughlin conducts a video-taped interview with his mother-in-law Doreen Splawinski for his daughter Arianna
9/26/1987
Memories on tape: Martin and Jodie Damsell of Richmond Hill have just made a deal to sell their special occasion video service in Black's Camera outlets.
Memories on tape: Martin and Jodie Damsell of Richmond Hill have just made a deal to sell their special occasion video service in Black's Camera outlets.
7/5/1990
Gave his all: Alex Norrington, 82 (inset), has vivid - and amusing - memories of his days with Courcelette comunity fire brigade
Gave his all: Alex Norrington, 82 (inset), has vivid - and amusing - memories of his days with Courcelette comunity fire brigade
5/26/1983