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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.

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.

Date10/7/1977
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  • 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.
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      Stuart of all trades: Stuart Hamilton, currently producer of the Canadian Opera Company's summer series at Harbourfront, has had a varied career as a producer, accompanist and actor
      Stuart of all trades: Stuart Hamilton, currently producer of the Canadian Opera Company's summer series at Harbourfront, has had a varied career as a producer, accompanist and actor
      Combs, Erin
      8/5/1980
      The stock market has been anything but kind to investors in th past year. Two Metro men, Peter Cossete, left, and Stuart Shoemaker, right, might be described as typical individual investors. Shoemaker is disillusioned by recent drop in stock prices, while Cossette still sees the market a comeback in the next year or so, Cossette calls market an irrational creature.'
      The stock market has been anything but kind to investors in th past year. Two Metro men, Peter Cossete, left, and Stuart Shoemaker, right, might be described as typical individual investors. Shoemaker is disillusioned by recent drop in stock prices, while Cossette still sees the market a comeback in the next year or so, Cossette calls market an irrational creature.'
      Darrell, Dick
      5/23/1974
      Group home: Pony Tail Farms is the group home where Stuart Taylor and his wife Joyce cared for 184 children, most of them disturbed teenagers, over 15 years
      Group home: Pony Tail Farms is the group home where Stuart Taylor and his wife Joyce cared for 184 children, most of them disturbed teenagers, over 15 years
      Dutton, Don
      4/11/1987
      Reporter joins up, Richard Stuart, Whitby and Ontario county news correspondent for The Star, who has joined the Canadian Active Militia
      Reporter joins up, Richard Stuart, Whitby and Ontario county news correspondent for The Star, who has joined the Canadian Active Militia
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/19/1942
      Aviation heritage is preserved by Bob Stuart, a collector of airplane relics who has opened a museum at Oshawa airport
      Aviation heritage is preserved by Bob Stuart, a collector of airplane relics who has opened a museum at Oshawa airport
      McConnell, Colin
      11/6/1977
      Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
      Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
      Goode, Jeff
      9/15/1977
      Ever-optimistic promoter Charlie Stuart has returned to Toronto and is talking up the biggest damned gold mine in the world
      Ever-optimistic promoter Charlie Stuart has returned to Toronto and is talking up the biggest damned gold mine in the world
      Darrell, Dick
      3/8/1972
      Stuart Taylor: The 54-year-old group home operator leaves Oshawa Provincial Court after he was originally charged in 1984
      Stuart Taylor: The 54-year-old group home operator leaves Oshawa Provincial Court after he was originally charged in 1984
      Brazao, Dale
      9/24/1984
      Sign of the times: It's a tight market, not greed, that causes housing problems, says Stuart Thom, whose report calls for rent controls to end
      Sign of the times: It's a tight market, not greed, that causes housing problems, says Stuart Thom, whose report calls for rent controls to end
      Darrell, Dick
      4/2/1982
      Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone
      Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone
      Beaty, Keith
      5/6/1992
      Full house is a happy house, say the three generations living together in the Stuart home on Briar Hill Ave
      Full house is a happy house, say the three generations living together in the Stuart home on Briar Hill Ave
      McConnell, Colin
      9/10/1975
      Mr. Stuart Pearson is working in his backyard while Stuart Morley and Bruce Thomson (in raincoat) are taking Geiger counter readings
      Mr. Stuart Pearson is working in his backyard while Stuart Morley and Bruce Thomson (in raincoat) are taking Geiger counter readings
      Loek, Dick
      4/5/1976