Woolworth Woolco Halloween Commercial 1978 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQf1d83lOw#)
woolworth halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khjr-MlLde0#)
Woolworths~
(http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/Candy/Halloween-window.jpg)
Here is a good article on Woolworths candy ...
http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/pnmyankeedoodle.htm (http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/pnmyankeedoodle.htm)
Quote from: Flower on September 07, 2013, 11:33:01 AM
Woolworths~
(http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/Candy/Halloween-window.jpg)
Here is a good article on Woolworths candy ...
http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/pnmyankeedoodle.htm (http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/pnmyankeedoodle.htm)
Awesome!
Alright, alright! I'm sold! Where's the nearest Woolworth store?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/woolworths_shop_frontage_zpsf6c281b6.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/woolworths_shop_frontage_zpsf6c281b6.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth7_zpsd7944499.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth7_zpsd7944499.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth4_zps0606ef02.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth4_zps0606ef02.jpg.html)
???
I like the Kung Fu poster hanging out in the background! (along with the cards. '74?)
Yes. Topps released the Kung Fu card set in 1973 so it had to be right about that time.
:)
I remember Gold Rush gum. I didn't like it. Gold Rush was big around 1974, so you have the right time frame.
(http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC_1974-Topps-brochure-highlights-4.jpg)
Quote from: jimm on September 07, 2013, 01:36:36 PM
I like the Kung Fu poster hanging out in the background! (along with the cards. '74?)
Yeah, buddy! Master Po was baaaad! 'Course, Grasshopper was pretty tough, too.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on September 07, 2013, 11:14:11 AM
woolworth halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khjr-MlLde0#)
Because when I think of Halloween, "Holly Hobby" is the first thing that comes to mind!:P
Quote from: Haunted hearse on September 07, 2013, 03:30:09 PM
Because when I think of Halloween, "Holly Hobby" is the first thing that comes to mind!:P
Really? Lol. ;D
Quote from: Haunted hearse on September 07, 2013, 03:30:09 PMBecause when I think of Halloween, "Holly Hobby" is the first thing that comes to mind!:P
Me, too! I think, "Her head would look really good on a stake in my yard!"
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Quote from: Count_Zirock on September 07, 2013, 06:42:55 PM
Mee, too! I think, "Her head would look really good on a stake in my yard!"
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Haaaaaaaaaaa! ;D
Love watching vintage commercials.
Quote from: CreepysFan on September 08, 2013, 01:01:27 AM
Love watching vintage commercials.
I wish I could go back in time, and relive my childhood Hallowe'en moments. The vintage commercials evoke so many memories.
I don't need any more than photos like these to feel incredible nostalgia.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth7_zpsd7944499.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth7_zpsd7944499.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth4_zps0606ef02.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth4_zps0606ef02.jpg.html)
Those are like variety store candy counters on steroids! I don't know how I would have reacted as an eight year old, but I'm drooling on my shirt right today.
:o
This might confirm that the photo is from 1974 and it might also help identifying some of the candy .. http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?p=6534 (http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?p=6534)
Quote from: Hepcat on September 08, 2013, 04:50:50 PM
I don't need any more than photos like these to feel incrediblie nostalgia.
Nope, I have to agree with Mars. Nostalgia is fine, but I really need way back in time to childhood.
Quote from: Flower on September 08, 2013, 08:38:34 PMThis might confirm that the photo is from 1974 and it might also help identifying some of the candy .. http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?p=6534 (http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?p=6534)
(http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC_1974-Topps-product-brochure-interior.jpg)
Mmmmmmmm, delicious!
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Love it.
And most of that stuff was in the great old glass case at my hometown's G.C. Murphy's (which had been a Woolworth's in my Dad's day.)
I still use a GOLD RUSH bag as my cellphone case!
-Craig
Quote from: Wich2 on September 09, 2013, 10:16:59 AM
I still use a GOLD RUSH bag as my cellphone case!
-Craig
Very cool .. 8)
Quote from: Haunted hearse on September 07, 2013, 03:30:09 PM
Because when I think of Halloween, "Holly Hobby" is the first thing that comes to mind!:P
I've never really understood Holly Hobby. Even for dolls those things have always seemed bland and dull as dishwater. I seriously doubt any girl ever willingly chose Holly Hobby over things like Cabbage Patch Kids or Rainbow Brite.
Quote from: robodog on September 10, 2013, 01:05:37 PM
I've never really understood Holly Hobby. Even for dolls those things have always seemed bland and dull as dishwater. I seriously doubt any girl ever willingly chose Holly Hobby over things like Cabbage Patch Kids or Rainbow Brite.
Holly Hobby was around the late sixties early seventies. The character was very popular. Rainbow Brite, however, didn't make her way until nineteen eighty-four. Both characters very different, but very unique.
Oh man, those photos take me back to my childhood. There was a Woolworth store in my home town where I grew up, and I remember it being THE place to find all the oddball toys and weird holiday-themed items you didn't see at most other stores.
There was also another store very similar to it called McCrory's.
And yes, in the late 70's my little sister most certainly did choose Holly Hobby as one of her favorites. I remember her carrying that doll around everywhere when she was little. In the same way that us boys had Mego figures before Star Wars toys came along and changed everything, girls had Holly Hobby before Cabbage Patch Dolls appeared...
You probably had to be a kid of the 70's - and have a little sister - to understand that. Haha.
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Two things did anybody ever go to a woolco store? I never saw one as a kid. I did all my shopping at Woolworth and another one called Two Guys...Two Guys today is Vornado Realty the largest real estate holdings in the country. They bought Toys R Us before it went bankrupt. One thing that I will always hold dear to my heart, is that way back between 1968 and 1970 my parents took me about three times to one of the first Toy R Us in the Country on Route 4 in Paramus NJ. I wish I could just have a time capsule to just be in that store in the 1970's...WOW!!!
Quote from: houseoftheunusual on September 11, 2013, 03:16:36 AM
Two things did anybody ever go to a woolco store? I never saw one as a kid. I did all my shopping at Woolworth and another one called Two Guys...Two Guys today is Vornado Realty the largest real estate holdings in the country. They bought Toys R Us before it went bankrupt. One thing that I will always hold dear to my heart, is that way back between 1968 and 1970 my parents took me about three times to the first Toy R Us in the Country on Route 4 in Paramus NJ. I wish I could just have a time capsule to just be in that store in the 1970's...WOW!!!
I don't remember Woolco.
The commercials always said Woolworth and woolco???
