September 18, 2016
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Arthur Turland of Kincardine celebrated his 95th birthday, Saturday afternoon, surrounded by family and friends at the Inverlyn Lake Estates clubhouse, just south of Kincardine.
His wife, Norine, celebrated her 92nd birthday, Thursday.
When asked how it feels to be 95, Turland said some days are good, some days are not so good.
"I have a big family and they help make them all good days," he said.
A bit surprised to be still around at this age, he admitted that he didn't expect to live so long.
"It's the good care he's received," chimed in Norine, with a laugh.
Turland said his immediate family, including three brothers and a sister, have all passed away. But he is thrilled to have his niece, Helen, and her husband, Jonathan Sharratt, living at Inverlyn Estates. They moved to Canada from England several months ago, and were living in Waterloo before moving here.
As for the secret to living a long life? Turland said he takes care of Norine, and she takes care of him. "That's what keeps us going."
Turland came from England to Canada during the Second World War and served in Port Albert (north of Goderich) with the Commonwealth Air Training program. He met Norine Farrell at a dance at the Kincardine Pavilion; she was working at the Malcolm Furniture Factory in Kincardine, making wings for the Mosquito aircraft.
They were married in 1945, and then Turland was posted to the Isle of Man where he was responsible for a radio station which was transmitting signals to guide British planes.
Following the war, he and Norine ran a radio repair store beside the Bruce Inn. After their two eldest children were born, they sold the business, their house and their truck and booked passage to England to visit his family. When they returned to Canada, they lived in Bayfield to be close to his new job as a civilian instructor at the Clinton Radar School.
They lived in Goderich for several years, and then moved back to Kincardine in the 1970s after their current home on Queen Street, Kincardine, was built.
Turland was the audio-visual operator at F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham, for several years. He is famous for his flower gardens which flourish around their home and all across the backyard. He is a member of the Kincardine Legion and the Kincardine and District Horticultural Society.
He and Norine have seven seven children: Rosemary and her husband, Ed Addison, of Aurora; George Turland of London; Charles Turland and his wife, Rhonda, of Kincardine; James Turland of Kincardine; Susan Turland of Lac Beauport, Quebec; Robert Turland and his wife, Eve, of Guelph; and Brenda and her husband, Robert Colquhoun, of Kincardine. They also have 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Written ByLiz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.
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