“There was two little ladies there and if you were polite they would give you a candy. If you had dirty hands, they would not let you even go near the store.” – Tootsie Emin, Yarmouth, NS

“It was like you see in the movies, how they would gather. It was friendly. Everybody was friends.” – Tootsie Emin, Yarmouth, NS

“My wife used to get up at 5 o’clock in the morning, and she would make apple dips and popcorn balls and candy kisses and stuff like that so that when the parents would send their kids to the store to get something for breakfast or whatever the case may be, they would come to our store.” – Tootsie and Fred Emin, Yarmouth, NS