“At that time I was really into long floral pattern skirts. So I was wearing one, but it was a little bit too big for me.” – Kayleigh Trace

“It was a community-owned space, and that meant that it was a space for all kinds of queer people.”- Robin Metcalf, Halifax, NS

“Gottingen Street, all the big stores were up there: Discount Shoeland, Woolworth’s. It was booming back in the ’60s.” – Stan Spencer, Halifax, NS

“If you were duty on the ship, you always volunteered to be the driver so you’d go to Mama Camille’s and pick up the fish and chips and chowder ’cause you always got a free one.” – George Degraze, Dartmouth, NS

“When I first walked in I wasn’t sure it was a library.” – Dianne McQueen, Halifax, NS