Dorothy Taylor celebrated her 100th birthday in April with most of the 40 members of her immediate family, including 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren all in attendance.
Dorothy, with her husband, Eric, moved to their acre block in Colchester Road, Kilsyth after their marriage in 1949. They raised three children and lived in the family home for 40 years. They sold their block to Walmsley Village and moved to Mooroolbark. After the death of her husband, Dorothy eventually moved into a unit at Walmsley Village in 1998, where she still lives today.
Prior to her marriage, Dorothy served for three-and-a half years during World War II in the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). She was very involved in the pre-school and primary school at Kilsyth in the Mothers’ Clubs for many years in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Dorothy keeps in contact with her family and grandchildren through ‘WhatsApp’ on her iPad. She loves receiving photos of her great grandchildren through ‘WhatsApp’.
Over the years, she has enjoyed knitting for all the grandchildren and great grandchildren and this was especially so during the years of the Covid pandemic when she seldom ventured outside and knitted over 20 jumpers and other items. Up until that time, and at the age of 95, Dorothy was still driving herself to water aerobics at eight o’clock two mornings a week.
