Randolph Taylor was Kimberley Taylor's father, severely henpecked by his wife Brenda. The Taylors were an old-fashioned, churchgoing couple and addressed each other as Mummy and Daddy in front of Kimberley. They gave their daughter a "proper" upbringing, teaching her to save herself until marriage. At the Taylor household, Randolph could usually be found smoking his pipe from his armchair or in his greenhouse which he proudly built himself.