F.W, Woolworths
Mar 17, 2023 19:28:43 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
Curmudgeon wrote:
Woolworth?? I remember the real ones
Yes, we had a number in CT while growing up and made many visits with Mom and Dad, Grammies, Aunts and so on
Mar 17, 2023 19:29:35 #
Mar 17, 2023 19:30:37 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
mindzye wrote:
Curmudgeon I worked in a Woolworth's 5 and dime as a stock boy in my mid teens, in Nashville, Tn. Good old times. Wish they were still around.
'Course nowadays the name would have to add a couple of zeroes to the name. :o !
'Course nowadays the name would have to add a couple of zeroes to the name. :o !
Thanks for stopping by.
Mar 17, 2023 19:33:20 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
whfowle wrote:
The 5 & 10 became the Dollar Store!
Not even $$ stores any longer!
Mar 17, 2023 19:36:42 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
Earnest Botello wrote:
Great set, Jeff, I love the wooden Harley.
Thanks Earnest, glad you enjoyed. Had to read the sign several times before it sunk in! All wood with wood accents!
Mar 17, 2023 19:39:21 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
elee950021 wrote:
Your thread reminded me of a Woolworth's store dir... (show quote)
Thanks for the narrative Ed, quite interesting. Miss those 'old' box stores like Woolworth!
Mar 17, 2023 19:39:54 #
Nice shots Jeff...not sure if it's the same Woolworths but they are very big here in Australia. Several stores in every capitol city, they are large supermarkets... 
Ron.
Ron.
Mar 17, 2023 19:42:57 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
AzPicLady wrote:
In the town where we went to shop, there was a Woolworth's and a Kresge's. They were side by side. Interesting, no? Great pictures.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed. And there is another name from the past, Kresge's! Good memories.
Mar 17, 2023 19:44:54 #
Virgil
Loc: The Hoosier State
AzPicLady wrote:
In the town where we went to shop, there was a Woolworth's and a Kresge's. They were side by side. Interesting, no? Great pictures.
I beleive Kresge's became Kmart. We also had a Newberry 5 and dime in our town.
Virgil
Mar 17, 2023 19:46:05 #
Mar 17, 2023 19:48:37 #
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Loc: North East Tennessee
AirWalter wrote:
Wow, I haven't scene a Woolworth's since I was abo... (show quote)
That's what they say! The store is actually an artist's boutique with numerous display kiosks.
Mar 17, 2023 20:07:15 #
whfowle wrote:
The 5 & 10 became the Dollar Store!
Which has become the $1.25 store and prolly soon to be the $2.00 store. Just took a trip around our downtown in my head and missing are JJ Newberry, McCrory's, FW Woolworth, WT Grant, the Green Stamp store, and probably something else I have since forgotten. Yester-year?
Mar 17, 2023 20:16:47 #
DRam11
Loc: Polson, MT
niteman3d wrote:
Which has become the $1.25 store and prolly soon to be the $2.00 store. Just took a trip around our downtown in my head and missing are JJ Newberry, McCrory's, FW Woolworth, WT Grant, the Green Stamp store, and probably something else I have since forgotten. Yester-year?
Paris, Anthony's, Gambles
Mar 17, 2023 23:00:57 #
jpgto wrote:
At the lunch counter retro style and the wooden, yes wooden, Harley!
The F.W. Woolworth store in Asheville, NC
The F.W. Woolworth store in Asheville, NC
Nice shots, jeff...the Harley is really cool!
Mar 18, 2023 12:47:55 #
AzPicLady wrote:
In the town where we went to shop, there was a Woolworth's and a Kresge's. They were side by side. Interesting, no? Great pictures.
My home town had a F W Woolorth's that had entrances on two streets and surounded a bank located on a corner of the two streets. Across one street was a S S Kresge's and up that street was a Murphy's store. All three "five and dime" stores prospered in the 50s and 60s. I moved out of the town after getting married in early 70s so don't recall when the stores sold out or changed hands.
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