I remember my mum wondering what are we gonna do and I said don’t worry, I’ll look after it. And I never left. – Matty Stelmak, Melville, SK

“If you were duty on the ship, you always volunteered to be the driver so you’d go to Mama Camille’s and pick up the fish and chips and chowder ’cause you always got a free one.” – George Degraze, Dartmouth, NS

“Bill Dawson at the Villager is one of my favourites.” – Ron Lancaster, Hamilton, ON

“My mother always used to say, ‘let’s go down to the old man’s,’ so I don’t know the actual name of the shop.” – Kerry Ann James, Hamilton, ON

“Most people outside of town called it Mary’s of Clinton, and she was one of the first women to get into business.” – Jan-Marie Divok, Clinton, ON