“My first memory of University Avenue, the street we’re on now, which would be considered probably like the big, main street in Charlottetown, was just being a kid and wandering up here. ‘Cuz it was always that street that you just wondered what happened up here.” – Pat Deighan

“He just stopped dead in his tracks. ‘Cause he could smell rum. And he had no idea where was the rum coming from.” Dutch Thompson, Charlottetown, PEI

“My grandfather, this was very long ago, Mr. Henderson, used to have a small business there. And in the wintertime, it was very important to sell coal.” – Garry Doiron

“You had to pay tuition, so you had to get out and get a summer job. So my job was delivering telegrams.” – Frank Gillan

“…I came to Charlottetown to discuss maritime union with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. And we believe that maybe joining together would make us stronger, but we weren’t alone.” – Luc Trottier recounting the 1864 Charlottetown Conference as Sir Edward Chandler, Father of Confederation