“So I grew up in what they called the Blue Rock Hill. And the Blue Rock Hill was a huge about 200 foot high rocky hillside that overlooked the harbor of St. John. That hill defined you as a Blue Rocker.” – David Goss

“First memory of uptown Saint John would be probably coming from the West Side and thinking of it as downtown and uptown. To the West Side person, this lower part of the city was always downtown. And the upper part was uptown.” – Michael Richard

“First memory is the YMCA up in the uptown area. So many kids.” – Jeff Bovaird

“It was where everybody got their groceries. And it was a place where they would meet, like, especially men.” – Ginette Ouellet

“The school bus would come around and, at 7:00 AM, honk its horn, drive slowly, and try to get kids to come onto the bus and go to the Baptist church, I remember.” – David Cronkite