“You would go in and you would ask for your particular cut of meat, be it your steak, be it your freshly ground hamburger, whatever. You would be lucky if you got out of there within the half-hour.” – Lois Smith, Parrsboro, 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