Remember these?
Oct 25, 2015 19:58:19 #
Oct 25, 2015 20:01:13 #
coj
Loc: NJ, USA
In my life the 5 & 10 was Woolworths. Made famous and immortalized by the Glenn Miller song "a string of pearls ( a la Woolworths)".
PB73 wrote:
On a Sunday drive to Oberlin, Ohio...
Oct 25, 2015 20:02:06 #
Oct 25, 2015 20:05:35 #
5-10 here were Woolworths too. I miss the lunch counter :)
Oct 25, 2015 20:09:06 #
Oct 25, 2015 20:32:12 #
coj
Loc: NJ, USA
Yeah, convincing mom to get us a hot dog was a BIG deal! Better yet, remember the pet area, where they sold baby crocs & alligators along with goldfish, turtles & the like?? Can you IMAGINE the BS today if a pet store sold alligators?
Woodsman wrote:
5-10 here were Woolworths too. I miss the lunch counter :)
Oct 25, 2015 20:39:58 #
Awww yes and the blue laws, had to be a food item to be sold on a sunday.
Pete
Pete
Oct 26, 2015 07:11:34 #
Also the old "T,G,and Y" which we always thought meant "Toys, Guns, and Yo-Yos". The breadth of what they had was awesome - but also sad when I remember that they also had exotic animals in tiny little cages.
Oct 26, 2015 07:53:41 #
I remember the Ben Franklin. There was even one on Guam where I had the pleasure of visiting TOO many times. I could buy stuff there that I needed and nowhere else was it available. djt
Oct 26, 2015 10:12:46 #
We had a "Hoy's" 5 and 10 where I was a kid in Springfield Pa, Delaware County. I remember drooling over a Daisy BB rifle. My other favorite was L+H Wonder Stores. They sold everything including official Boy and Girl Scout stuff. Thanks for the memories.
Oct 26, 2015 10:23:56 #
Oh so well.. we also had Duckworth's and Sprouse Ritz (sp?).
Ah the good ol days.
Nice shot.
Thanks, I didn't know they were still around.
Ah the good ol days.
Nice shot.
Thanks, I didn't know they were still around.
Oct 26, 2015 16:14:04 #
Oct 27, 2015 00:49:17 #
Oct 27, 2015 02:06:34 #
Miss the five and dime stores, to many towns fell to highway reroute's
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