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Gallery expansion: Masonry foreman Roberto Buttazzoni stacks stones on the addition to Oshawa's Robert McLaughlin art gallery; which will open in May. Volunteers have raised more than $5 million to pay for the expansion and upgrading.

Picture, 1987

Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take the scrap wood for their fireplaces and wood stoves.

Picture, 1995

It may not be green yet but the tantalizing promise of spring brought Scott Shallhorn out to walk dog Quincey in Oshawa's Hillsdale Park one afternoon last week; while son Jarrett; 4; enjoyed one of the season's first bike rides down the winding path.

Picture, 1992

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

Picture, 1986

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - Misc (1983)

Picture, 1983

It's a long walk along the slowly-moving assembly line at the Oshawa South plant of General Motors; where the vast; linked buildings cover 165 acres. To save time getting from one place to another; workers ride bicycles along controlled pathways. The company experimented first with golf carts but found the bikes more flexible.

Picture, 1973

Homeless crisis: Oshawa's YWCA operates this shelter for homeless women and children. Executive director Susan Neal; left; and housing director Barb Taggett arrange beds.

Picture, 1988

Time out: Mark Simpson; Wayne Smith and Rick Crowley; from left; display the collective sense of humor that gets them through the work day.

Picture, 1988

In dark: Workers leaving GM plant in Oshawa yesterday were left in the dark on the extent of Canadian plant closings and job cutbacks over the next four years. What they do know is that GM's overall plan is to bring manufacturing tightly in-line with demand.

Picture, 1991

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - Misc (1983)

Picture, 1983

Diamond; Nancy

Picture, 1997

YWCA hostel Adelaide house; Amy McGarvey on phone; Beety Bone in background

Picture, 1998

Lunch beside the line saves time for GM assembly workers. Picnic tables are one place to spend their 42-minute lunch periods and two 10-minute shift breaks. There's also a company cafeteria.

Picture, 1973

Historic houses: Oshawa - Historical Society wants $250;000 to restore Guy House; above; as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park.

Picture, 1983

Got a bite? These three found an old tree root in the Oshawa Creek to be the ideal perch for a little Spring fishing. Trying their luck at luring bites are Phillip Gaudette; 13; left; Steve Ramsey; 16; standing and Mark Camilleri; 11.

Picture, 1981

William Mitchell. Experimental learning programs

Picture, 1995

General Motors Assembly Line

Picture, 1993

Edward Carswell, Oshawa, Ont. : the inimitable orator, poet, artist lectures on the following subjects ...

Ephemera, 1888

Workers leave after their last shift due to strike at U.S. plants.

Picture, 1998

Oshawa downtown looking east along King St.

Picture, 1983

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Gallery expansion: Masonry foreman Roberto Buttazzoni stacks stones on the addition to Oshawa's Robert McLaughlin art gallery; which will open in May. Volunteers have raised more than $5 million to pay for the expansion and upgrading.

Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take the scrap wood for their fireplaces and wood stoves.

It may not be green yet but the tantalizing promise of spring brought Scott Shallhorn out to walk dog Quincey in Oshawa's Hillsdale Park one afternoon last week; while son Jarrett; 4; enjoyed one of the season's first bike rides down the winding path.

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - Misc (1983)

Homeless crisis: Oshawa's YWCA operates this shelter for homeless women and children. Executive director Susan Neal; left; and housing director Barb Taggett arrange beds.

Time out: Mark Simpson; Wayne Smith and Rick Crowley; from left; display the collective sense of humor that gets them through the work day.

In dark: Workers leaving GM plant in Oshawa yesterday were left in the dark on the extent of Canadian plant closings and job cutbacks over the next four years. What they do know is that GM's overall plan is to bring manufacturing tightly in-line with demand.

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - Misc (1983)

Diamond; Nancy

YWCA hostel Adelaide house; Amy McGarvey on phone; Beety Bone in background

Lunch beside the line saves time for GM assembly workers. Picnic tables are one place to spend their 42-minute lunch periods and two 10-minute shift breaks. There's also a company cafeteria.

Historic houses: Oshawa - Historical Society wants $250;000 to restore Guy House; above; as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park.

Got a bite? These three found an old tree root in the Oshawa Creek to be the ideal perch for a little Spring fishing. Trying their luck at luring bites are Phillip Gaudette; 13; left; Steve Ramsey; 16; standing and Mark Camilleri; 11.

William Mitchell. Experimental learning programs

General Motors Assembly Line

Edward Carswell, Oshawa, Ont. : the inimitable orator, poet, artist lectures on the following subjects ...

Workers leave after their last shift due to strike at U.S. plants.

Oshawa downtown looking east along King St.

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