I remember loving to go to Children's Bargain Town
https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensBargainTownUSA (https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensBargainTownUSA)
Scroll down a bit on the link below for information on Woolco and other cool stuff ..
http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page3.html (http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page3.html)
Quote from: houseoftheunusual on September 11, 2013, 03:16:36 AMTwo things did anybody ever go to a woolco store? I never saw one as a kid. I did all my shopping at Woolworth....
Quote from: marsattacks666 on September 11, 2013, 03:34:33 AMI don't remember Woolco.
Further flung suburbs started to mushroom around inner cities in the fifties. To follow this customer base, the Woolworth Corporation in 1962 began to open stores in suburban shopping plazas that were bigger than the traditional downtown Woolwroth stores, and called these new stores Woolco. These competed with the K-Mart stores of the Kresge Corporation.
:)
I remember Woolco. That's where I saw the Uni monster Pez and Addams Family/Munsters Remco figures back when I was a child.
Here is my Woolco I went to in my younger years. Seems like it was more of a discount store of overstock or items that didn't sell at other stores. Maybe kind of like a Big Lots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/androidny/6945475430/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/androidny/6945475430/#)
Nice pic!
Fantastic pictures. ;D
My mother spent many an hour haunting the aisles of Woolworth and the other three five-and-dimes in downtown London - Kresge, Zellers and Metropolitan - for bargains. She'd frequently have me in tow but I didn't mind at all. I'd spend my time eyeing the toys including the Aurora monster models, the bulk candies, the goldfish, budgies and little turtles. My end game though was to get my mother to buy me an ice cream or a milkshake at the fabulous lunch counter with which these stores were invariably equipped. Here's a picture of a Woolworth menu:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Woolworths.jpg)
And here are some shots of various Woolworth lunch counters:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Woolworth.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth_zps44f0c319.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth_zps44f0c319.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/woolworth3_zps542159a1.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/woolworth3_zps542159a1.jpg.html)
These often came equipped with a very cool Campbell's or Heinz soup display:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Campbell.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Heinz.png)
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Quote from: Hepcat on September 12, 2013, 01:29:59 PM
And here are some shots of various Woolworth lunch counters:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg.html)
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The use of the beat up Coke sign, appears from a preserved, or retro diner. Typically you wouldn't see beat up signage, as 40 years ago, that would have been considered junk. However, in recent years, many places which want to have nostalgic appeal hang weather beaten signs for their nostalgic appeal.
We had a Woolco in Wichita, and my Dad worked there as a Floor Walker. He busted shop lifters every time he worked, and chased down runners while wearing cowboy boots.
There used to be a Wolworths here in Chicago I used to go to for candy. I would always get gum cigars and the awesome candy coffins. Ah, the memories.
There had to be lots and lots of Woolworth stores in Chicago! There were two (or three?) in downtown London, Ontario!
:)
Personally, I only remember one. I'm sure there were more, but there was only one that I went to as a kid.
Quote from: GeekDragon on September 22, 2013, 10:22:51 PM
There used to be a Wolworths here in Chicago I used to go to for candy. I would always get gum cigars.... Ah, the memories.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BubbleGumCigar.jpg)
Mmmmmm! They were Swell! I didn't even have to go that far for them as they were available at Steve's Variety and Gift Shop just over a block away. Unfortunately they cost a whopping fifteen cents each at the time.
:(
Quote from: CreepysFan on September 09, 2013, 04:43:57 AM
Nope, I have to agree with Mars. Nostalgia is fine, but I really need way back in time to childhood.
Ditto pal.
Quote from: BryanBaugh on September 11, 2013, 02:55:50 AM
Oh man, those photos take me back to my childhood. There was a Woolworth store in my home town where I grew up, and I remember it being THE place to find all the oddball toys and weird holiday-themed items you didn't see at most other stores.
There was also another store very similar to it called McCrory's.
And yes, in the late 70's my little sister most certainly did choose Holly Hobby as one of her favorites. I remember her carrying that doll around everywhere when she was little. In the same way that us boys had Mego figures before Star Wars toys came along and changed everything, girls had Holly Hobby before Cabbage Patch Dolls appeared...
You probably had to be a kid of the 70's - and have a little sister - to understand that. Haha.
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Yup, I remember McCrorys too! And Star Wars didn't just change everything in toys.....it freaking RUINED everything, popularizing the exceedingly lame 3 3/4" figures which eventually even cut the balls off of Classic GI Joe and MEGO. Star Wars is a boil on the ass of humanity in so many ways.
Quote from: Scatter on September 28, 2013, 02:48:56 AM...it freaking RUINED everything.... Star Wars is a boil on the ass of humanity in so many ways.
;D
Quote from: Scatter on September 28, 2013, 02:48:56 AM
Yup, I remember McCrorys too! And Star Wars didn't just change everything in toys.....it freaking RUINED everything, popularizing the exceedingly lame 3 3/4" figures which eventually even cut the balls off of Classic GI Joe and MEGO. Star Wars is a boil on the ass of humanity in so many ways.
How did you beat me to it?
Gimmee an articulated 3 3/4 Uni monster line by Mez and we shall see who doesn't love 3 3/4 C:)
Hepcat, those are the exact cigars. Remember the box of cigarette gun where you blow and "smoke" come out?
I recall the cigs and a HUGE Pez display taking up a whole counter at Grants way back in the day
Quote from: GeekDragon on September 29, 2013, 10:03:41 PMHepcat, those are the exact cigars. Remember the box of cigarette gun where you blow and "smoke" come out?
Smoke? Which ones did that? These?
(http://montrosecandy.com/store/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/product_images/bubble%20gum%20cigarettes.jpg)
Or these by Swell?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SwellCamels1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SwellLuckyStrike.jpg)
???
Like the cigars, the Swell cigarettes were produced by the Philadelphia Chewing Gum Company. The Hysterical Mothers of America Opposed to Just About Everything combined with the Anti-Nico Nazis to get the cigarettes banned in most places twenty or so years ago.
>:(
Quote from: jimm on September 29, 2013, 07:37:52 PM
Gimmee an articulated 3 3/4 Uni monster line by Mez and we shall see who doesn't love 3 3/4 C:)
I doesn't!!
Quote from: GeekDragon on September 29, 2013, 10:03:41 PM
Hepcat, those are the exact cigars. Remember the box of cigarette gun where you blow and "smoke" come out?
Yup!! Those were great!!
