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U.K. Prices - subway fares excepted - have dropped in London for by 35 per cent in two years
U.K. Prices - subway fares excepted - have dropped in London for by 35 per cent in two years

U.K. Prices - subway fares excepted - have dropped in London for by 35 per cent in two years

Date3/5/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: U.K. Prices-subway fares excepted - have dropped in London for by 35 per cent in two years for those with dollars; Subway travel; however; is more expensive than Toronto's.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0117177F
      Len Casey, program director of Ontario Place, says costs have escalated 50 per cent since 1971 at the $26-million waterfront entertainment showplace. Admission prices are going up 50 cents this year
      Len Casey, program director of Ontario Place, says costs have escalated 50 per cent since 1971 at the $26-million waterfront entertainment showplace. Admission prices are going up 50 cents this year
      Casey, Len
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      Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
      Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
      Beaty, Keith
      3/29/1982
      Footloose Young Men walk the streets of downtown Buffalo, an area of the city where unemployment has hit 35 to 50 per cent. For about 20 years Buffalo(...)
      Footloose Young Men walk the streets of downtown Buffalo, an area of the city where unemployment has hit 35 to 50 per cent. For about 20 years Buffalo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/14/1975
      Putting yourself on a Caribbean beach such as this will be more expensive this year because of greatly increased air fares. But you can do a lot to av(...)
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/8/1981
      Freddie Laker, the British king of the cutprice air fare, says Canadians are being forced to pay higher charter fares to Europe
      Freddie Laker, the British king of the cutprice air fare, says Canadians are being forced to pay higher charter fares to Europe
      Laker, Freddie
      10/26/1977
      Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
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      Darrell, Dick
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      Up goes price of firewood, Firewood costs have jumped better than 10 per cent in the past year and could go higher, Metro retailers say. One of the bi(...)
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      Combs, Erin
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      Fewer injuries: Workers' compensation claims dropped 13 per cent last year as the recession hit companies in construction and manufacturing
      Fewer injuries: Workers' compensation claims dropped 13 per cent last year as the recession hit companies in construction and manufacturing
      Spremo, Boris
      2/11/1991
      Marathon spirit. Metro cabby Bela Erdei of Lake Shore Blvd. was so moved by Terry Fox, death on Sunday that he donated all his fares yesterday in his (...)
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      Dutton, Don
      6/29/1981
      Right, Richard Laxton, left, and Andy Lubyczynski cool off before heading out for more fares
      Right, Richard Laxton, left, and Andy Lubyczynski cool off before heading out for more fares
      Gardner, Scott
      8/20/1989
      Commission chairman Ralph Day. Transit commissioners voted unanimously to hike fares
      Commission chairman Ralph Day. Transit commissioners voted unanimously to hike fares
      Day, Ralph
      2/6/1969