We play kickball at lunch and recess and we sometimes play soccer and that’s it – Jackson Figliomeni

A lot of businesses had closed, a lot of the population had left, and that was for employment reasons, obviously, as industry scaled down or closed. – Kim Krause

I think people certainly enjoyed the downtown. It was a very busy little place. – Peter Abrams

I remember that they started a bike race, and what I thought was very interesting was that they started at Walton and Ontario Street – Bree Nixon

The biggest, most exciting days of my childhood were like the sidewalk sale downtown. – Madeleine Sinnoit