>Anti-Nico Nazis to get the cigarettes banned in most places twenty or so years ago.<
Dunno about the "Nazi" part, but God bless the folks who got more people to see that Coffin Nails weren't about getting hot blondes, but getting cancer; and not about living in Marlboro Country, but living in Chemo/Radiation Country.
-Craig
(Who lost his father to the hellish things this summer.)
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 04:23:12 PMDunno about the "Nazi" part, but God bless the folks who got more people to see that Coffin Nails weren't about getting hot blondes, but getting cancer; and not about living in Marlboro Country, but living in Chemo/Radiation Country.
Yes, but somehow they got confused there somewhere. Gum in whatever shape doesn't have the effects of tobacco.
>:(
Fair point; but I guess the idea was, grow up chewing gum cigs, or crunching those delicious crunchy ones, and you're more likely to start with the gen-u-wine article.
But you can still get 'em; I've had them in the last few years:
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-cigarettes.htm (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-cigarettes.htm)
(Be sure to read the little blurb there...)
These were big in Canada in the 60's/70's
(http://www.sogoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/popeye-cigarettes.jpg)
(http://deepfriar.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/popeye.jpg)
They're still made with the one noticeable difference other than the wording is "No lit red end" on the new candies.
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 07:28:31 PM
...but I guess the idea was, grow up chewing gum cigs, or crunching those delicious crunchy ones, and you're more likely to start with the gen-u-wine article.
Nonsense. Deny kids candy cigarettes and they'll end up reaching for something worse. It's the law of unintended consequences.
I wish I could pick up and shake the Hysterical Mothers Opposed to Just About Everything for fuzzy thinking and silliness of that sort. It absolutely drives me up the wall!
>:(
Quote from: Dr.Cyclops on October 04, 2013, 08:02:21 PMThey're still made with the one noticeable difference other than the wording is "No lit red end" on the new candies.
I bought the Popeye Candy Cigarettes on a regular basis as a kid even though I wasn't that great a fan of Popeye, and I still buy the Popeye Candy Sticks on occasion. The problem is that the lack of a "lit" red end causes me to scowl everytime so I don't buy them as often, despite the fact that I find their chalky sugary taste to be mildly addictive.
:(
>Nonsense.<
Really?
"ABC NEWS: Tobacco Cooperated With Candy Cig Makers"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118074&page=1 (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118074&page=1)
"...documents also show confectioners suppressed and altered a 1991 candy industry study indicating candy cigarettes could promote smoking to children ... a study the previous year that found sixth graders who reported having used candy cigarettes were twice as likely to have also smoked tobacco cigarettes, regardless of whether their parents smoked."
>I wish I could pick up and shake the Hysterical Mothers Opposed to Just About Everything for fuzzy thinking and silliness of that sort.<
Like the desire to lower the number of lung cancer deaths?
Not everything in the Good Old Days was automatically wonderful. They used to put cocaine in all kinds of things.
-Craig
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PM
>Nonsense.<
Really?
"ABC NEWS: Tobacco Cooperated With Candy Cig Makers"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118074&page=1 (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118074&page=1)
"...documents also show confectioners suppressed and altered a 1991 candy industry study indicating candy cigarettes could promote smoking to children ... a study the previous year that found sixth graders who reported having used candy cigarettes were twice as likely to have also smoked tobacco cigarettes, regardless of whether their parents smoked."
>I wish I could pick up and shake the Hysterical Mothers Opposed to Just About Everything for fuzzy thinking and silliness of that sort.<
Like the desire to lower the number of lung cancer deaths?
Not everything in the Good Old Days was automatically wonderful. They used to put cocaine in all kinds of things.
-Craig
My friends and I would always get the candy cigarettes and cigars but we also were smart enough to know even at that young age that smoking the real deal will eventually kill you.
Not being a conspiracy theorist at all but you really do have to wonder who the hell thought it was a good idea to market candy tobacco products to children?
We had 2 Woolworths that I frequented growing up; the local one where I got my first Star Wars figures and the really cool Plymouth Meeting Mall store that was 2 floors with an escalator.
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PM
Not everything in the Good Old Days was automatically wonderful. They used to put cocaine in all kinds of things.
-Craig
Well, you just undermined your entire argument there. ;) :D
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PM
>Nonsense.<
Really?
Yes, really. And you've provided a very good case in point.
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PM
"...documents also show confectioners suppressed and altered a 1991 candy industry study indicating candy cigarettes could promote smoking to children ... a study the previous year that found sixth graders who reported having used candy cigarettes were twice as likely to have also smoked tobacco cigarettes, regardless of whether their parents smoked."
"Reported"? Did you not notice the weasel word? Guess what? Almost every kid consumed candy cigarettes on occasion back then, quite simply because when it comes to candy kids are very naturally omnivorous. All kids ate candy cigarettes. Some grow up to smoke. Even the most rudimentary understanding of mathematics tells you that you can't draw inferences from a correlation of this sort, and my own understanding of mathematics is very good indeed.
If I were a candy maker though, I could quickly cook up such a self-serving study if a cigarette manufacturer was charging me with trademark infringement and wanted licensing payments for the use of their trademark.
That of course is assuming the study even exists. The anti-smoking brigade is well known for playing fast and loose with studies, like this business of 50 million people per year or whatever die from second hand smoke per year. That number is an outright fabrication. It can't be conclusively demonstrated that even one person has died from second hand smoke. But this number is bandied about and never even challenged. In fact, hardly anything the anti-smoking crusaders say is ever challenged because it's all for our own "good" of course. Well I don't like being lied to. It really makes me angry, and I don't forget - ever.
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PM
>I wish I could pick up and shake the Hysterical Mothers Opposed to Just About Everything for fuzzy thinking and silliness of that sort.<
Like the desire to lower the number of lung cancer deaths?
No, more precisely like their desire to tell me how to live my life in this and so many other ways! Not only have I had enough of their preaching, but the fact that I'm being preached at with my own money, i.e. government funding, absolutely infuriates me! So, no, I really don't give a damn what their specific agenda/"cause du jouer" happens to be, the word is ENOUGH! My money, my choice, and get your stinking hands out of my pocket!
And before you draw any more erroneous conclusions, I don't smoke, and never have. I absolutely do object very strongly though to having my right to choose whatever brand of candy cigarettes I want curtailed by a group of do-gooders telling me how to live my life with my own money though.
Quote from: Wich2 on October 04, 2013, 11:09:28 PMNot everything in the Good Old Days was automatically wonderful. They used to put cocaine in all kinds of things.
Anything noteworthy other than Coke? Now of course the government chooses to spend $billions of other people's money banning the stuff. It is to scream.
