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'Don't sleep in the subway'. Petula Clark, now appearing at the Imperial Room, took a trip on the Toronto subway system this week and surprised a lot of people who remembered her hit song of 1967
'Don't sleep in the subway'. Petula Clark, now appearing at the Imperial Room, took a trip on the Toronto subway system this week and surprised a lot of people who remembered her hit song of 1967

'Don't sleep in the subway'. Petula Clark, now appearing at the Imperial Room, took a trip on the Toronto subway system this week and surprised a lot of people who remembered her hit song of 1967

Date4/16/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Don't sleep in the subway'. Petula Clark, now appearing at the Imperial Room, took a trip on the Toronto subway system this week and surprised a lot of people who remembered her hit song of 1967.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0038709F
      There's a lot of old-time, high-olass style onstage at the Imperial Room this week as Julie Wilson slinks and slithers to her torch songs, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky
      There's a lot of old-time, high-olass style onstage at the Imperial Room this week as Julie Wilson slinks and slithers to her torch songs, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky
      Griffin, Doug
      10/20/1975
      Bride's subway trip costs hubby a $15 dress, Riding the subway in unsilent and quite successful protest, Inette Nathan, 21 married just one week ago, (...)
      Bride's subway trip costs hubby a $15 dress, Riding the subway in unsilent and quite successful protest, Inette Nathan, 21 married just one week ago, (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/19/1970
      Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)
      Shivering on the Yorkdale subway station platform, York Controller Alan Tonks remembered the heat of 1968 and his motorcylce-riding, anti-streetcar da(...)
      Cooper, David
      12/21/1978
      Subway Elvis plays a song at the Yonge Bloor subway station, which is where the people are
      Subway Elvis plays a song at the Yonge Bloor subway station, which is where the people are
      McTaggart, Mike
      7/13/1970
      Subway Elvis Mike McTaggart plays a song in Yonge-Bloor subway station, which 16-year-old Grade 11 Etobicoke student says is where the people are
      Subway Elvis Mike McTaggart plays a song in Yonge-Bloor subway station, which 16-year-old Grade 11 Etobicoke student says is where the people are
      McTaggart, Mike
      7/14/1970
      It took a lot of hard work and determination for Scott Coppola to transform himself from bulky jock to lean ballet dancer. He is now appearing in H.M.S. Pinafore.
      It took a lot of hard work and determination for Scott Coppola to transform himself from bulky jock to lean ballet dancer. He is now appearing in H.M.S. Pinafore.
      Bull, Ron
      12/8/1987
      Dejected Teodor Semczyczm sleeps in furnace room, City evicted him from trailer home in downtown parking lot week ago
      Dejected Teodor Semczyczm sleeps in furnace room, City evicted him from trailer home in downtown parking lot week ago
      Dinsmore, Ted
      2/22/1964
      Petula was downtown. Singer Petula Clark stopped in Toronto yesterday to promote her London Palladium Show that's due at the Royal Alex on April 2. Sh(...)
      Petula was downtown. Singer Petula Clark stopped in Toronto yesterday to promote her London Palladium Show that's due at the Royal Alex on April 2. Sh(...)
      Clark, Petula, 1932-
      2/21/1985
      Anguished mother: Husband, Max, at her side, Merle Peters implores TTC to install closed-circuit TV surveillance system in subway stations
      Anguished mother: Husband, Max, at her side, Merle Peters implores TTC to install closed-circuit TV surveillance system in subway stations
      Loek, Dick
      6/8/1976
      Yonge Street subway, looking north from Imperial Street to Eglinton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. I…
      Yonge Street subway, looking north from Imperial Street to Eglinton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Transit Commission
      1981-08
      Now you see 'em, now you don't, it took two hours of a busy business day to transform the packed downtown parking lot above to the tranquil scene below
      Now you see 'em, now you don't, it took two hours of a busy business day to transform the packed downtown parking lot above to the tranquil scene below
      Spremo, Boris
      4/24/1973
      Easygoing style: Singer and actress Petula Clark says fashion isn't terribly important to her, although her closet is crammed with clothes made by her dressmakers and by Yves Saint Laurent
      Easygoing style: Singer and actress Petula Clark says fashion isn't terribly important to her, although her closet is crammed with clothes made by her dressmakers and by Yves Saint Laurent
      Clark, Petula, 1932-
      4/10/1986