My family’s bought groceries from the Burgesses, well probably for four generations… Now it’s just sold. So there’s a new family that’s taken it over. – Martin Sharp

“Many years ago, my grandfather had one of the couple of grocery stores in Newcastle, right on the square. And, in those days, he also had to have horses, so that he could deliver the groceries.” – Leslie Dickson

“We used to have at one time, at the first of the street where main street started, was Sarah’s Mill and Sarah’s Store. Everybody bought their groceries there.” – Garnet Bishop

There was only two. And back then you only needed the two. Seriously, it was slow. – Linda Peters

Our market’s been run for over going on 64 years now. So there are a lot of stories of vendors who have passed on and aren’t with us anymore. And if you go in and talk to some of the other vendors there’s funny little stories. – Leslie Merrel