“There’s this postcard in Shediac of my dad in his RCMP uniform, directing the floats. So here it was parade day and our dad was directing all of these floats and we all felt so proud.” – Gail Morris

“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

“It’s just like a little village. Everybody knew everybody.” – Sue Baird

“We are made up of about six subdivisions in our little community. And Santa, around the 1st of December, comes on a sleigh behind the fire truck, goes through every one of the subdivisions and every household is asked to give a toy or a donation of food.” – Karen LeBlanc

“Many years ago, my grandfather had one of the couple of grocery stores in Newcastle, right on the square. And, in those days, he also had to have horses, so that he could deliver the groceries.” – Leslie Dickson