>:(
Quote from: twilitezoner on October 05, 2013, 05:19:16 AMNot being a conspiracy theorist at all but you really do have to wonder who the hell thought it was a good idea to market candy tobacco products to children?
No need to posit any conspiracies. It's whatever sells. That's always the bottom line.
Quote from: twilitezoner on October 05, 2013, 05:23:21 AM
We had 2 Woolworths that I frequented growing up; the local one where I got my first Star Wars figures and the really cool Plymouth Meeting Mall store that was 2 floors with an escalator.
Where was this?
???
I loved candy cigarettes when I was a kid, but I knew the difference between candy and the real thing. One of the good things about "the good old days" was that there wasn't someone trying to take away your freedom of choice constantly. I also watched violent cartoons and movies all my life, but I didn't become a criminal because of it. I knew better. As time went on more and more rules and laws have eroded simple freedom of choice for everyone. Take the seatbelt law for example... if I don't wear a seatbelt the possible consequence is that any accident I may have is worse. It couldn't hurt anyone else, just me. I have sense enough to always buckle up for my own safety, but I resent the fact that some cop could ticket me for not wearing it. It should be my choice and none of their business. The government claims it's "for my own good" which is a load of bullsh*t. They don't care about me...they want to pass out tickets to line the local government's coffers. Too many people want to tell the rest of us what we can't do.
Ask my brother-in-law the Fireman/EMS guy about the folks he's found thrown from wrecks - in his biz, they call them "Organ Donors."
Sorry, guys.
But when I see folks walking down the street smoking a joint; when I see all manner of sexually diverse couples' PDA; when I see performers on national TV wearing what was in essence softcore porn clothes when I was young; when I see kids playing video games with violence I wouldn't even have been able to see in a theater when I was their age; etc., etc. ...
Well, it makes it hard for me to be sold on the "We live in a Fascist Society!!!" rap.
Legislating intelligent choice or morality will always fail. Stupid people will still do stupid things. Too much handholding in the past few decades have contributed to the rampant stupidity people suffer now. Unnecessarily drugging kids when a good *ssbusting was needed is another contributing factor. As long as I'm not harming anyone then keep your nose, and your oppression, out of my life.
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 05, 2013, 06:53:58 PM
Legislating intelligent choice or morality will always fail.... Too much handholding in the past few decades have contributed to the rampant stupidity people suffer now. Unnecessarily drugging kids when a good *ssbusting was needed is another contributing factor.
Truth.
:)
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Craig, you had me falling off my chair!! ;D ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4ufIrMtXg#t=14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4ufIrMtXg#t=14)
(Hope ya didn't hurt yerself!)
Quote from: Hepcat on October 05, 2013, 10:15:17 AM
No need to posit any conspiracies. It's whatever sells. That's always the bottom line.
Where was this?
???
Pennsylvania. Philly suburbs.
Quote from: Scatter on October 06, 2013, 05:05:43 PM
Craig, you had me falling off my chair!! ;D ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4ufIrMtXg#t=14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4ufIrMtXg#t=14)
That's another great Monte Python clip! He should have made more movies.
:)
Quote from: Hepcat on October 07, 2013, 09:34:44 AM
That's another great Monte Python clip! He should have made more movies.
:)
Monty Python was a group consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam. They made:
And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
MP And The Holy Grail (1974)
MP's Life Of Brian (1979)
MP Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1982)
MP's Meaning Of Life (1983)
They had a groundbreaking TV show from 1969 to 1974. And, like you, I wish they had made more films as well. In my opinion they were the funniest group in history. They are the only ones that I thought enough of to collect everything on DVD of, outside of the Monster/Horror/Sci-Fi genre(s).
I really loved their little animated shorts from the tv series...hilarious
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 07, 2013, 12:54:31 PM
Monty Python was a group consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam. They made:
And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
MP And The Holy Grail (1974)
MP's Life Of Brian (1979)
MP Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1982)
MP's Meaning Of Life (1983)
They had a groundbreaking TV show from 1969 to 1974. And, like you, I wish they had made more films as well. In my opinion they were the funniest group in history. They are the only ones that I thought enough of to collect everything on DVD of, outside of the Monster/Horror/Sci-Fi genre(s).
Several of the Python's also appeared in "Time Bandits", directed by Terry Gilliam (The guy who did the Python animation) which is one of my all time favorite films.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on October 07, 2013, 05:23:09 PM
Several of the Python's also appeared in "Time Bandits", directed by Terry Gilliam (The guy who did the Python animation) which is one of my all time favorite films.
Yes, Time Bandits is great. The Pythons have been in several hilarious shows over the years. John Cleese in Fawlty Towers is side splitting. A Fish Called Wanda is funny as hell. Those guys have given us loads of comedy goodness over the years.
"Apologize...." ;D
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Those five and dime stores in downtown areas were indeed Halloween central for many a baby boomer kid. Halloween has certainly lost something since the days a young fellow could see a score of Ben Cooper or Collegeville costumes hanging from the ceiling of the local five-and-dime in the weeks before Halloween and if he was very lucky get his parents to spring for one.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kresge_zpsyqdfmcoz.jpg)
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I still have fond memories of the Kresge's, Woolworth, Zellers and Metropolitan stores in downtown London, Ontario. My mother used to haunt all these looking for bargains. As a youngster I was very often in tow. I didn't mind of course as there was never a shortage of items to capture a young boy's interest, little turtles, goldfish, budgies, the bulk candy counter, the fancy birthday cakes in the front window and all those toys!
Then there was East London a mile or so down Dundas Street to the east. The East London business strip was anchored by the Hudson's department store plus its own Kresge's (or was it a Woolworth?) and Metropolitan. The once a year street carnival/sidewalk sale in East London would generally draw my mother. I of course had no objection to this more distant expedition because of the added attractions of rides, popcorn, candy apples and cotton candy!
It was on one of those trips to the downtown Kresge's in 1961(?) that I came face to face with a Great Garloo, which I immediately brought to my mother's attention. With a sticker price in the fifteen dollar area, there was just no chance I'd get one though.
! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0p0WRhAp9o#)
It was also at that Kresge's store in 1962 that I first encountered the Aurora monster model kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Aurora2_zpsudqq19xp.jpg)
Oh man! They were the coolest things I'd ever seen and I made their acquisition a top priority!
A few months thereafter I managed to score one of these wild Hasbro Marble Mazes which were displayed in the front window of the Woolworth store right on the spot:
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I guess I'd been particularly good so my mother bought me one right then and there.
