There used to be Kent’s store. And this was the best place to shop. They had everything. Nails, pants, shoes, no matter what it is, that was the place. Just as good as the shopping mall, you know? – Jerry Joseph

One of the things that we used to do is go to see this fortuneteller who lived quite a ways out of town. It was about a half hour from town. So it was a big deal. – Diane Gauthier

When I was growing up, that was where a lot of the miners and people that worked in the pulp paper industry cashed their checks. – Pat Roach

My uncle came to Canada in 1970… And when my uncle came, he was working with the first person who came to Bathurst from China. – Christine Chattier

“It was like stepping into a movie. The thing that was most memorable was that they had a pneumatic payment system.” – Robert Frigault, Bathurst, NB