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Streetcorner Santa: Dan Ryall, foreground, was ribbed by buddies last Christmas for passing out bucks and booze to Metro's Skid Road winos.
Streetcorner Santa: Dan Ryall, foreground, was ribbed by buddies last Christmas for passing out bucks and booze to Metro's Skid Road winos.

Streetcorner Santa: Dan Ryall, foreground, was ribbed by buddies last Christmas for passing out bucks and booze to Metro's Skid Road winos.

Date12/19/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133165F
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Christmas cheer, Father Christmas lifts a pint with brewski buddies Scott Burton, left, and Randy Lasenby
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Big and Little brothers bowl for bucks: Actor Scott Hylands bowls with 10-year-old Eddy Sword at Metro Big Brothers' Bowl for Millions Celebrity day at Thorncliffe Bowlerama yesterday
Big and Little brothers bowl for bucks: Actor Scott Hylands bowls with 10-year-old Eddy Sword at Metro Big Brothers' Bowl for Millions Celebrity day at Thorncliffe Bowlerama yesterday
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Easy Money: Big bucks exchange hands when desperate would-be renters pay illegal key money for an apartment in the rental wasteland that is Metro
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