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The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.

The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.

Date6/18/1982
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  • The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
      Dunlop, Alan
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
      Bull, Ron
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      One of the last blacksmiths in Toronto hasn't shod a horse in seven years, but that suits 78-year-old Bob Watton just fine. I don't miss horses a bit, he says
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      Brennan, Pat
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      Mahler, John
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      Bull, Ron
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      Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off
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      Brennan, Mark
      9/9/1982
      A Final Shine: Alex Tsandilis, owner of Bay & Bloor Shoe Service, gets a shine from cousin Steve Trifunoff, who came to help close down the shop that had been in the same building for 44 years
      A Final Shine: Alex Tsandilis, owner of Bay & Bloor Shoe Service, gets a shine from cousin Steve Trifunoff, who came to help close down the shop that had been in the same building for 44 years
      Geo, Mario
      7/1/1972