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In '52, I was 5 and living in Mimico, a suburb of Toronto. I can recall buying at least one '52 T pack at a novelty store on Mimico Ave, because I still have the original 5. But, typical dumb-*** kid, I glued them into a scapbook. Who knew? They survived our move to San Diego in '53, then 30 years ago, I carefully peeled them from the sb. Ten years ago, I shot them up the road to GAI, not for any $ value, but to forever preserve them as a memory of 1952 in Toronto. Not surprisingly, with the extensive back damage, they all came back as 1's. For years, I've wondered if that store from my childhood was still extant. Recently, I went to the net on vpike.com. for, "Mimico Ave." Unfortunately, the store fronts had changed. So, all I have is the memory of what it looked like in '52 . . . and of course those beloved 5 '52 T highs. Being a Canadian, I also bought a few packs of '52 Parkies then. Alas, they suffered the same fate as the former.