Nor was I necessarily always accompanied by my mother on trips to downtown London. Helicopter parenting wasn't in vogue yet and a young fellow could range a mile or more of his own accord in those days. I very clearly remember passing by the Met with a buddy of mine in the summer of 1962 and seeing that they had the new CFL cards on display right by the snack counter at the front of the store before I'd seen them anywhere else and buying two or three packs:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Topps_CFL%201_zpssgujkkkf.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Topps%20CFL%201962_zpscejuam9w.jpg)
I also recall being very bitterly disappointed. Not only were the cards just in B&W but they were only half the standard size. Cheap bastiches!
Then of course these five and dimes typically featured a lunch counter. The one pictured here in 1988 was at the Kresge's store on Coxwell Avenue in Toronto close to my present day neighbourhood:
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The one at the Met store in downtown London was so popular that they even had a satellite take-out counter at the front of the store from which businessmen could grab a quick cheeseburger, hot dog, french fries, donut or coffee. Not that I had the money for such things of course, but there was always the chance I could get my mother to buy me a dish of ice cream served in one of those metal dishes covered with a cardboard insert. And Woolworth had neapolitan ice cream sandwiches that they made up between two wafers fresh before your very eyes for only fifteen cents, which was something I could fund for myself by high school after looking through the records at the Disc Shoppe right across from the new Woolworth store in the downtown Wellington Square Mall!
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Great memories, but sadly none of those places I've mentioned still exist. What I'd give now for a cheeseburger and fries at the Met followed by an ice cream sandwich from Woolworth! You never know what you've got till it's gone.
:(
That's actually one of the reasons I still love A&W hamburgers! They have that old-fashioned five and dime lunch counter hamburger taste I seem to remember.
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Mmmmmm! Now that's exactly what I'm going to get for supper.
;)
I truly miss Woolworth's too. It was a great American store...was.
Like so many things that were once great in America, it is gone now.
I was thinking about this the other day...how many great things about this country the baby-boomers truly miss.
I was walking through Walmart, my least favorite store in the world, and thought, "I wonder if there will ever come a day when a generation will miss Walmart?"
*choke...gag*
IMHO, that day cannot come soon enough, LOL.
Quote from: Hepcat on September 27, 2013, 09:00:59 PM
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Mmmmmm! They were Swell! I didn't even have to go that far for them as they were available at Steve's Variety and Gift Shop just over a block away. Unfortunately they cost a whopping fifteen cents each at the time.
:(
I remember the bubble gum cigars. Around the late 60's they had a brown version. That's right, brown. I know because I bought it on a few occasions. I don't recall the flavor though, but I guess they wanted to simulate a real cigar.
JP
Quote from: Rockshasa on May 18, 2016, 03:23:36 PMI truly miss Woolworth's too. It was a great American store...was. Like so many things that were once great in America, it is gone now.
I was thinking about this the other day...how many great things about this country the baby-boomers truly miss.
Very true.
Quote from: Rockshasa on May 18, 2016, 03:23:36 PMI was walking through Walmart, my least favorite store in the world, and thought, "I wonder if there will ever come a day when a generation will miss Walmart?"
*choke...gag*
Ever is a long time. But I won't be among those missing Walmart. Just doesn't do it for me like the old five-and-dimes.
Quote from: Rockshasa on May 18, 2016, 03:23:36 PMIMHO, that day cannot come soon enough, LOL.
Yes, be nice to see!
>:D
Quote from: Wolfman on May 18, 2016, 04:51:17 PMI remember the bubble gum cigars. Around the late 60's they had a brown version. That's right, brown. I know because I bought it on a few occasions. I don't recall the flavor though, but I guess they wanted to simulate a real cigar.
That's the first I've heard of brown, but I guess it was these Presidential candidate cigars you saw:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Swell%200073_1L_zps0hxwgcnc.png)
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I'd give any and all of those brown cigars a pass. Swell also did a second series of El Bubble Cigars:
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Plus these swell "It's a Boy" ones in blue:
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And of course "It's a Girl" ones in pink. A whole rainbow of colours and flavours! Mmmmmmm, good!
8)
Quote from: Hepcat on May 19, 2016, 11:12:20 AM
That's the first I've heard of brown, but I guess it was these Presidential candidate cigars you saw:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Swell%200073_1L_zps0hxwgcnc.png)
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I'd give any and all of those brown cigars a pass. Swell also did a second series of El Bubble Cigars:
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Plus these swell "It's a Boy" ones in blue:
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And of course "It's a Girl" ones in pink. A whole rainbow of colours and flavours! Mmmmmmm, good!
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No, it wasn't a presidential cigar. Just like the ones pictured, like the gold dragon, but brown. I don't recall the name for it either.
JP
The classic Front:
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OH, do I miss that wondrous chain...
-Craig
Anyone else remember JJ Newberry stores? Similar to Woolworths . I have great memories of their toy section with Colorform sets and cheap Godzilla toys. Also getting those Fleer and Topps novelty candies like Mr Bones at the register when mom was checking out.
In Pee Wee's Big Adventure, the scene where he gets his bike stolen is at an outdoor plaza with both a Woolworths and Newberrys in the background stores. I love that part for just that reason.
Another great store was Two Guys from Harrison in N.J. They had a great toy section as well. I remember getting the huge Civil War playset there. I think it may have been called Happi-Time by Marx if my memory serves me correct.
JP
Quote from: Wolfman on May 21, 2016, 08:33:42 AM
Another great store was Two Guys from Harrison in N.J.
I remember Two Guys. They had them in Baltimore as well. Aside from Woolworths, my fave department store back in the day was Korvettes. They had an awesome toy department. That's where my Mom bought the Aurora Monster Scenes for me when I was a little kid. Korvettes also had a great record department as well.
The store I frequented as a child in Hillsdale, MI., was literally named " Five and Ten". I always thought it was funny that it didn't have a snazzier name! But man, they had so many cool costumes & decorations for the holidays! And I remember buying those $1.98 or $1.67 costumes for 97 cents! They were always below a dollar, on sale! Why didn't I buy all of them! Ha!
Quote from: charp13 on May 21, 2016, 08:36:47 PMAnd I remember buying those $1.98 or $1.67 costumes for 97 cents! They were always below a dollar, on sale! Why didn't I buy all of them!
97 cents! Wow!
:o
Quote from: glane21 on May 20, 2016, 11:01:32 PM
Anyone else remember JJ Newberry stores? Similar to Woolworths .
