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The Tivoli Billiards Hall on Augusta and the Brazil Restaurant on Nassau were gathering places and informal hiring halls for Portuguese men during the 1960s. Photo taken in 1969. - Photo courtesy: Vincenzo Pietropaolo
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The Portuguese Book Store imported more than books and newspapers; it drew men to the corner of Nassau and Bellevue to listen to shortwave broadcasts of soccer games straight from home. Mario Tomaz put speakers outside to make sure no one missed a play. - Photo courtesy: Tomaz Family
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Kensington was a major Portuguese centre for living, shopping and social and business life throughout the 1960s and 1970s. - Photo courtesy: Kensington Roots
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The Gomes supermarket on Augusta, 1981. The family followed Kensington tradition, getting their start by opening the store in the front of the house. - Photo courtesy: Vincenzo Pietropaolo
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Looks like a call home for lunch in 1955 for children playing in the laneway beside Leopold's fruits and vegetable store. - Photo courtesy: Michel Lambeth, National Archives of Canada, PA-178393
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Kids have always worked in Kensington Market- if not in a store, there was always some other way. One veteran of the Depression set up an orange crate on Baldwin to sell shoelaces. Another, who worked for his family in those days, remembers buying one ice skate from the junk dealer next door and buying the second one a month later when he could afford it. - Photo courtesy: Vincenzo Pietropaolo
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Kids have always worked in Kensington Market- if not in a store, there was always some other way. One veteran of the Depression set up an orange crate on Baldwin to sell shoelaces. Another, who worked for his family in those days, remembers buying one ice skate from the junk dealer next door and buying the second one a month later when he could afford it. - Photo courtesy: Vincenzo Pietropaolo
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The young people in the TNT (Toronto Negro Trumpeters) lead a parade. At the height of their success, they had about a hundred members. - Photo courtesy: Arnold Winn
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Led by St. Stephen's Community House, Kensington helped save the Doctors Hospital in 1976. Humberto Medeiros speaks at a rally at the Kensington School. - Photo courtesy: St. Stephen's Community House
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