The men in the community… would often gather, especially on a Saturday night, in the meat department. – Gail Smith, Chester, NS

I knew that if someone was in need, they would see to it that that need was filled. – Gail Smith, Chester, NS

It was a pretty small operation, actually. We had all of the departments. The produce, the meat and the grocery, but we ran it very simple with one and two people. – Vince Collicott

You’d have the old miners in there, politicians would go in there, anybody and everybody. – Lydia Bardak

For where we are located and what we do and sell, I don’t think we could really thrive as well as we do anywhere else in town. – Sarah Erasmus