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Fans jam Nathan Phillips Square for glimpse of Bay City Rollers
Fans jam Nathan Phillips Square for glimpse of Bay City Rollers

Fans jam Nathan Phillips Square for glimpse of Bay City Rollers

Date6/27/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fans jam Nathan Phillips Square for glimpse of Bay City Rollers. Reader says they ruined chance to see their idols.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101696F
Five young Scottish rock stars, the Bay City Rollers, wave and smile at the thousands of fans who thronged Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. But mobs (...)
Five young Scottish rock stars, the Bay City Rollers, wave and smile at the thousands of fans who thronged Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. But mobs (...)
6/28/1976
It was Bedlam at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday when the Bay City Rollers appeared, sending thousands of teenage girls into ecstasy. Police joked wi(...)
It was Bedlam at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday when the Bay City Rollers appeared, sending thousands of teenage girls into ecstasy. Police joked wi(...)
6/28/1976
Overcome with the excitement of seeing the Bay City Rollers, a girl faints and is carried out of the crowd at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. The Sc(...)
Overcome with the excitement of seeing the Bay City Rollers, a girl faints and is carried out of the crowd at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. The Sc(...)
6/27/1976
Screaming teenage girls rush police lines at Nathan Phillips Square trying to get to the Bay City Rollers who made two three-minute appearances before(...)
Screaming teenage girls rush police lines at Nathan Phillips Square trying to get to the Bay City Rollers who made two three-minute appearances before(...)
6/27/1976
Thousands of fans jammed Nathan Phillips Square for Bay City Roller' concert
Thousands of fans jammed Nathan Phillips Square for Bay City Roller' concert
6/27/1976
Fans don't show affection for Bay City Rollers by defening innocent bystanders with screams, nor to push, shove and trample other fans out of the way,(...)
Fans don't show affection for Bay City Rollers by defening innocent bystanders with screams, nor to push, shove and trample other fans out of the way,(...)
8/11/1976
Heart and Excitement prostrated dozens of youngsters as about 2,000 Bay City Rollers fans swarmed outside CHUM radio station on Yonge St. yesterday tr(...)
Heart and Excitement prostrated dozens of youngsters as about 2,000 Bay City Rollers fans swarmed outside CHUM radio station on Yonge St. yesterday tr(...)
8/11/1976
Bay City Rollers fans
Bay City Rollers fans
8/11/1976
Hysterical fans scream as Bay City Rollers performed in Toronto Aug
Hysterical fans scream as Bay City Rollers performed in Toronto Aug
8/11/1976
Music Groups Named - Bay City Rollers (Fans)
Music Groups Named - Bay City Rollers (Fans)
8/11/1976
Rollers' Fan meets her heroes. Envy of every Tartan Terror, 11-year-old Sherrie Lee Human of Havelock had her picture taken with Bay City Rollers yest(...)
Rollers' Fan meets her heroes. Envy of every Tartan Terror, 11-year-old Sherrie Lee Human of Havelock had her picture taken with Bay City Rollers yest(...)
8/23/1977
Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
5/25/1984