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Journey through time: Herbert Stitt, 91, traces 47-year railway career in his book I Remember
Journey through time: Herbert Stitt, 91, traces 47-year railway career in his book I Remember

Journey through time: Herbert Stitt, 91, traces 47-year railway career in his book I Remember

Date12/16/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134423F
Speaking from experience: In replying to suggestion that freight trains should have reflective material to make them visible at night, retired railway engineer Herbert Stitt points out that, in more than half the accidents in which he was involved, a car struck the train in daylight
Speaking from experience: In replying to suggestion that freight trains should have reflective material to make them visible at night, retired railway engineer Herbert Stitt points out that, in more than half the accidents in which he was involved, a car struck the train in daylight
5/26/1984
His latest book, The Covenant, traces 15,100 years of history in South Africa and it put James Michener on the bestseller lists again
His latest book, The Covenant, traces 15,100 years of history in South Africa and it put James Michener on the bestseller lists again
11/11/1980
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
5/26/1984
Grim task: Halton Region police search through grassland surrounding a Burlington industrial area for any traces of Nina Renne DeVilliers, 18, who disappeared Friday night
Grim task: Halton Region police search through grassland surrounding a Burlington industrial area for any traces of Nina Renne DeVilliers, 18, who disappeared Friday night
8/11/1991
Franklin's footsteps, a sketch of Greenland, along the shores of which his expedition passed, and of the Parry Isles where the last traces of it were found
Franklin's footsteps, a sketch of Greenland, along the shores of which his expedition passed, and of the Parry Isles where the last traces of it were found
1853
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
7/13/1988
On Right Track For Fun, Not only is Herbert Stitt an engineer on the CPR's crack flyers Dominion and Canadian, he's an engineer in the basement of his(...)
On Right Track For Fun, Not only is Herbert Stitt an engineer on the CPR's crack flyers Dominion and Canadian, he's an engineer in the basement of his(...)
3/7/1962
Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
3/14/1988
Illustrations of three rosy-cheeked little girls, one with dark brown hair, one with light brow ...
Comfort Soap erases sorrow's deepest traces, brightens happy faces, washes finest laces
Approximately 1900
Polluters' policeman: A system of permits might reduce the work for Metro inspectors such as Brian Hack who traces industrial polluters
Polluters' policeman: A system of permits might reduce the work for Metro inspectors such as Brian Hack who traces industrial polluters
3/8/1991
Image Not Available for Comfort Soap erases sorrow's deepest traces, brightens happy faces, washes finest laces
Comfort Soap erases sorrow's deepest traces, brightens happy faces, washes finest laces
Approximately 1900