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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:22 PM Original message |
Woolworths: everything must go |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't know that Woolworth was still open. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They folded in the US many years ago.. apparently not in UK |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I haven't seen a Woolworths since I was a little kid here. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The last one I remember was in Santa Fe, NM-- |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That brings back memories.... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yeah.. that's why the Santa Fe one stands out... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. They made the best |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Way back when I was a little kid downtown Houstons was the place to go shopping. |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. We still have Woolies on most high streets in the UK |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We still have one left here in Jamaica |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Aren't woolworth and woolco owned by the same people? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Me either. We had them all over Ohio until the mid 1980s or so |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Woolworth's Five and Dime |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. ...and pet turtles ! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Lol! |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Even as a kid, I never understood the paint jobs and decals on those tiny turtles. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. I remember one of our local musician's joke about how expensive his tortoise shell picks were |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Woolworth's sold many small animals including fish and birds. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yes and every now and then a bird would get loose and reak havok !...LOL |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I remember a bird or two flying around in the basement where the pet department was. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. yup |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Ours went under long ago |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Woolsworth left LA loooong time ago. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember when they bailed out of Canada in the 80s |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. sad. |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. They diversified too much.. spread themselves too thin.. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Woolworth's became 'Foot Locker'?? |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Here's some info on that: |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. delete |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. I thought it had started in the UK, didn't realize it was not far from me. I miss Woolworth's |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Zayre's |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I bought my first radio at a Zayre's. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. yes, those are the two I was trying to remember |
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xloadiex (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. In Chicago we had |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. wow...too bad |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sad to see an icon go.... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. " It's high time for a walk on the real side... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. Wow, when I was a child I did all my Christmas shopping there. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. The bolt action magazine fed shotgun we have is from Woolworth's |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. I Didn't Know They Still Existed |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. I hated going there as a kid |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. For a lot of us old timers Woolworth's was a wonderful place especially at Christmas |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That is pretty much what our Woolworth looked like. |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I grew up in Ohio and we had none of that problem. Everyone was welcome. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. God... what we lost and are left with Walmart... Damn.. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. k street mall, sacramento |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I loved those too! They sold them for years, They had lots of stuff like that, |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Me and my mom used to go there. Memories. Ask me about the screw. nt |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. It seems to me I recall boycotting Woolworth's one year |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Always thought they started here |
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