When did you start working at Tundra Leather (then a Tandycrafts location )?
PG – At about 12 years old, I washed windows and mopped floors at Tandy in exchange for tools and supplies. A year or so later, I cut up a Tandy catalogue, pasted up a personal catalogue of products I could make, and sold belts and wallets door-to-door. In high school, I worked at the Tandy store as a retail staffer and class instructor. H – You left Hamilton after high school. What brought you back? PG – After high school, I spent a few years at Stelco. In 1976, I went to work for Tandycrafts in the Barrie head office/dealer division. In the fall of 1977, I came back to Hamilton, got married, and took over the Stoney Creek Tandy store as Manager. In about 1979, I took over the running of the Hamilton store as well. In 1982, while still working for Tandycrafts, a partner and I started Tundra Mfg. Inc. and made accessories for the shooting sports. In the fall of 1991, Tandycrafts sold or closed many of their retail stores including Hamilton. Not wanting to be unemployed, and convinced I
