Allan Hurd and Boy Electrician

Toronto: Allan Hurd grew up an only child, born to working-class British immigrants in Toronto, according to Globe and Mail. Life wasn’t easy during the Depression years and the family moved often around the city, with young Allan delivering groceries and doing odd jobs to help out. Born on June 30, 1921, in Toronto; died on Dec. 27, 2015, in Kemptville, Ont.,of natural causes,aged 94. He was fortunate to have a mother who read to him, however, and his sole Christmas present each year was a Meccano set – a gift that inspired a lifelong love of science. Later, inspired by a book, The Boy Electrician, he began to build increasingly elaborate radios. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone From an early age, he was fascinated by machines and drove his mother to distraction by trying to take apart her sewing machine. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.