Chains like Woolworths and Kresge’s and Zeller’s were downtown. There used to be a Laura Secord on that Four Corners. – Corrine Smith

So that’s how important downtown was at the time. Everybody enjoyed coming downtown. – Claude Gagnon

So that’s how important downtown was at the time. Everybody enjoyed coming downtown. – Claude Gagnon

I can think of places immediately that I used to go to lunch and they’re gone. This is the sad thing. – SETH

And in 1971, when Barb and I moved here, the downtown itself was extremely vibrant. Most of the businesses were probably 20 to 25 years old and many of them older than that. – Doug Minett