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Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)
Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)

Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)

Date8/18/1986
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  • Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)
  • Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms raised triumphantly, the 36-year-old Ottawa native who suffers from multiple sclerosis, rode straight into the outstretched arms and puckered lips of his 66-year-old mother, Win.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms raised triumphantly, the 36-year-old Ottawa native who suffers from multiple sclerosis, rode straight into the outstretched arms and puckered lips of his 66-year-old mother, Win.
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      Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
      Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
      Beecroft, Richard
      8/18/1986
      It was almost a flashback when 200 protesters marched into Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday to protest against nuclear arms. [Incomplete]
      It was almost a flashback when 200 protesters marched into Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday to protest against nuclear arms. [Incomplete]
      Griffin, Doug
      10/17/1976
      Pedalling message: Doug Mohr, 26, a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo, pulled into Nathan Phillips Square yesterday on his cross-Canada trip to raise money to fight the arms race
      Pedalling message: Doug Mohr, 26, a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo, pulled into Nathan Phillips Square yesterday on his cross-Canada trip to raise money to fight the arms race
      Brazao, Dale
      9/13/1985
      Almost home: Richard Beecroft of Ottawa was to ride his tricycle into Metro today, three years after he started his world cycling tour to heighten awareness of muscular sclerosis
      Almost home: Richard Beecroft of Ottawa was to ride his tricycle into Metro today, three years after he started his world cycling tour to heighten awareness of muscular sclerosis
      Beecroft, Richard
      8/18/1986
      Resplendent in spats, with gloves, bowler and cane, Otto Steiner of Brampton came to view tulips yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square, Steiner said he was a personal friend of Premier William Davis, had a military background and believed people should dress more elegantly
      Resplendent in spats, with gloves, bowler and cane, Otto Steiner of Brampton came to view tulips yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square, Steiner said he was a personal friend of Premier William Davis, had a military background and believed people should dress more elegantly
      Loek, Dick
      5/12/1976
      Kids crowded around Howie Meeker when he sited the outdoor rink at Nathan Phillips Square recently
      Kids crowded around Howie Meeker when he sited the outdoor rink at Nathan Phillips Square recently
      Meeker, Howie
      12/14/1973
      Burton's buddy. Actor Richard Burton, in town to work on the movie Circle Of Two, in which he stars with Tatum O'Neal, yesterday was spotted walking his dog outside Windsor Arms Hotel
      Burton's buddy. Actor Richard Burton, in town to work on the movie Circle Of Two, in which he stars with Tatum O'Neal, yesterday was spotted walking his dog outside Windsor Arms Hotel
      Burton, Richard, 1925-1984
      9/24/1979
      Ex-mayor gives a timely gift. Former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips stands beside sundial he presented to the city yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square.(...)
      Ex-mayor gives a timely gift. Former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips stands beside sundial he presented to the city yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square.(...)
      Phillips, Nathan, 1892-
      4/28/1969
      Look who's towing whom: Toronto Argonaut Mike (Pinball) Clemons tows former NHL great Bobby Orr around the ice at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
      Look who's towing whom: Toronto Argonaut Mike (Pinball) Clemons tows former NHL great Bobby Orr around the ice at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
      Clemons, Mike "Pinball", 1965-
      12/5/1991
      Music in the square: Almost 4,000 people came to Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday for rock concert that launched Music Week in Toronto
      Music in the square: Almost 4,000 people came to Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday for rock concert that launched Music Week in Toronto
      Beaty, Keith
      6/17/1973
      A Dragon Dance in Nathan Phillips Square. Many people look on.
      Bobbing and weaving, this 60-foot-long dragon cavorts on Nathan Phillips Square yesterday before leading a colorful parade through the streets to open Chinatown's Dragon Mall
      Feeny, Edwin
      29 August 1971
      More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
      More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
      Bull, Ron
      7/11/1980