“There were news helicopters there because it was a weekend. and all of a sudden one just kind of hovered in and dropped down and the door opened up and Santa walked out.” – Patricia and Larry McPhail, Mimico, ON

“We’d get the pieces of wood from our fathers, or whatever it was we needed. But we always needed wheels. But the only place you could get wheels was this junkyard.” – Cassandra Chisholm, Mimico, ON

“Apparently, Fred, who is long dead now, had the reputation of being quite the bookie in the area.”- Graham Howes, Mimico, ON