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1949-1964

Wayne Krys

Wayne Krys was born in Jasper Place in the early 1950s where his parents had bought a house in West Jasper Place on the corner

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1949-1964

George Cuff

George Cuff was born in Jasper Place in the late 1940s, next to what was then Barrel Taxi; his parents soon bought a house at

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B&W detail of a 1948 aerial photo.
1949-1964

Walter Touchings

Walter Touchings was interviewed by telephone for the Jasper Place Community History Project on January 24th, 2023. Barrie Touchings, his nephew, also interviewed by the

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1949-1964

Barrie Touchings

Barrie Touchings was two years old when his parents bought a house at 10450 154th Street. His paternal grandmother had come from England and grandfather

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1880s-1949

Jean Edouard Côté

Jean Edouard Côté grew up in the West End east of 149th Street, and was born in the old Misericordia Hospital. He’s a third generation

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