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Special Host Ed Plant, 69, shows schoolchildren at Black Creek Pioneer Village how to make brooms on an antique machine
Special Host Ed Plant, 69, shows schoolchildren at Black Creek Pioneer Village how to make brooms on an antique machine

Special Host Ed Plant, 69, shows schoolchildren at Black Creek Pioneer Village how to make brooms on an antique machine

Date6/9/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Special Host Ed Plant; 69; shows schoolchildren at Black Creek Pioneer Village how to make brooms on an antique machine. He's typical of hundreds of Metro people whose jobs will involve meeting and greeting tourists this summer. I like to encourage people to talk about themselves; says Ed; whose brogue is as thick as the day he arrived from Ireland 30 years ago. Fellow workers always josh Ed about rolling out green carpet...
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105275F
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