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Dean of tea men is how 77-year-old Sid Kinnell of Glenaden Ave
Dean of tea men is how 77-year-old Sid Kinnell of Glenaden Ave

Dean of tea men is how 77-year-old Sid Kinnell of Glenaden Ave

Date12/30/1976
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128958F
Dedicated to renovating old buildings in downtown Toronto, developer Myron Swartz stands in the new stairwell of Design Centre II at 77 Mowat Ave
Dedicated to renovating old buildings in downtown Toronto, developer Myron Swartz stands in the new stairwell of Design Centre II at 77 Mowat Ave
11/11/1977
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
Harry fields: Outspoken 77-year-old is a defender of senior citizens' causes.
Harry fields: Outspoken 77-year-old is a defender of senior citizens' causes.
11/30/1989
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
11/3/1972
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
9/24/1970
Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
9/15/1977
Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
6/8/1984
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
2/28/1980
Business ain't peanuts for popcorn king Sid Spiegel: His Super Puffit factory grosses over $2 million a year.
Business ain't peanuts for popcorn king Sid Spiegel: His Super Puffit factory grosses over $2 million a year.
6/15/1979
They're enjoying retirement in grand style because of careful budgeting during the past 45 years, say Alvena, 69, and Norman Knight, 77
They're enjoying retirement in grand style because of careful budgeting during the past 45 years, say Alvena, 69, and Norman Knight, 77
1/3/1977
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
3/20/1973
A tea first: Ninth-generation heir to the Twining tea dynasty, Sam Twining is served one of the elaborate courses containing tea by Niels Kjeldsen, executive chef of the Four Seasons hotel, at Truffles
A tea first: Ninth-generation heir to the Twining tea dynasty, Sam Twining is served one of the elaborate courses containing tea by Niels Kjeldsen, executive chef of the Four Seasons hotel, at Truffles
3/24/1981