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Dame Vera Lynn is chauffeured around the Exhibition Place Coliseum arena after her final performance yesterday.
Dame Vera Lynn is chauffeured around the Exhibition Place Coliseum arena after her final performance yesterday.

Dame Vera Lynn is chauffeured around the Exhibition Place Coliseum arena after her final performance yesterday.

Date5/9/1987
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Dame Vera Lynn, morale booster of Allied servicemen during World War II, brought the memories flooding back to 17,000 sentimental souls at her concert in the CNE Grandstand last night
Dame Vera Lynn, morale booster of Allied servicemen during World War II, brought the memories flooding back to 17,000 sentimental souls at her concert in the CNE Grandstand last night
8/25/1977
Military escort: Dame Vera Lynn sang her goodbys to the Grandstand crowd from the back of a military Jeep last night
Military escort: Dame Vera Lynn sang her goodbys to the Grandstand crowd from the back of a military Jeep last night
8/20/1981
Vera Lynn sings: A large crowd at Union Station yesterday gathered to hear Vera Lynn sing some old-time songs at the Heroes' Day Concert, where those who fought in World War II came, many on crutches, to relive memories and chat about those years
Vera Lynn sings: A large crowd at Union Station yesterday gathered to hear Vera Lynn sing some old-time songs at the Heroes' Day Concert, where those who fought in World War II came, many on crutches, to relive memories and chat about those years
7/1/1984
The sound of massed music. It was called the Sound Orgy of the Year and there was certainly lots of it resounding through Coliseum Arena of Exhibition(...)
The sound of massed music. It was called the Sound Orgy of the Year and there was certainly lots of it resounding through Coliseum Arena of Exhibition(...)
1/19/1972
Vera Lynn: Reader says the recent Vera Lynn concert was tremendous, especially in light of the fact that only two policemen were needed to keep the crowd in line
Vera Lynn: Reader says the recent Vera Lynn concert was tremendous, especially in light of the fact that only two policemen were needed to keep the crowd in line
9/1/1979
Standing in his DEN Toronto's master limousine driver Lewis Goldblatt is surrounded by photographs of some of the many celebrities he has chauffeured around the city
Standing in his DEN Toronto's master limousine driver Lewis Goldblatt is surrounded by photographs of some of the many celebrities he has chauffeured around the city
4/9/1975
Hamburger and Champagne is not your run-of-the-mill culinary combination, but there is nothing commonplace either about being chauffeured around in a (...)
Hamburger and Champagne is not your run-of-the-mill culinary combination, but there is nothing commonplace either about being chauffeured around in a (...)
12/13/1976
On Road to recovery. Shantel Freeman, who was thrown from a moving van Nov. 6, is held by her mother Mariann on a chauffeured limousine ride yesterday(...)
On Road to recovery. Shantel Freeman, who was thrown from a moving van Nov. 6, is held by her mother Mariann on a chauffeured limousine ride yesterday(...)
12/8/1990
Best face forward: Ed Smitchen, left, and Judy McCulloch try out masks of the great and ghastly at the Toronto Spring Gift show yesterday in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place
Best face forward: Ed Smitchen, left, and Judy McCulloch try out masks of the great and ghastly at the Toronto Spring Gift show yesterday in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place
2/18/1990
Zips shows what horse power is all about, Jeff Pait works his yearling stud Zips in the ring at the Coliseum, Exhibition Place yesterday, in preparati(...)
Zips shows what horse power is all about, Jeff Pait works his yearling stud Zips in the ring at the Coliseum, Exhibition Place yesterday, in preparati(...)
3/2/1987
Just swimming through, Sports enthusiasts see some unexpected sights in the coliseum at Exhibition Place yesterday
Just swimming through, Sports enthusiasts see some unexpected sights in the coliseum at Exhibition Place yesterday
3/14/1991
The downside: Luc Fillatrault of the Trois-Rivleres Patriotes finds himself in an awkward position along the boards after contact with Brandon's Reg Spence yesterday in hockey final at Varsity Arena
The downside: Luc Fillatrault of the Trois-Rivleres Patriotes finds himself in an awkward position along the boards after contact with Brandon's Reg Spence yesterday in hockey final at Varsity Arena
1/5/1992