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The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)

The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)

Date9/24/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport; Frances Moore says; but she and two friends will remain until the project is cancelled or postponed.
GeographyBuilding Monument ParkPickering Airport (1970s)
GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering
GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011553F
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
4/22/1975
Bad old days: A pro-choice marcher's sign opposes a return to the days of illegal, often amateur abortions, symbolized by the coat-hanger with which they were sometimes performed
Bad old days: A pro-choice marcher's sign opposes a return to the days of illegal, often amateur abortions, symbolized by the coat-hanger with which they were sometimes performed
5/8/1983
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
9/25/1975
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
7/10/1975
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
6/15/1972
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
7/10/1975
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
3/10/1972
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
3/3/1972
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
5/4/1972
The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
8/14/1975
The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting
The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting
6/20/1972
Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
9/23/1975