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Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74
Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74

Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74

Date9/15/1971
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Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
4/11/1987
Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
1/11/1988
The new bridge crosses the canal with a clearance of 120 feet to clear up previous clash between water traffic into Hamilton harbor and cars using the road
The new bridge crosses the canal with a clearance of 120 feet to clear up previous clash between water traffic into Hamilton harbor and cars using the road
10/23/1958
Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'
Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'
9/28/1978
Poet Postman Bob Flanagan picks up mail before going out on his rounds in Thornhill
Poet Postman Bob Flanagan picks up mail before going out on his rounds in Thornhill
5/2/1977
Learing by mail, Michael Poyntz, an assistant bank manager in Toronto receives study material from postman Robert Pickering. Poyntz is enrolled in the(...)
Learing by mail, Michael Poyntz, an assistant bank manager in Toronto receives study material from postman Robert Pickering. Poyntz is enrolled in the(...)
8/20/1975
Mailboxes causing super problems, Postman George Lumb delivers mail to this row of green Canada Post mailboxes on Westney Rd. in Ajax, which will even(...)
Mailboxes causing super problems, Postman George Lumb delivers mail to this row of green Canada Post mailboxes on Westney Rd. in Ajax, which will even(...)
3/16/1988
One of the last blacksmiths in Toronto hasn't shod a horse in seven years, but that suits 78-year-old Bob Watton just fine. I don't miss horses a bit, he says
One of the last blacksmiths in Toronto hasn't shod a horse in seven years, but that suits 78-year-old Bob Watton just fine. I don't miss horses a bit, he says
1/16/1970
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Morley's Hotel, London; "My dear Smith It bothers me rather that in writing any installment I have not got a copy of the previous one"
approximately 1901
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
7/5/1973
Carrying 3-week-old letters, but being greeted like a long-lost friend by everyone on his route, Orvin Millett, postman, was back on the job yesterday(...)
Carrying 3-week-old letters, but being greeted like a long-lost friend by everyone on his route, Orvin Millett, postman, was back on the job yesterday(...)
8/9/1968