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Tradition spreads: Concrete roofing tiles have been used for years in Britain, and Stuart Matthews of Marley Roof tiles in Milton says they would benefit Canadian homeowners
Tradition spreads: Concrete roofing tiles have been used for years in Britain, and Stuart Matthews of Marley Roof tiles in Milton says they would benefit Canadian homeowners

Tradition spreads: Concrete roofing tiles have been used for years in Britain, and Stuart Matthews of Marley Roof tiles in Milton says they would benefit Canadian homeowners

Date4/30/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130655F
Four years after he came to Canada from Portugal, homesick immigrant Franc De Sousa sent to Portugal for tiles and built a shrine just like the one he(...)
Four years after he came to Canada from Portugal, homesick immigrant Franc De Sousa sent to Portugal for tiles and built a shrine just like the one he(...)
7/8/1977
Full of art?: Jamelie Hassan's Bench From Cordoba was made from tiles built by artist to remind her of another bench
Full of art?: Jamelie Hassan's Bench From Cordoba was made from tiles built by artist to remind her of another bench
10/15/1984
Tiles from Dame Marjorie's chimney-corner and china from her cupboard
Tiles from Dame Marjorie's chimney-corner and china from her cupboard
1886
In our eagerness to save energy, we may be destroying our homes, says a do-it-yourself expert. Thousands of homeowners across Canada are being plagued by damaged basements, cracking walls and collapsing roofs after insulating their homes, Jon Eakes best k
In our eagerness to save energy, we may be destroying our homes, says a do-it-yourself expert. Thousands of homeowners across Canada are being plagued by damaged basements, cracking walls and collapsing roofs after insulating their homes, Jon Eakes best k
10/14/1982
Fixing a castle's leaky roof. Scaffolding surrounds tower of Casa Loma for repairs to leaking hole in tile roof which was hit by lightning bolt in Aug(...)
Fixing a castle's leaky roof. Scaffolding surrounds tower of Casa Loma for repairs to leaking hole in tile roof which was hit by lightning bolt in Aug(...)
10/11/1968
Easy winner. Dave Cannon of Britain spreads his arms as he crosses the CN Tower finish line of yesterday's Labatt's marathon. He was about three minut(...)
Easy winner. Dave Cannon of Britain spreads his arms as he crosses the CN Tower finish line of yesterday's Labatt's marathon. He was about three minut(...)
10/7/1979
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Kitchen has been decorated in north Italian s, Oven and grille are in centre fixture, surrounded by Italian tile with [Incomplete]
Kitchen has been decorated in north Italian s, Oven and grille are in centre fixture, surrounded by Italian tile with [Incomplete]
5/27/1971
Silverstein: Homeowners are told property insurance should cover mortgage, he says.
Silverstein: Homeowners are told property insurance should cover mortgage, he says.
2/25/1982
You can't win 'em all, tennis star Pancho Gonzales seems to be saying as he spreads his arms in exasperations during Canadian Open Tennis Championship(...)
You can't win 'em all, tennis star Pancho Gonzales seems to be saying as he spreads his arms in exasperations during Canadian Open Tennis Championship(...)
8/14/1970
'Buy Canadian' is rallying cry. He spreads the word to big government spenders
'Buy Canadian' is rallying cry. He spreads the word to big government spenders
4/7/1982
Rev. Donald Whiteside, home on furlough from Columbia, lays tile for a friend. After serving a prison sentence for armed assault with intent to rob, W(...)
Rev. Donald Whiteside, home on furlough from Columbia, lays tile for a friend. After serving a prison sentence for armed assault with intent to rob, W(...)
1/20/1968