Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Wow - I feel like I have gone back to the 70's. This is funny man: <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kHlg5e_FIJQ" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v= kHlg5e_FIJQ</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Are there still Woolworth's here ? I remember growing up in Chicago they were everywhere - the Dime store we used to call it. I like this commercial - reminds me of Muppet show madness
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Here in the Uk they are still in every large town thankfully. I couldn't believe it when I returned to the states a few years ago and realised they no longer exist. We always bought our small pets from woolies in the US.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I have nothing but fond memories as I used to go with my Grandmother - as it is where she bought her sewing stuff - and although we were very poor - she seemed to always be able to get me a little something there - I guess why they called it 5 and dime... also one by us had a buffett counter where you would get a meatloaf meal - with mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and a soda for like $1.25.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Another WALMART casualty -- this is exactly the kind of store they went after - along with any family owned stand alone business
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I used to love the hot dogs at Woolworths. Not a patch on Costco's, but my great grandmother used to walk me down to the local Woolies in Vallejo with the excuse we exercised so we could have a treat. Then we would walk to thrifty for an ice cream cone.
Originally Posted By bloona I saw that ad tonight for the first time, its brilliant! The kids talked about it for ages. I also love Woolworths (Woolys) our fav shop in town!
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Then we would walk to thrifty for an ice cream cone.>> Cylindrical shaped scoops of course. Thrifty was acquired by Rite-Aid. I just read on Wiki that: "The Thrifty name and logo live on at Rite Aid, as Thrifty Ice Cream is still sold in the West Coast Rite Aid locations. The Thrifty brand of ice cream was retained because it had won several important awards in its history"
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast And as the last Woolworths dissapeared here so did personal and quality customer service.Even i remember some of those.
Originally Posted By friendofdd My mother was a "dime store girl" Worked several years at Woolworths and Kress. Not Newberries though. Don't know why. Those places were filled with treasures when I was a child during the war years in the forties. A nickle would purchase one of those treasures. In my teens, I would get a dimes worth at the candy counter before going to a movie. Twice as much candy as you could get in the theater for that price. I was living in Honolulu when they closed all Woolworths. The one downtown was a huge multi-storied building. I miss them.
Originally Posted By knightnfrees That was an amusing ad. Puppeteered really well, too. I remember the old 5 and dime (Woolworths). I remember a couple of them in L.A. I think you could actually see one in passing on Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I also miss Fedco. Target now resides in their locations.
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo <<<In my teens, I would get a dimes worth at the candy counter before going to a movie. Twice as much candy as you could get in the theater for that price.>>> When I was a kid we did'nt go to the cinema much but I remember going to Woolies for pick'n'mix first to cut snack costs.
Originally Posted By DlandDug The Woolworths seen in Peewee's Big Adventure was Santa Monica's 3rd Street location. At the time of filming, I believe it was actually closed, and was dressed out by the film makers. I do recall seeing the large store with its original red and gold sign for a few years after. It is now a part of the Third Street promenade; a new store occupies the space. The ghost of Woolworths lives on in the United States. Before the chain closed the last of its original retail stores in the late 1990s, it had opened various specialty stores under other names. One, a sporting goods retailer, still operates. The name? Foot Locker.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>"bit on the Darkside, id't it?" ROTFLMBO!>> Me too. Totally cracked me up.
Originally Posted By Ursula NEWBERRIES!!! *faints on the floor* It has been ages since I even remember what visiting one was like! I must have been a wee lass at the time! I remember going for notions with my mother. And four points to anyone who knows what notions are!!!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 buttons, thread - sewing stuff I believe - it is the stuff my grammy used to walk there for at least once a week
Originally Posted By hopemax > And four points to anyone who knows what notions are!!!! I forget what my husband was looking for, but he asked me where I would find something while we were at JoAnns. When I answered, "on the notions wall." He looked at me like I had 2 heads. It wasn't Walmart that killed our Woolworths, it was when our city got a mall.
Originally Posted By friendofdd San Francisco had a wonderful Woolworth's store on the corner where the Powell St cable car turnaround. Gap and some other stores now occupy the site. Check out this little memory of the store. <a href="http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/3.19/970918-woolworths.html" target="_blank">http://www.pacificnews.org/jin n/stories/3.19/970918-woolworths.html</a>
