“I remember the war years as a very young child coming down with my mother. Everything that had to be said publicly was from the post office, the former post office, which was on corner of High Street and Coronation Street here.” – Paul Hennessy

“And you could take a taxi, which was a cab that you would take yourself. But there was also a system of buses, were really only cars.” – Laura Race

“Up until 1962, the Jewish people and Chinese couldn’t build in Grand Falls because of the English, right? Ignorance, I guess you can call that.” – Dave Barker

“My dad worked in the mill for 40 odd years and every payday, we’d go up to the mill to meet him, we’d go down to the co-op, and do a bit of shopping.” – Corrine Hynes

“I’m willing to say there was more immigrants on main street than any other street in Canada. So way back when the paper mill controlled the town, these people weren’t allowed to set up in Grand Falls unless they were invited.” – Corey Sharpe