It was in June and we had so many strawberries and we couldn’t get rid of them. So we took them up to the reception. – Lorna Monroe

The people would pour out of the cars and come down to the beach with all their music and all their good stuff to eat. – Mac Hamilton

It was just a beehive of activity, actually. It was very, very fascinating, especially for an eight or a nine year old. – John Bowman

The sleighs… loaded down with wood for burning. And that wood was stored in an area called the Market Square. – Jack Bonwick

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