Russell Jackson
Russell Jackson
Such a sad sight to see…
Can’t believe this is happening!
Can’t believe this is happening!
I do! I also remember my parents writing a signed note to give to the guy behind the counter at my local corner market telling them it was okay to buy cigarettes for them, to which they then proceeded to smoke them inside the house and inside the car with the windows all rolled up on long road trips.Anyone else old enough to remember the candy and goodies counter in JC Penny?
I do! I also remember my parents writing a signed note to give to the guy behind the counter at my local corner market telling them it was okay to buy cigarettes for them, to which they then proceeded to smoke them inside the house and inside the car with the windows all rolled up on long road trips.
Nobody gave a shit in the 70s. Thanks for the emphysema, mom!
You are probably not old enough to remember that one major five-&-dime chain: the one we had downtown took up most of a block, on the norh wall there was a lunch counter, on the east wall a fountain bar and the south side was a cafe. I bet you cannot guess the name.Anyone else old enough to remember the candy and goodies counter in JC Penny? Or was that Sears? Hahaha, anyone here old enough to NOT remember which store is was
Woolworths?You are probably not old enough to remember that one major five-&-dime chain: the one we had downtown took up most of a block, on the norh wall there was a lunch counter, on the east wall a fountain bar and the south side was a cafe. I bet you cannot guess the name.
Woolworths?
I still remember Automats, so I remember a lot
There used to be a dimestore chain called Grants back in the 1940s in areas of upstate NY.
Used to love the Woolworths counter back in those days.Woolworths?
I still remember Automats, so I remember a lot
Went well past the 1940s. When I was a kid we went to Grants in Vails Gate. It became a Caldor.
Relatedly, I’m pretty sure my mom got arrested for shoplifting at that Vails Gate store. I think I was 6 or 7 at the time and was with her. Would have still been Grants at that time. I may be misremembering. Perhaps it was a store in Middletown instead.Hah, I only remember it because that's the store I shoplifted a doll's dress out of when I was like four or five.
My grandma OF COURSE noticed that my dolly had a new and commercially manufactured dress and she asked where I had got it. I said at the store and she said ok here's the deal... and then she outlined my choices, none of which involved just keeping that dress, and all of which involved taking it back and apologizing to the lady at the store. Somewhere in there was an option to borrow money from grandma, buy the doll's dress (AFTER apologizing) and then repay her by digging up dandelion roots at a penny a hundred or whatever.
I ended up taking the doll's dress back and apologizing and then learning how to sew. Doll dresses were not top of that menu either. It was first about stitching lace trim to pillowslips and stuff like that. Also I think I got to dig up the dandelion roots for free.... anyway my shoplifting days were over forever. Way too much downside.
The K-Mart next to where I work was torn down right before Covid and then got turned into a new apartment complex. Covid slowed down the apartment complex, but they're nearly done with it now.
I never had a reason to visit K-Mart on a normal basis since there's much nicer stores all around me. But there were times at work that it was super convenient having them right next door. If I suddenly needed shoelaces or aspirin or a last minute birthday gift, I could walk over and get what I needed.
Was there a Farrell's in San Francisco? I feel vaguely like it was pointed out to me at least in conversation when I lived out there. We were talking then about Haagen-Dazs ice cream, which back in the early 60s was still largely a brand of ice cream localized to outlets in Brooklyn and the Bronx in NY.We also had an ice cream restaurant with a late-19th/early-20th century theme, called Farrell's. It was quite popular for birthday parties. One of their specialties was a huge dish name The (local) Zoo, and another named after the local mountain. Not sure how widely distributed they were or what manner of local prominence they used in other parts of the country (e.g., the tallest feature in the NYC area probably would have been the Fresh Kills landfill). There was something of an effort to revive the chain in SoCal, but I think it fizzled.
There probably was. Never really had a chance to hang around there. We went camping in the redwoods, but never made it farther souti than Fort Bragg, I suspect because it wae 1967 and my dad was reluctant to allow us to learn too much about love and Haight that summer.Was there a Farrell's in San Francisco?
My first visit to a Farrell's was in Honolulu for my own birthday party. Mind blown. The dumb hats, staff singing happy birthday, the ice cream sundae with 47,000 scoops....We also had an ice cream restaurant with a late-19th/early-20th century theme, called Farrell's. It was quite popular for birthday parties. One of their specialties was a huge dish name The (local) Zoo, and another named after the local mountain. Not sure how widely distributed they were or what manner of local prominence they used in other parts of the country (e.g., the tallest feature in the NYC area probably would have been the Fresh Kills landfill). There was something of an effort to revive the chain in SoCal, but I think it fizzled.
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