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Interview With Thérèse Legault-Richard

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with plank and log buildings. On the left, the Maple Leaf Cafe Chop Suey and Rooms and a building under construction. On the right, several cars and a child walking.

Date of the interview: 2019

Credits: Société d’histoire de Malartic

Title of the photograph: Title of the photo : The main street of Roc-d’Or

Date of the photograph: 1938

Credits of the photograph: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadian National fonds. 08Y,P213,P1.

In this interview, Thérèse Legault-Richard shares an anecdote about what happened at Roc-d’Or pharmacy.

Mrs. Thérèse Legault-Richard: “There was a pharmacy too. And I remember, because my sister had a baby. And then (laughs), you’ll find this funny: She had had a baby and the baby was crying and she didn’t have a suce [pacifier]. I got on my bike and there was a hill. I was going down the hill. When I got to the pharmacy, I came to open the door but the door hit me on the foot and then in the face (laughs). That made me cry. When they asked me what I wanted, I said I wanted a suce [pacifier] (laughs).”