The Truth About Those Dollar Stores

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8. I grew up in the 50's and early 60's - so this is for Baby Boomers

Does anyone remember going to the old Woolworth's stores that used to be in every small town main street in America? Woolworth's is long gone but in those days it performed the same service as today's "Dollar Stores." It sold an assortment of small low-priced items, mainly for the household. For us kids it was our favorite source of penny candy.

Here's the thing: my Mom - who was born in 1928 - used to call Woolworth's "the dime store" and that always puzzled me. Just about everything in that store cost more than 10 cents, except for the penny candy. Most items cost more than a dime but less than a dollar. So why call it a dime store? Because that's what Mom grew up with during the Depression years, and that's what she taught us kids in the 50's, even though it was no longer relevant.

So now we have Dollar Stores and our grandkids will be doing the same thing in a few years. They'll be scratching their heads, saying "Why is this called a Dollar store, when everything costs more than a dollar?" I guess it's the price of inflation.