You would go in and there would be a big statue of Timothy Eaton. It was just, uh, him sitting on a big chair, like looking over, looking over his store, you know? Because he built this department store, for good luck, you would always touch his shoe. – Ardyth Johnson

“We have so much red brick in Sackville, which really points out its heritage community.” – Audrey Hicks

“People that hadn’t been here would never realize what had been there.” – Aubrey Atkinson

“I came here in 1962 and it was always called Uptown St. John. I lived in a lot of cities and this is the first I ever heard of that.” – Cyril Smith

“I live in Saint John, New Brunswick and our main street in King Street are alive even today. Like a hundred years ago, they were the same as they are today.” – Heather Hamilton