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nostalgia: woolworths announced all stores closing 20 years ago today

sunshine45 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:15:58 GMT

END OF AN ERA 7/17/97

It was 20 years ago today that America got the word — Woolworth's, the mother of all five and dimes, was closing all of its stores. Woolworth's sure takes us back to a lost time in America. Please share your memories of shopping at Woolworth's.

i know i sure miss it......great memories when i was a kid. that was a GREAT place to go to just "hang out" and browse. everytime i was in there i wanted to have lunch at the lunch counter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAPt6R9cRs

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Q4u — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:21:47 GMT

When I was little, I remember getting on the bus with my Mom and we'd ride downtown and go to the Woolworths to shop and then have lunch at the counter.... it was exciting and I remember going to this day....

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JaneMarple — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:22:34 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
END OF AN ERA 7/17/97

It was 20 years ago today that America got the word — Woolworth's, the mother of all five and dimes, was closing all of its stores. Woolworth's sure takes us back to a lost time in America. Please share your memories of shopping at Woolworth's.

i know i sure miss it......great memories when i was a kid. that was a GREAT place to go to just "hang out" and browse. everytime i was in there i wanted to have lunch at the lunch counter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAPt6R9cRs

I miss the scent, the wood floors, the candy and nut counter and everything else.

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Witchy Woman — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:24:49 GMT

@sunshine45

I grew up near St. Louis, and, when I started to work in the city, there was a big Kresge five and dime. They are the mother ship of K-mart and very much like Woolworth's.

As a little girl, I dreamed of working there

Shelving was lower and things were displayed in a way that seemed irresistable! They had a lunch counter, and all the elderly ladies were those hairnets. I often got a slice of pizza before rushing back to my office at lunch time.

It was everything you would want a 5&10 to be.

Candy in big, see through bins. Carmel corn being made on the premises. Perfect!

When DH and I started dating, there was a Woolworth's near his house. This was our Friday night date -- to wander around Woolworth buying this and that (I was newly divorced so always needed something for my house). I think there was a lunch counter there too.

They had anything and everything.

I dearly miss those stores which represent a different type of less-frenzied shopping, a slower time, and lots of customer service.

While I love having more variety, many things have been lost along the way.

Not the least of which has been civility.

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151949 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:28:36 GMT

Woolworths was never a big store in Pitts. We had Grants 5 & 10 stores( they had a great lunch counter) and G.C. Murphys 5 & 10 or Mc Crorys in almost every community. For several years my Mom worked at GC Murphys making keys.I loved that she got a 20% discount on anything she wanted to buy.She & I both got ALL our nylons for 20% off - & boy you went thru nylons back in those days.

Back then ladies carried hankies and wore babushkas every day so you could always get a small gift for someone at the 5 & 10 of a nice hankie or a scarf or gloves if you knew the size or an umbrella.

I swear half the girls in my high school had after school jobs at some 5& 10 store.

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:59:54 GMT

We had one in my local mall but it closed years and years ago.

When I worked in downtown Cleveland there was one there and every once in awhile we would go in and get a milkshake on a Friday afternoon while on lunch. They made the best milkshakes.

I edited this because I totally misread what the OP posted.

Re: nostalgia: woolworths announced all stores closing 20 years ago today

151949 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:31:49 GMT

@JaneMarple wrote:
@sunshine45 wrote:
END OF AN ERA 7/17/97

It was 20 years ago today that America got the word — Woolworth's, the mother of all five and dimes, was closing all of its stores. Woolworth's sure takes us back to a lost time in America. Please share your memories of shopping at Woolworth's.

i know i sure miss it......great memories when i was a kid. that was a GREAT place to go to just "hang out" and browse. everytime i was in there i wanted to have lunch at the lunch counter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAPt6R9cRs
I miss the scent, the wood floors, the candy and nut counter and everything else.

Something about how a 5 & 10 smelled made you just want to be in there.

