“It was a very small, small town, but it was an English type town because an English company had a paper mill here. And my father was one of the first that came in and got hired at sixteen years old.” – Art Griffin

“The Royal Stores, of course, they were a branch of the St. John’s Royal Stores and I finished school in St. John’s, so the continuity between that was there.” – Jim Dobson

“In the main street at Windsor, you wouldn’t go down there unless you had a buddy with you or a couple. And the same thing, you wouldn’t walk in Grand Falls unless you had a few guys that you knew could back you up.” – Ray Power

“I remember the war years as a very young child coming down with my mother. Everything that had to be said publicly was from the post office, the former post office, which was on corner of High Street and Coronation Street here.” – Paul Hennessy

“And you could take a taxi, which was a cab that you would take yourself. But there was also a system of buses, were really only cars.” – Laura Race