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New Face: Al Cochrane has lovingly restored the popular carousel at Centreville on Centre Island.
New Face: Al Cochrane has lovingly restored the popular carousel at Centreville on Centre Island.

New Face: Al Cochrane has lovingly restored the popular carousel at Centreville on Centre Island.

Date5/17/1991
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0126006F
      Prized possession: Franklin Foley, 65, and wife, Dorothy, 62, of Belleville, stand with Foley's Dutch concert street organ that he has lovingly restored. The couple recently played the organ at Yonge and Bloor Sts for a special promotion on Holland by The
      Prized possession: Franklin Foley, 65, and wife, Dorothy, 62, of Belleville, stand with Foley's Dutch concert street organ that he has lovingly restored. The couple recently played the organ at Yonge and Bloor Sts for a special promotion on Holland by The
      Griffin, Doug
      5/5/1988
      An 1848 house built by a son of the first settlers in Scarborough has been lovingly restored by Muriel Taylor and her husband, Alan
      An 1848 house built by a son of the first settlers in Scarborough has been lovingly restored by Muriel Taylor and her husband, Alan
      Barkley, Harold
      2/12/1976
      Wonder Ride: Jesse Boyle, 3, enjoys Centre island's carousel - one of only 200 of its kind left in the world
      Wonder Ride: Jesse Boyle, 3, enjoys Centre island's carousel - one of only 200 of its kind left in the world
      Stawicki, Andrew
      8/28/1989
      Painted Horses: Centre Island carousel enjoyed by Jesse Boyle bears mark of a master carver
      Painted Horses: Centre Island carousel enjoyed by Jesse Boyle bears mark of a master carver
      Stawicki, Andrew
      8/28/1989
      Splash down, island-style. There's a new ride this summer at Centreville, the amusement park on Centre Island that's built like a turn-of-the-century (...)
      Splash down, island-style. There's a new ride this summer at Centreville, the amusement park on Centre Island that's built like a turn-of-the-century (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/8/1972
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Centre Island - Centreville Amusements
      Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Island - Centre Island - Centreville Amusements
      Bull, Ron
      7/21/1988
      There are many ways to view Centreville and one of them is from the air in this sky ride which has a series of cars that glide above the village, a lagoon and Old MacDonald's farm
      There are many ways to view Centreville and one of them is from the air in this sky ride which has a series of cars that glide above the village, a lagoon and Old MacDonald's farm
      Bezant, Graham
      5/26/1977
      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
      Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
      Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
      Darrell, Dick
      11/3/1975
      Lowering away. A 5,000-pound cast metal light dome is lowered into place atop the Centre Island lighthouse built in 1808 and now being restored as a historic landmark
      Lowering away. A 5,000-pound cast metal light dome is lowered into place atop the Centre Island lighthouse built in 1808 and now being restored as a historic landmark
      James, Norman
      17 May 1962
      Harbor ferry Trillium, above, was restored at cost of $1 million -- but can't dock at Centre Island, reader complains
      Harbor ferry Trillium, above, was restored at cost of $1 million -- but can't dock at Centre Island, reader complains
      Mahler, John
      5/12/1976
      Faneuil Hall Marketplace: Saved from the wreckers and restored, this area is now one of Boston's most popular attractions
      Faneuil Hall Marketplace: Saved from the wreckers and restored, this area is now one of Boston's most popular attractions
      Spremo, Boris
      4/16/1985