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viva923 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:32:07 GMT

oh my gosh, I loved Woolworth's. I would go there just about every weekend growing up. We had a really big store in my home town growing up. When I was old enough I would hop a bus and go downtown and visit Woolworth's and Kresgee's (not sure I am spelling that name correctly).

My Woolworth's had a really nice ice cream bar fountain.

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Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:33:08 GMT

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
I guess I didn't even know this store was still around. We had one in my local mall but it closed years and years ago.

When I worked in downtown Cleveland there was one there and every once in awhile we would go in and get a milkshake on a Friday afternoon while on lunch. They made the best milkshakes.

@Lipstickdiva

They aren't still around.

Today is the 20 year anniversary of the stores closing.

The o/p was reminiscing.

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nycgrl — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:33:34 GMT

I had my very first job working at Woolworth's.

Wow - thanks for the memories.

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CareBears — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:40:50 GMT

I loved Woolworth's also, I remember going to the clearance sales as the stores came closer to closing their doors, it was a sad day for me.

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SandPiper — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:42:05 GMT

I loved Woolworths. As a child I remember going with my mom and grandma at least once a week. One memory that stands out is I was around 8 years old and I wanted mom to buy me a "waitress pad" (with carbon paper) so I could play waitress at home.

Every time we went to Woolworths we always ate at the counter. I always had grilled cheese and chocolate milk. I thought it was a big deal to climb up on the stool. Thanks for this post.

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sunshine45 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:45:19 GMT

@Witchy Woman

we had a kresges also.......and murphys mart and mccrorys.

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jaxs mom — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:53:10 GMT

I don't think I've ever been in one. I sure don't remember if I have.

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nana59 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:54:22 GMT

@SandPiper wrote:
I loved Woolworths. As a child I remember going with my mom and grandma at least once a week. One memory that stands out is I was around 8 years old and I wanted mom to buy me a "waitress pad" (with carbon paper) so I could play waitress at home.

Every time we went to Woolworths we always ate at the counter. I always had grilled cheese and chocolate milk. I thought it was a big deal to climb up on the stool. Thanks for this post.

"Waitress pad!" Loved playing with those!! Great memories!!

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viva923 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:57:08 GMT

I forgot about his story I read over the weekend on the internet

Apparently Woolworth's is huge in Austriala (sp). A bride got married last month, she ordered and paid for her wedding cake. Come day of wedding, NO wedding cake was delivered.

2 of the brides aunts went to the local Woolworth's store and purchased 3 mud cakes and Betty Crockers frostings and made her a quick wedding cake.

A photo was shown of the wedding cake. OH my gosh, It was so cute and original. They got extra flowers from the florist shop that was left at the wedding delivery and put some flowers on top of cake and around the base. It was really a beautiful

wedding cake.

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Vivian — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:56:24 GMT

We had a wonderful Woolworth's in our small city. It was large and they seemed to have everything. We could even fill prescriptions there. We also had an excellent JC Penny. I bought all my kids' clothes there, as well as towels, sheets, underwear, coats, etc., etc. Now we have nothing but the internet. I adjusted, buying everything I need online.

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:59:06 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@Lipstickdiva wrote:
I guess I didn't even know this store was still around. We had one in my local mall but it closed years and years ago.

When I worked in downtown Cleveland there was one there and every once in awhile we would go in and get a milkshake on a Friday afternoon while on lunch. They made the best milkshakes.

@Lipstickdiva

They aren't still around.

Today is the 20 year anniversary of the stores closing.

The o/p was reminiscing.

OMG I swear to you I need new contacts. LOL

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:07:44 GMT

I MISS WOOLWORTH'S!

Pre-teen, I'd take the cable car downtown to the corner of Powell and Market with friends or to meet my mother.

It was HUGE and carried everything you could possibly want at the time. My favorite section was cosmetics, and it was huge. So much too look at, seemingly hundreds of lipsticks.

And then a trip to the counter for a BLT or ice cream.

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meallen616 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:22:01 GMT

Wow, 20 years since F.W.Woolworth Co. closed, such great memories and times growing up!