“I was with three of my buddies: Marlow Best, Randy Best, and Allen Best. Three brothers. And they got in a fight up on Duckworth Street.” – Kenneth Sutton

“She had good days and bad days. And some of the days were really super colourful.” – Erin McArthur, St. John’s, NL

“I remember the first days going in and out of these shops along Water Street. You go into any of the shops and if you were buying it or bringing it home to your parents, you could take it home on appro, they called it. Approval.” – Patricia Hutton

“There was Hobo Bill, which was like kind of super- quintessential, who was just like a homeless man.” – Chris Bruce

“That means that someone who’s never really left the city hung out downtown and smoked few cigarettes and drank a few Cokes in the corner by a store somewhere.” – Forrest Mills