“It was like stepping into a movie. The thing that was most memorable was that they had a pneumatic payment system.” – Robert Frigault, Bathurst, NB

“My first memory is of sitting up at the counter at the Kent Mercantile and having a lunch or having a sundae.” – Stephen Brunet, Bathurst, NB

“It was always the destination to go, at that point in my life, we’re talking maybe 60 years ago, to Smith’s and Bartlett’s stores.” – Sylvia Samek, Windosr, ON

“My grandmother was one of the operators of the manual elevator at Smith’s.” – Ross Langill, Windsor, ON

“We had five department stores that I remember, and I remember even as a kid, as a teenager, buying stuff in them. – Graham Crawford, Hamilton, ON