I shopped at Marshalls too, in '86, it was a great find as even in '86 most of the shops were extremely expensive. I used to do a jog over on the east side and there was hardly anything there. There was just an open area just south of the Coralita Beach Motel, where they were always outside playing bocce ball. It was very quiet with next to no traffic and you'd hardly see a soul, maybe a couple fisherman as you got close to French Quarter. I wish I could remember some of the names of the home improvement places back then. There was one in downtown Phillipsburg on the east side where the owner hung out sitting on a counter. They said he had 50 kids. I think it might have been "Pro" something or other. Back then you couldn't get things on St Maarten like you can now.