My grandfather and his brother opened it in 1945. And they built a very, very fine restaurant. – Angelo Graham

My dad puts it on with one of his really good friends, Blake Ellis. And they did it together. – Michaela Steven

Happens every year and has been a big deal throughout our childhoods, our children’s childhoods, and now with grandchildren. – Angela Bernhardt and Sheryl Henkel-Gerber recall their fondest memories of the Oktoberfest Parade, which runs through Kitchener and Waterloo.

And I recall after school, me and all my friends would go down to our local rink. And kind of hang out ’till our parents were done work, which was usually around five o’clock. So we’d spend a couple hours at the rink just hanging out. – Paul Michaud Nolan