Glane, SO many chains copied not only Woolworth's business pattern - but also the "Two Initials and Last Name" title! In my Midwestern home town, the dear departed store of sainted memory (MAD paperbacks - Beatles 45s - View-Masters - etc.) was a:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a0/43/2d/a0432d96f7df451fc92329dd993335c6.jpg)
(And OH, MAN - what a heavenly, giant-U-shaped glass candy counter!)
Found this pic in a S.S. Kresge search.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/28/59320027_ef89cc0658.jpg)
Quote from: glane21 on May 20, 2016, 11:01:32 PMAnyone else remember JJ Newberry stores? Similar to Woolworths . I have great memories of their toy section with Colorform sets and cheap Godzilla toys. Also getting those Fleer and Topps novelty candies like Mr Bones at the register when mom was checking out.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/newberry2_zpslo5ylwci.jpg)
The first J.J. Newberry's store was opened in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in 1911 by John Josiah Newberry. By the time of his death in 1954, the Newberry's chain had grown to 475 stores and by 1961 reached 565 stores.
The chain was sold to McCrory Stores in 1972 but continued to operate under the Newberry's name until 1997 when almost all were closed.
In comparison there were over 1000 Woolworth stores in the States at one time and the chain lasted until 1997 in the United States and 1993 in Canada.
Kresge stores completely disappeared in the States in 1987 and in Canada in 1994.
:)
We had a Newberry's in our town when I was really young. I don't remember much about it, but it did have a lunch counter. It was right across from our Ben Franklin store, which had tons of awesome toys downstairs!
Chris
Quote from: Hepcat on May 24, 2016, 03:59:43 PM
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The first J.J. Newberry's store was opened in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in 1911 by John Josiah Newberry. By the time of his death in 1954, the Newberry's chain had grown to 475 stores and by 1961 reached 565 stores.
The chain was sold to McCrory Stores in 1972 but continued to operate under the Newberry's name until 1997 when almost all were closed.
In comparison there were over 1000 Woolworth stores in the States at one time and the chain lasted until 1997 in the United States and 1993 in Canada.
Kresge stores completely disappeared in the States in 1987 and in Canada in 1994.
:)
The Newberrys of my youth was in Spokane Washington at a place called Shadle Center. It did indeed close in 1997 ( though we had moved away in 1982). I even found an article about its closing here:
http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/jj-newberry-to-close-its-last-spokane-store/ (http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/jj-newberry-to-close-its-last-spokane-store/)
Amazing what you can find on the interwebs.
Interesting thing about your picture is that Prius parked in front looks like it is a later model than the 1997-2000 body style. Maybe that was one store that managed to survive a bit longer.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 22, 2016, 09:58:36 PM
Found this pic in a S.S. Kresge search.
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Very cool foto, horrorhunter
We had both a Woolworth's and Kresge's in my hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA - where coincidentally, S.S. Kresge was born. I always considered Kresge's the better of the two, but I honestly couldn't tell you why, because both carried similar product. Maybe it was "Aunt Claire", who ran the toy section at Kresge's. I do remember perusing the Halloween section in both stores.
Thanks for posting the pics - can anyone figure out a date on them?
Quote from: glane21 on June 02, 2016, 12:07:40 AMThe Newberrys of my youth was in Spokane Washington at a place called Shadle Center. It did indeed close in 1997 ( though we had moved away in 1982). I even found an article about its closing here:
The Newberry's you remember in the Shadle Center doesn't sound so much like an old downtown one as a newer suburban one like this one:
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Quote from: horrorhunter on October 08, 2013, 07:21:19 PM
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Great picture of a display from Woolworths in Australia! Woolworths in Australia though consists of a chain of supermarkets with no relation whatsoever to the F.W. Woolworth company that operated five-and-dime stores in North America and England.
;)
This 21" X 14" full-page Chicago Tribune newspaper ad popped up on eBay and very quickly disappeared:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7653/27474883930_faa647efdd_b.jpg)
Sunday, October 25, 1964
The seller pulled the listing because it was "incorrectly listed".
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on June 18, 2016, 01:54:47 PM
This 21" X 14" full-page Chicago Tribune newspaper ad popped up on eBay and very quickly disappeared:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7653/27474883930_faa647efdd_b.jpg)
Sunday, October 25, 1964
The seller pulled the listing because it was "incorrectly listed".
Without-a-doubt, extremely cool advert.
No doubt where the inspiration for this art came from.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on June 18, 2016, 01:54:47 PM
This 21" X 14" full-page Chicago Tribune newspaper ad popped up on eBay and very quickly disappeared:
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Sunday, October 25, 1964
Wow! Now that says Halloween!
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Quote from: Hepcat on June 20, 2016, 08:51:39 AM
Wow! Now that says Halloween!
It was being sold by a comic book shop. I suppose a customer came into the store and bought it in person.
I just hope that the buyer had the intention to make a hi-res scan, clean up any defects and produce full-sized posters to share with the rest of the world.
It would be a shame if he frames it and puts it out where the sun will fade the colors and make the paper brittle like old leaves.
I think the mostly black Classic Monsters page is much prettier than the 1965 Munster craze artwork that was posterized by another eBay seller:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7733/27723353981_3fccb048a7_b.jpg)
A year later Ben Cooper costumes emphasized super heroes and went up in price:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7327/27764181336_86b4e83589_o.jpg)
Here is a pretty ad of unknown year:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7371/27187741543_eb8d59a859_b.jpg)
Halloween mostly meant candy in the 50's. I think in the 40's it involved a lot more making as much noise as you could.
I remember these noisemakers as a kid in the early 50's, but they had pretty much disappeared by 1960. They appeal kinda waned as the metal clackers and ratchets were replaced with cheap plastic items that sounded as bad as a plastic bell and were too easily broken.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on June 20, 2016, 01:15:35 PMHere is a pretty ad of unknown year:
Probably earlier than 1965 given the old Woolworth logo but still from the 1960-1964 period given that the costumes were the same $1.98 price as they were in 1965.
:)
Quote from: Wich2 on May 22, 2016, 07:39:53 PMSO many chains copied not only Woolworth's business pattern - but also the "Two Initials and Last Name" title! In my Midwestern home town, the dear departed store of sainted memory (MAD paperbacks - Beatles 45s - View-Masters - etc.) was a:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a0/43/2d/a0432d96f7df451fc92329dd993335c6.jpg)
(And OH, MAN - what a heavenly, giant-U-shaped glass candy counter!)
