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Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)

Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)

Date9/23/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport; People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Almack yesterday took a big banner to the opening of the International Canadian and World Plowing Match in
Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Pickering Airport (1970s)
City, town or township:Pickering
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Durham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011556F
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
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The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
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Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
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9/25/1975
Angry members of a disabled rights group demonstrated today at the opening of the new rapid transit line to Scarborough Civic Centre protesting that t(...)
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3/22/1985
This lovely home with the magnificient view will be torn down near Claremont fi the airport expropriation goes through
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3/7/1972
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Protesting proposed dump in Caledon
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The whine of jets fed into the speaker system at a meeting of Pickering Township residents last night makes William Newman, member of the Legislature (...)
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