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Oomph! Bill Burrill, the City Page's turnstile expert, experiences a close encounter of the three-pronged turnstile kind. This ambush took place at th(...)
Oomph! Bill Burrill, the City Page's turnstile expert, experiences a close encounter of the three-pronged turnstile kind. This ambush took place at th(...)

Oomph! Bill Burrill, the City Page's turnstile expert, experiences a close encounter of the three-pronged turnstile kind. This ambush took place at th(...)

Date12/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Oomph! Bill Burrill, the City Page's turnstile expert, experiences a close encounter of the three-pronged turnstile kind. This ambush took place at the Cumberland subway stop. Fellow travellers are not amused. They don't realize they may be the next victims.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035336F
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