“He was where all the kids wanted to go because he had all the candies and comic books. It was the ice cream store. Everything that a kid didn’t need was in that store.” – Lorne Bernisky, Kamsack, SK

“Harold Burns was the peanut store. There were two Burns. The other Burns, he had the ice cream parlor.” – Natalie Corkum, Lunenburg, NS

“I could not imagine living anywhere else. I don’t know how anybody could live anywhere else!” – Judy Gillis, Sydney, NS

“There was two little ladies there and if you were polite they would give you a candy. If you had dirty hands, they would not let you even go near the store.” – Tootsie Emin, Yarmouth, NS

“I remember years and years ago, he gave me a dollar with no serial number on it. Never used. Like it just came out of the thing. Just a keepsake.” – Goldie Rose Marie MacDonald, Souris, PEI