“Dad bought the company in 1945, and brought his brother in a year later. From then through to the late ‘60s, they were on their own. Then the kids joined them– I started in 1969, and by 1980 I was President of the company. Unfortunately, my father, Alex, passed away suddenly in 1986– the year we finished bring- ing the company to the generation I’m in, which is the fourth generation. I’ve been operating the company with my sister and my cousin as equal partners since then, and we now have five children in the throes of taking over, in the fifth generation.” Campbell Bros. has offices as far east as Hal- ifax, Nova Scotia, and Edmonton and Calgary to the west, with others in between - about 20 different locations altogether. Campbell notes, “We just completed a new three-location ac- quisition on the first of May; Manitoba for two of them and the third in Thunder Bay, Ontario. We are a member of United Van Lines and, as such, can service anywhere in Canada, the U.S., CAMPBELL BROS. MOVERS LIMITED and around the world.We are an international mover with Star Line moving, and we’re also in the relocating business with a company called Transfer Ease Relocation. They han- dle the real estate portion of corporate and government relocations, where people being moved need to buy and sell their houses.We also have a Truckload Freight division and Office Moving and Library Moving divisions.” Customers include residents, businesses, anybody moving from here to there; across the street or around the world; whether pay- ing for it themselves, or having a company or government foot the bill. The long-distance moving industry has been in decline since 1980. Campbell explains, “That’s due to a lifestyle change, so it’s very competitive. There are a lot fewer movers now doing long-dis- tance moves than there were in the ‘80s, and the number continues to decline. But the local markets have increased substantially in the last 10 to 15 years. It seems nobody wants to live in a house for more than five years now–