“It was a very small, small town, but it was an English type town because an English company had a paper mill here. And my father was one of the first that came in and got hired at sixteen years old.” – Art Griffin

“In the main street at Windsor, you wouldn’t go down there unless you had a buddy with you or a couple. And the same thing, you wouldn’t walk in Grand Falls unless you had a few guys that you knew could back you up.” – Ray Power

“I remember the war years as a very young child coming down with my mother. Everything that had to be said publicly was from the post office, the former post office, which was on corner of High Street and Coronation Street here.” – Paul Hennessy

“My dad worked in the mill for 40 odd years and every payday, we’d go up to the mill to meet him, we’d go down to the co-op, and do a bit of shopping.” – Corrine Hynes

“The hard cold was for winter burning. And the soft coal was for putting in your stove for cooking up your meals in a hurry.” – Robert Gordon Grant