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KINGSMERE -- THE TAYLORS COME TO GRAND BEND

Albert Thomas (AT) Taylor returned to London after the birth of his second child in 1910. He was a fitness instructor at the YMCA and wanted the best environment for his children. Although he and his family made several summer vacations at Port Stanley he decided on Grand Bend where he thought his family would take in the air. They rented a cottage on Main Street across from the Imperial Hotel for two months each summer. Vera [Campbell, who turned 101 in 2008, aunt of Cam Taylor] recalls playing with the children of the owners who seemed to add to their large brood each year. She and the older girls were expected to baby sit, which cramped their style somewhat. She remembers sneaking into the kitchen to eat raw cookie dough. She hated it when the chickens were slaughtered in the yard for the evening restaurant menu. Vera also played with the Brenner children whose parents owned the hotel, now the Colonial.

 

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