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Crying champ: Norman Roberts, the world champion town crier, shows his form outside Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday.
Crying champ: Norman Roberts, the world champion town crier, shows his form outside Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday.

Crying champ: Norman Roberts, the world champion town crier, shows his form outside Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday.

Date6/8/1983
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132850F
For crying out loud!. You thought town criers were a thing of the past, didn't you? Not so. Peter Cox, left is a town crier from Halifax and that scro(...)
For crying out loud!. You thought town criers were a thing of the past, didn't you? Not so. Peter Cox, left is a town crier from Halifax and that scro(...)
9/21/1979
Magic potion: Doug Moore is the man responsible for the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens and, under his care, the ice surface has gone from ranking as one of the worst in the National Hockey League to one of the best
Magic potion: Doug Moore is the man responsible for the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens and, under his care, the ice surface has gone from ranking as one of the worst in the National Hockey League to one of the best
6/24/1980
An eye for an eye: Never let it be said that Dr. Peter Lee and Maple Leafs' rightwinger Rick Vaive don't see eye to eye. The two got along quite well yesterday, when Vaive and the remainder of the Maple fuls took their medicals at the Gardens the ice for the first time today. [Incomplete]
An eye for an eye: Never let it be said that Dr. Peter Lee and Maple Leafs' rightwinger Rick Vaive don't see eye to eye. The two got along quite well yesterday, when Vaive and the remainder of the Maple fuls took their medicals at the Gardens the ice for the first time today. [Incomplete]
9/12/1986
Bursting with song, James Brown ran together a seamless stretch of soul music last night in Maple Leaf Gardens, crying and whispering and hollering an(...)
Bursting with song, James Brown ran together a seamless stretch of soul music last night in Maple Leaf Gardens, crying and whispering and hollering an(...)
11/15/1968
Arranging Ballard Funeral. Don McKenzie, right, building superintendent at Maple Leaf Gardens, talks to some senior employees about the funeral arrangements for Harold Ballard, who died yesterday at age 86. The funeral is to be a private affair.
Arranging Ballard Funeral. Don McKenzie, right, building superintendent at Maple Leaf Gardens, talks to some senior employees about the funeral arrangements for Harold Ballard, who died yesterday at age 86. The funeral is to be a private affair.
4/12/1990
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, shouts Hillis Rowland, Chinguacousy Township's official town crier, as he rings his bell and prepares to make an announcement
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, shouts Hillis Rowland, Chinguacousy Township's official town crier, as he rings his bell and prepares to make an announcement
1/14/1971
Helping Hands, When former world and Canadian skating champion Brian Orser did a fall at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday, he got plenty of help in gettin(...)
Helping Hands, When former world and Canadian skating champion Brian Orser did a fall at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday, he got plenty of help in gettin(...)
2/11/1991
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
9/27/1988
Relaxing in his Toronto home in prepartion for two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens tomorrow and Friday, skater Toller Cranston talked recently with Star w(...)
Relaxing in his Toronto home in prepartion for two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens tomorrow and Friday, skater Toller Cranston talked recently with Star w(...)
9/21/1977
Champ's smile: Warren Spagn shows off his Wheels trophy after narrowly winning the challenge
Champ's smile: Warren Spagn shows off his Wheels trophy after narrowly winning the challenge
10/15/1990
Robert Stephenson: If the Star exprosure is instrumental in saving others form such a brutal nd mindless death, then Robert's death may not have been entirely in vain, says father of man slain in Hawaii
Robert Stephenson: If the Star exprosure is instrumental in saving others form such a brutal nd mindless death, then Robert's death may not have been entirely in vain, says father of man slain in Hawaii
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Paul McNamara, the new chairman of Maple Leaf Gardens, has had a seat there for 40 years
Paul McNamara, the new chairman of Maple Leaf Gardens, has had a seat there for 40 years
11/17/1971