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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:56 PM Original message |
Discount Stores of the '60s |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I Grew Up Going to Two Guys Stores in NJ |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I was just posting on Two Guys when I lost my connection! |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh Wow! We had a Two Guys by PennCan mall in Syracuse. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well, still around in some respects, if you go to K-Mart n/t |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Oh no....Kresge's was the ultimate 5 and 10 experience. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I know, I used to shop at Kresge's, but Kresge's became K-Mart. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes, most of us here in Michigan know that. Kresge's at Universal Mall |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Actually, I figured you knew, I only gave the link to back up my point |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. My Buddy & I once Hitchhiked UP 130 North to the Two Guys |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I remember Korvette's in the mid-to-late 1970s (bought my first |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Zayre's, W.T. Grant, Newberry's, Atlantic Thrift... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Berkeley Co-Op |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone remember Murphy's? |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. G.C. Murphy? Oh, yes. |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks for the confirmation! |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Murphy's had a distinct smell. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I remember Murphy's Mart and Zayre's as well as Ames. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. A neat site with great memories....thanks for the post. |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. TG & Y stores here |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. What about Monkey Ward? |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. LOL! I thought we were the only ones who called it "Monkey Ward"?! |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. We didn't have a lot of those here in Mass. We did have |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I remember Turnstyles! I grew up im MA too. Remember JM Fields? |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good lord, WT Grants... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. I remember them... |
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SouthoftheBorderPaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What about Caldor's |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Caldor's only closed about 5 years ago. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. J.M. Fields, W.T. Grant, Zayre's, Stuarts, Stone's, Rich's... |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Man, I forgot about Zayre! |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "Before you go back to school you go to Zayre..." I hated hearing that... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I'd forgotten too - Zayre's Shoppers City! |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. TurnStyle! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Haven't looked at the link yet, but Target was a good (local) |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. We had a Woolworth and a Woolco within a block of each other. |
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