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A volunteer is always on duty at Durham Distress Centre
A volunteer is always on duty at Durham Distress Centre

A volunteer is always on duty at Durham Distress Centre

Date5/6/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: A volunteer is always on duty at Durham Distress Centre
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017918F
It's not always a big thrill. A visit to Santa Claus is not always every youngster's biggest thrill, and 3-year-old Michael Ligeza of Durham was somew(...)
It's not always a big thrill. A visit to Santa Claus is not always every youngster's biggest thrill, and 3-year-old Michael Ligeza of Durham was somew(...)
11/18/1975
Anonymous volunteers take their turns at the telephone answering calls from the lonely the heartsick and the suicidal in Toronto. But they don't give advice. They've learned to really listen
Anonymous volunteers take their turns at the telephone answering calls from the lonely the heartsick and the suicidal in Toronto. But they don't give advice. They've learned to really listen
4/4/1986
Gordon Winch: Distress Centre executive director doesn't want volunteers to be simple do-gooders
Gordon Winch: Distress Centre executive director doesn't want volunteers to be simple do-gooders
4/28/1980
Manning The Phone at his Christian Distress Clinic, Bruce Doney offers spiritual comfrot and practical help to anyone who calls in distress. He started the clinic 3 1/2 years ago and now he and a staff of 11 volunteers handle an average of 18-19 calls a day.
Manning The Phone at his Christian Distress Clinic, Bruce Doney offers spiritual comfrot and practical help to anyone who calls in distress. He started the clinic 3 1/2 years ago and now he and a staff of 11 volunteers handle an average of 18-19 calls a day.
6/29/1978
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
6/9/1972
Sound of silence, A new, noise-proof phone booth debuts in fron of the Eaton Centre yesterday
Sound of silence, A new, noise-proof phone booth debuts in fron of the Eaton Centre yesterday
12/17/1987
Metro -- A Building Boomtown, Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St
Metro -- A Building Boomtown, Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St
7/14/1971
Mike Gabriele, Bell Canada phone centre
Mike Gabriele, Bell Canada phone centre
7/19/1993
Plugged in: The Motorola Talker (left) is easy to program, while the Mitsubishi Mesa 95 (centre) can remember 40-digit numbers
Plugged in: The Motorola Talker (left) is easy to program, while the Mitsubishi Mesa 95 (centre) can remember 40-digit numbers
9/18/1990
Official telephone directory : Toronto and suburbs, 1905-May
Official telephone directory : Toronto and suburbs, 1905-May
1905-05
Trafalgar Square is the first place Boris Spremo heads for in London because there is always activity, always people, always funéand always pigeons. F(...)
Trafalgar Square is the first place Boris Spremo heads for in London because there is always activity, always people, always funéand always pigeons. F(...)
3/17/1984
Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. C(...)
Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. C(...)
6/17/1974