Suspect Unknown Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1. The dime stores, aka five and dime; they were stores that sold all sorts of stuff, and some had a bargain basement. 2. Places like McCrory's & Murphy's, which were bargain stores with lunch counters. I think about those places sometimes, and they are ghosts of my past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moeman Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Used to be with girlfriends or wife, I’d say I’ll be in the record store or bookstore and set a time. Only Barnes and Noble left. Hate malls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) They almost seem like a thing from the past but Pep Boys is still with us, but they've been around forever. Same with JC Whitney but it's not a retail store, mail order only. It was ahead of it's time. JC Whitney had some Cool stuff. I remember I got an A-oo-gah! horn from them for my 1964 Ford F-150 truck and I used to like reading their catalog. Edited November 26, 2018 by Borg warner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 48 minutes ago, Borg warner said: Same with JC Whitney but it's not a retail store, mail order only. It was ahead of it's time. JC Whitney had some Cool stuff. I remember I got an A-oo-gah! horn from them for my 1964 Ford F-150 truck and I used to like reading their catalog. I loved JC Whitney as a teen hot rodder in the 80's! Would pore over their magazine for hours looking for cheap junk to adorn my car... I had no idea they were still in business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Borg warner said: They almost seem like a thing from the past but Pep Boys is still with us, but they've been around forever. Same with JC Whitney but it's not a retail store, mail order only. It was ahead of it's time. JC Whitney had some Cool stuff. I remember I got an A-oo-gah! horn from them for my 1964 Ford F-150 truck and I used to like reading their catalog. The only problem I had with JC Whitney was that the stuff you ordered was cheap but the shipping was horrendous. I ordered a fender for a friend once and the shipping was the same money as the fender. But, it was like a candy store, they had lots of fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Too many to list. One especially comes to mind is Western Auto, bought my first rifle (.22lr single shot) and ammo from them. No paper work or ID check, just pick what I wanted and hand them the money. I miss those days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubdriver Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ahh, yes - J. C. Whitney. "THIS MAY BE YOUR FINAL CATALOG!"... I got catalogs telling me that for YEARS. -Pat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy R Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I always wanted to find a use for the Jester hood ornament from the JC Whitney catalog that was thumbing his nose. Well when I built my sand rail I put one on the top, facing backwards, which was the angle most everyone saw it from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 3 hours ago, PNWguy said: I loved JC Whitney as a teen hot rodder in the 80's! Would pore over their magazine for hours looking for cheap junk to adorn my car... You could buy those metal-flake helmets that made you look like the Great Gazoo for, like, $5. If they split open the first time you wiped out, no problem! You just buy another for $5! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk_226 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 It was the anchor store in the mall where I grew up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradlees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KY_Moose Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 If you grew up in the Ohio Valley area, or Western PA in the 80’s and 90’s, you may recall some of these stores.1. Big Bear Grocery and Hart’s Department Stores. They were owned by the same corporation and had stores adjacent to each other, under the same roof. They merged into Big Bear Plus stores in the 90’s. It was a much nicer version of today’s Super WalMart. Our local store had one of the best delies and bakeries of all the chain grocery stores.2. Hills Department Store. This was a major chain in my area growing up. Their stores had a snack bar at the entrance. You could literally smell the popcorn in the parking lot when you rolled up. We would normally get a small popcorn on the way in to occupy me while my parents shopped. Once they were done, we would make our way over to the toy section. I remember the huge selection of Star Wars toys, and later, the original Nintendo games when they first came out. If I was well behaved, I was rewarded with an ICEE from the snack bar for the ride home.3. Murphy’s Mart (aka C.G. Murphy Co). C.G. Murphy had a location in a downtown building in my hometown until it moved into a new location in a strip shopping center under the Murphy’s Mart name. From what I can recall about the original location, there was a cafeteria in the basement of their store that was like an old school diner. I can’t remember much about this particular store because I was really young. There were some pictures online at one time of the downtown store. I’ll have to find them. The Murphy’s Mart wasn’t really that impressive. It was later bought out and became an Ames Department.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG7 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 +1 on Hills, Nickels was another department store. Loblaws,A&P, Finest/Tops grocery stores. My cousins were motorheads and I was into dirt bikes so we wore out the JC Whitney about as much as the Playboys[emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KB_Toys The page says it is coming back. It was sort of a clearance toy store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubdriver Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Caldor and Two Guys. -Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KY_Moose Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KB_Toys The page says it is coming back. It was sort of a clearance toy store.As a kid, I always enjoyed walking into KB Toys. Never knew there was a possibility of a come back.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt 127 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Ben Franklin five and dime... Handy Dan Hardware. Piggly Wiggly grocers. And Woolworths snack bar... ...and the cold drinks. Orange, red, green. Whatever they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I still come across Ben Franklins, from time to time. Don't think I've ever been in one. Piggly Wigglys are still all over the south. (I've told the story of the hamster and the downtown Woolworths lunch counter (!) ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotback Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Western Auto. I got my first 10 speed bike from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX OMFS Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 We also had a store called "Best" - (no relation to Best Buy). They were kind of a housewares and department store.. electronics, jewelry, small appliances. I remember it was unique cause nearly everything on display was a shelf sample - if you wanted to buy anything, even little stuff, you took a ticket, they got it from the backroom, and sent it to be picked up down a conveyor belt. I always thought the conveyor belt was cool when I was a little kid.We had something like that called Service Merchandise. I got my HP 32S, 32SII, and 48GX there. Still have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I still come across Ben Franklins, from time to time. Don't think I've ever been in one. Piggly Wigglys are still all over the south. (I've told the story of the hamster and the downtown Woolworths lunch counter (!) ) yeah Ben Franklin is still around , up in PA where my wife is from there is one right outside of Hughesville , been in it a few times , some here Popes sam solomon Macks Kings sky city 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Thrifty's Woolworth Kragens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 11 hours ago, PeterG7 said: +1 on Hills, Nickels was another department store. Loblaws,A&P, Finest/Tops grocery stores. My cousins were motorheads and I was into dirt bikes so we wore out the JC Whitney about as much as the PlayboysSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I remember Loblaws form when I was kid growing up in Western New York (Lockport) because my Mom use to call it "Bla-bla's" instead of loblaws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMyers Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Venture, which my wife worked there prior to them closing. Circuit City, bought a few electronics from them over the years. Rothman's Furniture, we bought are first complete living room set from them. Waldenbooks, use to buy books from there when we went to the mall. Blockbusters, I think there is one store left open, but all the stores around here closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterfox Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Northern Ohio A&P Pic n Pay Woolworths Western Auto Sears - but I don't miss them Tokyo Shapiro -- Electronics Olson Electronics Lafayette Radio and Electronics - mainly mail order, but some stores BEST products - Showroom - You would write the stock number on a paper form and items were delivered by conveyor from stock kept in the 'back room'. Isaly's - Ice cream The malls around here are either gone or on life support I'm sure I'll think of a few more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&P15T Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) St. Joseph MI. 5 & 10. Grandma used to take me there in the 80s. You're not going to believe this; it's still there. Edited November 27, 2018 by M&P15T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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