Quote from: ChrisW on June 03, 2016, 11:52:39 AMWe had both a Woolworth's and Kresge's in my hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA - where coincidentally, S.S. Kresge was born. I always considered Kresge's the better of the two, but I honestly couldn't tell you why, because both carried similar product. Maybe it was "Aunt Claire", who ran the toy section at Kresge's. I do remember perusing the Halloween section in both stores.
There were a wealth of these five-and-dime stores in downtown London, Ontario and the shopping district of East London when I was a kid. There were two Woolworth's, two Kresges, two Metropolitans(Mets) and one Zellers. They also seemed to close down at once around 1990.
I miss so much about these stores. Not just the toy departments with their Aurora monster model kits and the Ben Cooper and Collegeville Halloween costumes hanging from the ceiling, but the budgies, goldfish and little turtles in the pet department, the glorious candy counters, the decorated birthday cakes in their windows, the luncheonette counters where you could get hamburgers, french fries and sundaes and the fabulous neapolitan ice cream sandwiches sold at Woolworth's. So very sad that they're all gone. I'm going to cry....
:(
(https://losttoronto2.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/kresge-doug-griffin-toronto-star.jpg)
This S.S. Kresge was in my neighborhood and what I remember most other than the creaking old wooden floors and spinning round on the chrome lunch-counter stools (whose well worn bearings were greased for extreme spinarama) was the smell.There was no other smell like it I can still to this day close my eyes and picture that cornucopia of aromas - a mingling of Buttered Popcorn/Hamster cage/Rubber Gloves/Frying Hamburgers/Turtle terrariums/Budgie cages/brewing coffee and old wooden mops.
Sadly all S.S. Kresge stores were gone by the time I moved into the general neighbourhood.
There were still dozens of Kresge and Woolworth stores in Metro Toronto right through the eighties but somehow as a young adult I just didn't much appreciate their in-store luncheonettes, primarily because such lunch counters were still commonly found in diners. But not many traditional lunch counters remain these days. Most diners have gone upscale, converted their lunch counters to bar type counters or simply closed. Very sad.
:(
Quote from: Hepcat on October 07, 2016, 09:06:14 AM
Sadly all S.S. Kresge stores were gone by the time I moved into the general neighbourhood.
There were still dozens of Kresge and Woolworth stores in Metro Toronto right through the eighties but somehow as a young adult I just didn't much appreciate their in-store luncheonettes, primarily because such lunch counters were still commonly found in diners. But not many traditional lunch counters remain these days. Most diners have gone upscale, converted their lunch counters to bar type counters or simply closed. Very sad.
:(
I think the last time I ever ate at the lunch counter would have been pre -1975.
Quote from: Hepcat on October 07, 2016, 09:06:14 AM
But not many traditional lunch counters remain these days.
Killed off by the fast food joints.
To the detriment of regional variety in cuisine and choice for the individual.
>:(
I'm pretty confident that the retro counter pictured here is in the former woolworth's building in Bakersfield California which is now a wonderful ANTIQUE MALL!
The food at the counter was great and it was there that I had one of the greatest hamburgers in my life!
If you are in Southern Cal, it's a nice day trip up there. I was not aware that the town had so many antique malls as I had not really been there since we shot CAVEGIRL in 1984!
Quote from: Hepcat on September 12, 2013, 01:29:59 PM
My mother spent many an hour haunting the aisles of Woolworth and the other three five-and-dimes in downtown London - Kresge, Zellers and Metropolitan - for bargains. She'd frequently have me in tow but I didn't mind at all. I'd spend my time eyeing the toys including the Aurora monster models, the bulk candies, the goldfish, budgies and little turtles. My end game though was to get my mother to buy me an ice cream or a milkshake at the fabulous lunch counter with which these stores were invariably equipped. Here's a picture of a Woolworth menu:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Woolworths.jpg)
And here are some shots of various Woolworth lunch counters:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Woolworth.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolworth_zps44f0c319.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolworth_zps44f0c319.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/Woolw_zps4790a06c.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/woolworth3_zps542159a1.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/woolworth3_zps542159a1.jpg.html)
These often came equipped with a very cool Campbell's or Heinz soup display:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Campbell.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Heinz.png)
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Ok, yes but let us not forget Foster's Ol' Fashion' Freeze still exists and provides the same exact taste sensation as it did so many moons ago. I went there for a choc chip swirl cup and the taste was the same as over 20 YRS ago. Rock on for being retro and keeping a piece of great old America retro wonderful fun still alive... at least in Northern CA.
Quote from: gracebuster on October 17, 2016, 11:59:17 AM
I'm pretty confident that the retro counter pictured here is in the former woolworth's building in Bakersfield California which is now a wonderful ANTIQUE MALL!
The food at the counter was great and it was there that I had one of the greatest hamburgers in my life!
If you are in Southern Cal, it's a nice day trip up there. I was not aware that the town had so many antique malls as I had not really been there since we shot CAVEGIRL in 1984!
'Love all of these cool retro shots.
FEEL good that you can still experience an ol' fashion' taste sensation at a Foster's in Northern CA and if you last tasted 'em in the 60's I want you to know the same exact taste is here today for us now...
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Hmmmm. You're not professionally associated with Foster's in any way, are you?
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Quote from: Hepcat on May 18, 2016, 02:44:01 PMThose five and dime stores in downtown areas were indeed Halloween central for many a baby boomer kid. Halloween has certainly lost something since the days a young fellow could see a score of Ben Cooper or Collegeville costumes hanging from the ceiling of the local five-and-dime in the weeks before Halloween and if he was very lucky get his parents to spring for one.
I still have fond memories of the Kresge's, Woolworth, Zellers and Metropolitan stores in downtown London, Ontario. My mother used to haunt all these looking for bargains. As a youngster I was very often in tow. I didn't mind of course as there was never a shortage of items to capture a young boy's interest, little turtles, goldfish, budgies, the bulk candy counter, the fancy birthday cakes in the front window and all those toys!
How many of you other UMA members grew up in small cities with populations of 50,000-175,000 in which five-and-dimes such as Woolworth, Kresge, Grant's, Zellers, Met, etc. were among the feature shopping attractions of the downtown business sections?
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Hepcat, goes without saying, the downtown here in Reading was the place to be, be it Halloween, Christmas, or anytime. Woolworth's, Kresge, Grants, Greens, Pomeroy's, all the movie theatres, the way the streets were decorated at Christmas and other times, and not to forget all the small corner stores and variety stores that were everywhere. Many of the mom and pop type food grocery stores also sold toys, model kits, etc. It was these types of smaller stores that I have the best memories of monster toys, gum cards, really obscure items such as the MPC Haunted Hulk in one of these small grocery type corner stores, magazines, box and wax-filled monster candys of all types, comic books, all those great gumball machines!!
