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Couple's dilemma: Last month, 81-year-old Maitland Torrance and his wife Myrtle, 80, reluctantly left their apartment and moved to a seniors' complex because we just couldn't carry on
Couple's dilemma: Last month, 81-year-old Maitland Torrance and his wife Myrtle, 80, reluctantly left their apartment and moved to a seniors' complex because we just couldn't carry on

Couple's dilemma: Last month, 81-year-old Maitland Torrance and his wife Myrtle, 80, reluctantly left their apartment and moved to a seniors' complex because we just couldn't carry on

Date3/11/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134955F
60 years of happiness: Rev. Edward Lawrenson, 81, and wife Ruth, 80, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today. The couple have known each other since they were 9
60 years of happiness: Rev. Edward Lawrenson, 81, and wife Ruth, 80, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today. The couple have known each other since they were 9
2/10/1988
Crime scene: Residents look on yesterday as Peel Region police investigate the killing of a woman in a seniors' apartment complex in Mississauga
Crime scene: Residents look on yesterday as Peel Region police investigate the killing of a woman in a seniors' apartment complex in Mississauga
8/27/1991
It was just the wedding rehearsal for 18-year-old Julie Filipetto and 26-year-old Gord Byers, who were chosen from 100 couples to be married in a cage(...)
It was just the wedding rehearsal for 18-year-old Julie Filipetto and 26-year-old Gord Byers, who were chosen from 100 couples to be married in a cage(...)
3/27/1978
Treating seniors: Dr. Charles Godfrey and kinesiologist Heather Hattin, right, examine a knee injury suffered by Eleanor Beecroft, 81, at Godfrey's ne(...)
Treating seniors: Dr. Charles Godfrey and kinesiologist Heather Hattin, right, examine a knee injury suffered by Eleanor Beecroft, 81, at Godfrey's ne(...)
9/24/1987
Seniors' band: Retired neurologist Dr. John Maxwell, 80, leader of Dr. John's Big Band Sound, poses with his quitar in front of a wall in his home covered with record album covers. The 16-piece band - alll but two of the members are retired - plays for seniors and at chartiable events.
Seniors' band: Retired neurologist Dr. John Maxwell, 80, leader of Dr. John's Big Band Sound, poses with his quitar in front of a wall in his home covered with record album covers. The 16-piece band - alll but two of the members are retired - plays for seniors and at chartiable events.
11/5/1986
Hobby didn't keep him bottled up. George Fulfit examines some of the handiwork that made him an instant television star recently. The Etobicoke 80-year-old appeared on Real People and just couldn't believe it. But he was an instant success, it seems, beca
Hobby didn't keep him bottled up. George Fulfit examines some of the handiwork that made him an instant television star recently. The Etobicoke 80-year-old appeared on Real People and just couldn't believe it. But he was an instant success, it seems, beca
2/22/1984
Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
9/25/1970
Second marriage for Shirley and Al Fingler is happy. With Danny, 6, Fingler's son from his first marriage, the family enjoys a walk by their north Metro apartment building. Experts believe couples married for the second time usually have a more open relat
Second marriage for Shirley and Al Fingler is happy. With Danny, 6, Fingler's son from his first marriage, the family enjoys a walk by their north Metro apartment building. Experts believe couples married for the second time usually have a more open relat
4/12/1973
Bill and Edna Crozier reminisce on bed they moved into Wexford seniors' residence with them
Bill and Edna Crozier reminisce on bed they moved into Wexford seniors' residence with them
2/12/1979
Walter Cronkite. reluctantly submits to a make-up session before facing the largest television news audience (80 million) in the U.S
Walter Cronkite. reluctantly submits to a make-up session before facing the largest television news audience (80 million) in the U.S
4/12/1971
Toronto sculptor Karl Beveridge and his painter wife Carol Conde moved to New York last year because, he said, they were starting to get too much atte(...)
Toronto sculptor Karl Beveridge and his painter wife Carol Conde moved to New York last year because, he said, they were starting to get too much atte(...)
5/5/1970
Halloween howls: Betty Robinson, 80, and Bethany Chekay from Lescon Learners Child Care Centre enjoy a party at the Seniors Health Centre in North York
Halloween howls: Betty Robinson, 80, and Bethany Chekay from Lescon Learners Child Care Centre enjoy a party at the Seniors Health Centre in North York
10/30/1992