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Famous handlebar gets its final twirl
Famous handlebar gets its final twirl

Famous handlebar gets its final twirl

Date9/23/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Famous handlebar gets its final twirl. Clear the track, here comes Mary Gilby! That's what Eddie Shack, former owner of perhaps Canada's best known handlebar moustache, may have been thinking at the Hot Stove Lounge yesterday when Gilby, of St. Catharines, hove in view with razor in hand, winner of a $10,000 Shave Shack with Schick contest.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0079724F
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