The Cercle gets its own meeting space – Marthe-Élise Amiot

Here, read the transcript of the interview with Marthe-Élise Amiot, member of the Cercle de Fermières Saint-Eustache since 1986 and former administrator.

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Oh, it was the old train station. Yeah, the old train station, and the police were on the second floor. And then they were transferred to Dorion, so the city offered the space to us – we were with the Bel-Âge. We were with the FADOQ, the seniors’ federation… And we had two or three little rooms, that’s how we started. But we were over the moon. You know, when you haven’t had your own place. We’d been having our meetings at the back of the church, so that meant we had to bring all our stuff with us. And now we were in our own place. It was… I tell you, it was a big step forward. [chuckles]