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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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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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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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Rita Stocklin mans the gas pumps at her own Esso Station on the Lakeshore near Bathurst St
Rita Stocklin mans the gas pumps at her own Esso Station on the Lakeshore near Bathurst St
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Graveyard of gas pumps and old-fashioned prices, Cherry St
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
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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