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A face from the past: Murray Westgate, who used to pump gas on Saturday night hockey commercials, is co-starring in The Gin Game, which opens tomorrow at Bayview Theatre
A face from the past: Murray Westgate, who used to pump gas on Saturday night hockey commercials, is co-starring in The Gin Game, which opens tomorrow at Bayview Theatre

A face from the past: Murray Westgate, who used to pump gas on Saturday night hockey commercials, is co-starring in The Gin Game, which opens tomorrow at Bayview Theatre

Date2/8/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: A face from the past: Murray Westgate, who used to pump gas on Saturday night hockey commercials, is co-starring in The Gin Game, which opens tomorrow at Bayview Theatre.
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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_0088820F
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That face: Joel Wyner's bad boy good looks in Dentyne and Coke TV commercials are bringing him fan mail from as far away as Britain
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No more lab coat: Actor Robert Ito opens at Toronto Free Theatre tomorrow night in A song for A Nisei Fisherman, his first stage appearance in Toronto since 1960
No more lab coat: Actor Robert Ito opens at Toronto Free Theatre tomorrow night in A song for A Nisei Fisherman, his first stage appearance in Toronto since 1960
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Vern Ramcharitar's face is framed by a 100 horsepower commercial pump he is repairing at Hart Pump Service in Don Mills
Vern Ramcharitar's face is framed by a 100 horsepower commercial pump he is repairing at Hart Pump Service in Don Mills
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Graveyard of gas pumps and old-fashioned prices, Cherry St
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Checking where the action is, 46-year-old Ross Hennigar smiles and drapes an affectionate arm over a Sunoco gas pump in Ontario, where company sells 70 per cent of product
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Lineups at gas pump
Lineups at gas pump
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Marion Hill (right), 19, pumps gas at the new variety store
Marion Hill (right), 19, pumps gas at the new variety store
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Small-Oil lobbyist: Jim Conrad, executive director of the Canadian Federation f Independent Petroleum Marketers, pumps gas at a Pioneer station, one of the independents whose interests he represents
Small-Oil lobbyist: Jim Conrad, executive director of the Canadian Federation f Independent Petroleum Marketers, pumps gas at a Pioneer station, one of the independents whose interests he represents
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Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
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