“It was all one enterprise, it controlled so much in the city. Right now, they’re all gone. There’s no Kents left.” – Stephen Brunet, Bathurst, NB

“My first memory is of sitting up at the counter at the Kent Mercantile and having a lunch or having a sundae.” – Stephen Brunet, Bathurst, NB

“They would be inside talking about what was going on in town. People would go in just to check up on their friends.” – Allana Mesheau, Sackville, NB

“I always thought he looked like Don Messer. You used to go there and get a hot dog and ice cream and stuff. And that’s close to 70 years ago.” – Boyd Williston, Miramichi, NB

“The old building got torn down. I was there watching it when it got bulldozed.” – Rhonda Lamb, Miramichi, NB