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Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke
Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke

Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke

Date7/1/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac; which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0102391F
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