Mrs. Fisher’s Legacy
“She has been in the area for such a long time, and everybody just misses her so much. I still have people coming in be like, ‘Have you heard anything about Mrs. Fisher?'” – Stacey Campbell, Dartmouth, NS
Fisher’s Had Everything
“It was a store unlike any other stationery store. She had a very eclectic mix of products in there. You could get anything from baptism cards to ribbons for your typewriter.” – Tim Rissesco, Dartmouth, NS
A Surprise for Mrs. Fisher
“One Saturday morning we marched up here en masse, there must have been 40 of us or so in the procession. And then some people joined us at the store, there must have been a hundred people through the store.” – Tim Rissesco, Dartmouth, NS
The Origin of Judy’s Sewing Shop
“I opened in 1987. I was 25, I think, scared to death.” – Judy Gillis, Sydney, NS
McCurdy’s Was The Fancy Store
“They sold furs for rich people around here. I couldn’t buy my wife a fur coat, but there were people that could.” – Roger Dwayne Nichol, Sydney, NS