First Encounter at a Stadium
Lois Broad remembers watching high-school football at the stadium where Dufferin Mall now stands — and one unforgettable game in 1941.
When High Park resident Lois Broad met her husband-to-be in the early 1940s, she was just 14 years old and he was 15. Her first encounter with Charlie was at a school football game at a stadium that used to be on the site of Dufferin Mall. Next came a sock hop and then her first date with what was a memorably embarrassing moment – all because of an Artie Shaw song. Only a 14-year-old could have been so devastated!!
Lois, who was born in 1927, has shared many wonderful stories with us. She grew up on High Park Ave. in Toronto’s west end and attended Humberside Collegiate, where her father had been a teacher.
Lois and Charlie Broad in High Park. Both students at Humberside Collegiate, they met in their early teens. They married in 1949.
Aerial view of the former Dufferin Race Track where the Dufferin Mall is now located.
The finish line at the old Dufferin Race Track. High-school football games used to take place at the race track.