“Up until 1962, the Jewish people and Chinese couldn’t build in Grand Falls because of the English, right? Ignorance, I guess you can call that.” – Dave Barker

“My dad worked in the mill for 40 odd years and every payday, we’d go up to the mill to meet him, we’d go down to the co-op, and do a bit of shopping.” – Corrine Hynes

“I’m willing to say there was more immigrants on main street than any other street in Canada. So way back when the paper mill controlled the town, these people weren’t allowed to set up in Grand Falls unless they were invited.” – Corey Sharpe

“Oh there was a number of sounds. But the one that stood out on the warm summer nights was what the stackers, which were the like rectangle type of machine that took the logs up and dumped them in piles for storage for the wintertime.” – Andy Barker

“The big thing that I think of is the time that the loggers union were planning on a strike. And this is when Constable Moss got shot up in Badger, but they had their office here on main street.” – Frank Critch