Spanky at the Firehall

On Sundays in the 1930s, Doris Dunne, the youngest of three girls, had a job. She was to deliver a roast beef dinner to their dad, who was working as a fireman at the station, still located at 462 Runnymede Rd.

It was a short walk, just a few blocks away from the family’s rented home on Durie St. Doris’s mom’s well-cooked roast beef with all the trimmings, including Yorkshire pudding, was a family favourite.

Doris always took her little dog Spanky along with her to the station, and, every time, the firemen used to tease her about her beloved little spaniel.

Doris was born in 1926 and has many fond memories of growing up in what is now known as Toronto’s Bloor West Village neighbourhood.