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Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)

Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)

Date3/18/1969
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  • Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
  • Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth an estimated $1,000,000 to land-hungry developers. With his own four children now grown up, ponies are ridden only occasionally by children from neighborhood.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth an estimated $1,000,000 to land-hungry developers. With his own four children now grown up, ponies are ridden only occasionally by children from neighborhood.
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      Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
      Just a farmer at heart, Metro chairman Ab Campbell parks a boot on a cedar fence rail and surveys his 19-acre spread in Scarborough. Campbell returns (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      n.d.
      Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
      Ab campbell opens his library. Scarborough Alderman Carol Ruddell sits on floor with daughter, Amy, 3, as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell shows her a book (...)
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      9/29/1971
      Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
      Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      5/21/1981
      A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
      A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
      Basie, Count, 1904-1984
      4/28/1980
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell last week said that whichever party comes to power this month, it will be asked to grant certain freedoms to Metro. One Star reader disagrees with this position
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      8/23/1971
      Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
      Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
      Combs, Erin
      10/7/1977
      Joseph Renwick keeps a lonely vigil on his 1,280-acre farm in Saskatchewan
      Joseph Renwick keeps a lonely vigil on his 1,280-acre farm in Saskatchewan
      Ross, Fred
      1/16/1970
      These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
      These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/14/1936
      John Kruger, executive assistant to Metro chairman Ab Campbell, sits in his office overlooking Nathan Philips Square
      John Kruger, executive assistant to Metro chairman Ab Campbell, sits in his office overlooking Nathan Philips Square
      Kruger, John P.
      9/20/1971
      Missed opportunity: Leaf centre Mike Bullard chases a puck at the San Jose net as defenceman David Williams, left, and goalie Jeff Hackett scramble during the first period last night at the Gardens
      Missed opportunity: Leaf centre Mike Bullard chases a puck at the San Jose net as defenceman David Williams, left, and goalie Jeff Hackett scramble during the first period last night at the Gardens
      McConnell, Colin
      11/4/1991
      Author and urban expert Jane Jacobs (left), Controller Margaret Campbell and alderman-elect Ying Hope listen as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell tells them (...)
      Author and urban expert Jane Jacobs (left), Controller Margaret Campbell and alderman-elect Ying Hope listen as Metro Chairman Ab Campbell tells them (...)
      City council members
      12/16/1979
      Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
      Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
      Dunlop, Al
      4/9/1981