“As a teen the library was really my sanctuary.” – Charlotte Meissner, Oakville, ON

“I never allow people to know I’m coming fishing again.” – Denis Walters, Mississauga, ON

“Just having something simple like that, having a patch of grass or a small skating rink. You’ve got something, you can go somewhere and do something.” – Julian Kingston, Oakville, ON

“Little seaweed mossy stuff would grow on the pier and it was very slippery, and we would run down the hill and jump and slide on our behinds.” – Henry Jelinek, Oakville, ON

“The library and pool and so on, that was the Oakville dump in those days.” – Henry Jelinek, Oakville, ON