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Recalls '60s: My generation is in love with jeans, says John MacKay.
Recalls '60s: My generation is in love with jeans, says John MacKay.

Recalls '60s: My generation is in love with jeans, says John MacKay.

Date12/15/1988
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My biggest fear was that I was going to be afraid and not lead my men properly, says Elliot Dalton, right, of Toronto, as he recalls the famous D-Day invasion. He was convinced he would not be killed. His brother, Charles, left, pointing out the position of his men that day, was reported dead, then was found by his brother alive in a U.K. hospital.
My biggest fear was that I was going to be afraid and not lead my men properly, says Elliot Dalton, right, of Toronto, as he recalls the famous D-Day invasion. He was convinced he would not be killed. His brother, Charles, left, pointing out the position of his men that day, was reported dead, then was found by his brother alive in a U.K. hospital.
5/30/1978
Cuits had their heyday in the '60s and '70s, like Maharaj Ji, but Rob Tucker, right, says they're still with us
Cuits had their heyday in the '60s and '70s, like Maharaj Ji, but Rob Tucker, right, says they're still with us
7/11/1989
Frank Toskan: I never feel inappropriate when i show up anywhere in jeans, he says
Frank Toskan: I never feel inappropriate when i show up anywhere in jeans, he says
11/16/1989
Jeremy Gismondi, 12, is one of thousands of disabled children in Ontario who go to summer camp each year. While his siter, Jolie, listens in, Jeremy recalls last year's camping joys.
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4/21/1989
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Murray Cotterill recalls the 1946 stelco strike. ...The Canadian worker was not going back...
12/20/1977
Israel Kopyto, a retired tailor who has lived in Canada 26 years, recalls the Nuremberg Trials, which he attended as a DP camps delegate
Israel Kopyto, a retired tailor who has lived in Canada 26 years, recalls the Nuremberg Trials, which he attended as a DP camps delegate
11/28/1978
Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
8/3/1990
Metro engineer Zdzislaw Przygoda recalls Christmas 1944 as a young Pole in a concentration camp near Stuttgart.
Metro engineer Zdzislaw Przygoda recalls Christmas 1944 as a young Pole in a concentration camp near Stuttgart.
12/15/1986
Memories: Kelly recalls the fateful August day when things started coming apart on the stock market
Memories: Kelly recalls the fateful August day when things started coming apart on the stock market
12/9/1981
George II: Nobody at Camp X, the secret spy school near Oshawa during World War II that trained British agents, went by surnames, its senior radio man recalls. George Carothers became George II because the service had already signed up a George.
George II: Nobody at Camp X, the secret spy school near Oshawa during World War II that trained British agents, went by surnames, its senior radio man recalls. George Carothers became George II because the service had already signed up a George.
6/13/1979
Juergen A. Steuter likes the privacy, comfort the protection provided by his automobile. In accompanying letter, Steuter recalls days of standing in wet shoes on cold, fraughty subway platforms.
Juergen A. Steuter likes the privacy, comfort the protection provided by his automobile. In accompanying letter, Steuter recalls days of standing in wet shoes on cold, fraughty subway platforms.
1/5/1973
Taking a study session, Professor John Lee, in striped shirt, Jeans against filing cabinet as he makes a point to students at the University of Toronto's Scarborough College
Taking a study session, Professor John Lee, in striped shirt, Jeans against filing cabinet as he makes a point to students at the University of Toronto's Scarborough College
3/8/1972