Fireside Stories
Bruce McDougall’s mom used to take him to the High Park Library for special Saturday afternoon readings.
On Saturday afternoons, my mom occasionally took me to the High Park Library, a few blocks south of our place, where a librarian read stories to kids seated on the floor around a blazing fire in a big stone fireplace.
On the way home, we’d visit a guy named Mister Buffam, on the east side of Roncesvalles, who ran a shop that sold radio vacuum tubes, batteries and other electrical stuff. He lived with his wife behind the shop. (Victor Buffam owned Buffam Radio Service, 101 Roncesvalles Ave.)
