I was at Ship’s Company Theater for 10 years and I decided to pull in my sales and jumped ship to open up my own business. It was called Lisa’s Emporium. – Lisa Ward

“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

“That’s what happens in most small towns. Through some sort of disaster or fires, things do change.” – Lois Smith, Parrsboro, NS

“There’d be so many people on the street you could hardly walk up and down.” – Edward Gilbert, Parrsboro, NS

“It’s the way of life that is gone and not coming back.” – Edward Gilbert, Parrsboro, NS