about the author
Allan Duffin was born in Hamilton Ontario and his Family moved to nearby Dundas in 1950 when his Father joined the Dundas Police Force. He was raised in Dundas spending over 20 years there. He went on to a career in EMS for over 40 years. He started as an Ambulance Medic in Burlington. Within a few years he and a partner started the Halton-Mississauga Ambulance Service operating Ambulance Service in the Halton Region and the City of Mississauga. He was the operations lead for the evacuation of the Mississauga Hospital and nearby Long Term Care Facilities during the Mississauga Train Chlorine Gas Derailment Emergency in November of 1979.
about the book
As titled, this book is a Memoir of a Young Boy who grew up in a small town in that truly nostalgic age of the 50’s and 60’s and most importantly, was raised by a Single Parent. Accordingly, the Book is dedicated to all Single Parents everywhere who sacrifice so much with their absolute dedication to raising their children. Minnie Marguerite Duffin graced this earth from September 21, 1911 thru August 4, 1989. It is to this Woman, my Mother, who instilled so many values in me that I owe my later successes in life to. Widowed at 41 years of age with Three Children, my Mother continued a life of extreme challenges that began far back in her childhood. Being the eldest of 6 children, the heavy weight of responsibility enveloped her from an early age. Her Father, Sherman Huff was an unemployed Carpenter when he signed on with the Great Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War 1 as the pay commenced immediately. She was but 5 years old when he left for overseas.
