Bakery ‘an institution'

Dear Editor:

Our sons are the fifth generation of Allans to enjoy the consistent top quality bread, meat pies, cookies, and so much more from Saunders Bakery in Rockwood.

As a kid I remember going “to town” was a big deal, anticipating a freshly made donut as our treat for the week. I remember as a young child watching with amazement as Mrs. Nellie Saunders wrapped the highloaf in white paper. With magician-like magic, she tied it up with string, making a simple loaf of bread into a present.

Her children, Herb the baker, along with his sister, Bernice, continued the strong traditions with delicious products created in a very small, very hands-on shop.

Prior to Uber Eats, if you couldn’t make the trip to town, postman Ozzie Meadows ensured your Saunders bread would arrive in your mailbox.

Saunders is so much more than just a bake shop. It is workplace for longtime employees, a first job for so many local youth and a meeting place for neighbours and strangers.

Saunders is a Rockwood institution! Soon there will be no lights on at 2am to start the baking to ensure the “goods” are ready when the shop opens at 8am sharp, as it has since 1914.

Thank you, Brenda Pettitt and Paul Holman; enjoy your well deserved retirement from Rockwood’s great institution, Saunders Bakery.

Gregg Allan, Arkell