Community Chat

[Linda0215]

I don't ever remember prices like that, but I do remember Woolworth's. My mom would sometimes take me "downtown" and we'd end up at the Woolworth's counter.  I'd get a hotdog and chocolate milk and she'd have cream cheese on date nut bread all the while admonishing me NOT to touch under the counter (that's where all the stuck gum was).  Crazy the things that stick in your mind. 😁

[RedTop]

My town did not have a Woolworths, but we did have G C Murphys.  As a child I loved the toy department and animal corner with parakeets and hamsters downstairs.  Their hot dogs were awesome.  Loved the smell of roasted nuts and walking the long aisle looking at all the different candy in the glass jars to be weighed and bought by the pound.  

Stores like these thrived because their employees knew they were there to serve the public; they would never make it today.

[shoekitty]

When we were in junior high until high school ( 1960-1965). we took the greyhound bus to Stanford shopping center in Palo,alto .  First stop was Woolworths. Omg, the food was good for us, and such a treat  In those days in smaller towns, besides Dairy Belle or Dairy Queen there were not many take outs.  And no one had money to blow all the time.  But we would save babysitting and allowance for a few weeks and blow it in a day. Lol. Woolworths ...  Always a hamburger, fries and a cherry or Vanilla Coke   Then we spent an hour or so at their photo booth taking crazy photos. Then we browsed the Emporium and macys and in and out all the stores. Before we left home always got an ice cream at THRIFTYS. The  square like scoop!! In the 60's THRIFTYS had marbles in a barrel .  5 cents for all you could grab with one hand  in the summer they sold those rubber Zaire's ( like flip flops) for 10 cents a pair.