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Being fitted for his uniform by tailor Joseph Yonge, Metro Police Constable Martin French said he couldn't see any real future as a policeman in Brita(...)
Being fitted for his uniform by tailor Joseph Yonge, Metro Police Constable Martin French said he couldn't see any real future as a policeman in Brita(...)

Being fitted for his uniform by tailor Joseph Yonge, Metro Police Constable Martin French said he couldn't see any real future as a policeman in Brita(...)

Date7/18/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Being fitted for his uniform by tailor Joseph Yonge; Metro Police Constable Martin French said he couldn't see any real future as a policeman in Britain. He is one of 9;124 people who left the U.K. for Canada in the first three months of this year. It was the largest such figure since 1967. In Britian; French cleared about $325 a month; sometimes working 56-hour week. He now grosses over $1;000.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114217F
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