Oh man! That must have been heaven for any little kid. In fact it still sounds like heaven to a grown-up (just barely) monster kid like me!
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Hepcat, it surely was "heaven". I grew up on the south side of the city, which was predominantly Polish and Ukrainian culture at the time.
Sadly though it sounds as if it's all gone and hardly anything interesting remains downtown.
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What about the south side? Has it lost its predominantly Polish-Ukrainian makeup/flavour?
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Yes, Hepcat, sadly, it has. Most of the historic stores that once lined Penn St. have been torn down, Reading had at one time an economic plan which turned sour shortly after it was implemented. Downtown Reading is now virtually, in my opinion, a vast "ghost-town" of "the way it used to be" memories, and the stark realization of how it is really now, a place where you don't want to be walking around after dark. The Polish and Ukrainian have long since died off, or moved out.
Without a doubt the downtown five-and-dimes were certainly Halloween central right through the baby boom years.
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Here in New Jersey the idea of the "downtown" shopping area had died off in just about every community I can think of that had once been shopping destinations: Newark, Asbury Park, Bloomfield...(Irvington Union South Orange) most of the store fronts are empty, occupied (always briefly) or maybe torn down. There have been efforts at rehabilitation, most apparent in Asbury Park which has nice restaurants, a nice theatre, and the boardwalk on the ocean. I think people who sell in Asbury Park struggle to survive, and usually don't last. In "the old days", people avoided driving to some "downtown" when you could just go to the mall... think '70s '80s even '90s...
Apparently now, they shop online.
http://youtu.be/QvqCInXB7Dk (http://youtu.be/QvqCInXB7Dk)
When the Berkshire Mall was built in Wyomissing here either in late 69, or early 70 (can't remember exactly), it was always crowded because of the "new" concept of shopping like this, it was really something. I honestly couldn't wait to go there to shop, or just look around at all the stores. It lasted for a while, but eventually the "luster" wore off, like anything else. Now, many malls, this one included, seems to be more of a hangout of sorts, I can even say that for the King of Prussia Mall not too far away, really big, many up-scale stores, but now I mainly walk the mall with my Starbucks coffee in hand and just browse some stores.
The last operating Woolworth luncheonette in America can be found in what is now the Five & Dime Antique Mall in Bakersfield, California:
The Last Woolworth Luncheonette (https://la.eater.com/2018/4/11/17225594/woolworth-bakersfield-luncheonette-history-antique-mall-open)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcuwN3kXUAQ6m-W.jpg)
(https://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12841290_1057368287618671_8231294642447217583_o-700x525.jpg)
(http://foodio54.com/images/biz/35/51/woolworth-diner-bakersfield-3603551.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on April 10, 2019, 02:15:54 PM
The last operating Woolworth luncheonette in America can be found in what is now the Five & Dime Antique Mall in Bakersfield, California:
The Last Woolworth Luncheonette (https://la.eater.com/2018/4/11/17225594/woolworth-bakersfield-luncheonette-history-antique-mall-open)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcuwN3kXUAQ6m-W.jpg)
(https://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12841290_1057368287618671_8231294642447217583_o-700x525.jpg)
(http://foodio54.com/images/biz/35/51/woolworth-diner-bakersfield-3603551.jpg)
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Awesomeness!
So sad these places are gone from across America. Time for a time travel trip,who has the machine?Thanks for the pics Hep.
Another exquisitely preserved Woolworth luncheonette counter can be found in Peaches Records in a funky neighbourhood on historic old Magazine Street in New Orleans:
Time Capsule Diner - MessyNessyChic (https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/11/30/time-capsule-diner-hiding-in-a-new-orleans-record-store/)
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Peaches Records is attempting to raise the funds to bring the dinette back into operation:
Save the Woolworth Counter - Peaches Records (https://www.peachesrecordsandtapes.com/pages/help-us-raise-money-to-save-the-woolworth-counter)
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Quote from: Hepcat on April 12, 2019, 12:42:18 PM
Another exquisitely preserved Woolworth luncheonette counter can be found in Peaches Records in a funky neighbourhood on historic old Magazine Street in New Orleans:
Time Capsule Diner - MessyNessyChic (https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/11/30/time-capsule-diner-hiding-in-a-new-orleans-record-store/)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Maga%2014_zpstc2sob9f.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Maga%2010_zpsrznltx73.jpg)
Peaches Records is attempting to raise the funds to bring the dinette back into operation:
Save the Woolworth Counter - Peaches Records (https://www.peachesrecordsandtapes.com/pages/help-us-raise-money-to-save-the-woolworth-counter)
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Wow! I really thought Peaches was gone.
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FRANKENSTEIN - Ad - Woolworth's - October 24, 1963 *
I really like this ad, but it would look better with some color. Any members want to tackle "colorizing" this one?
* Click on picture for larger image.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on May 01, 2019, 12:37:39 AM
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FRANKENSTEIN - Ad - Woolworth's - October 24, 1963 *
I really like this ad, but it would look better with some color. Any members want to tackle "colorizing" this one?
* Click on picture for larger image.
Maybe in neon green or orange
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on May 01, 2019, 12:37:39 AMI really like this ad, but it would look better with some color. Any members want to tackle "colorizing" this one?
Will this ad do in its place?
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Woolworth4_zps9khwrzqm.jpg)
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Maybe if we keep staring at them we will be transported back to Woolworths for a short time just to walk around and relive our youth again.
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 05, 2013, 01:37:55 PMI loved candy cigarettes when I was a kid, but I knew the difference between candy and the real thing. One of the good things about "the good old days" was that there wasn't someone trying to take away your freedom of choice constantly. I also watched violent cartoons and movies all my life, but I didn't become a criminal because of it. I knew better. As time went on more and more rules and laws have eroded simple freedom of choice for everyone.... Too many people want to tell the rest of us what we can't do.
Truth!
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Quote from: Kidagain on May 01, 2019, 03:38:50 PMMaybe if we keep staring at them we will be transported back to Woolworths for a short time just to walk around and relive our youth again.
Late October is among the times of year when I most miss Woolworth and the other downtown five-and-dime stores I remember from my younger days, Kresge, Metropolitan and Zellers. So very sad that they're gone.
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All that's left is the ads that can still be found on this inter-web thingy:
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You bet that satisfaction was guaranteed!
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