I am with you!! Walmart just rattles my nerves. Too big and too impersonal with no one to help you. I grew up shopping in Woolworth, Murphys and Heck's. Employees knew you (or your Mama) by name. Miss that! I was usually recognized as "Betty Lou's youngest girl" because I wasn't a baby boomer, lol! 💕
You can shop on line. On line shopping killed more stores than Wal Mart did. But there are also private citizens making products and selling on line to support their self or their family. Problem is those items cost more than you'd pay at Wal Mart or Target. Plus they don't provide jobs for the masses...
He wasn't asking you for an economics lesson, he was only stating he misses some of those stores. Quit acting like some tough guy business man and let people enjoy the content.
@@MaryStevens-tb2dz I know. When stores started buying cheap Chinese products the regional department stores were not able to be competitive. I’m hoping if Trump institutes tariffs against Chinese products imported we can go back to small family run stores.
@Andreatheists-yy1oj My mother worked at Woolworth in high school. She said that she could buy a hot dog and a large chocolate milkshake for a quarter! The lunch counter went away shortly after I was born, but I loved shopping at the Woolworth in our little town. Miss it so much!😥
The use to have a case of collector coins being sold in a kiosk which rotated in a circle when you touched it. As a kid I used to be entertained seeing all the different types of coins. paper bills and prices.
How can I forget the five-&-ten, the nickel & dime, great emporium of Woolworth's. The soda fountain, fountain cokes, the lunch counter. The trinkets and gizmos, sometimes things you couldn't find anywhere else. My last big Woolworth's fix was gardening supplies. Christmas things.Whatever I wanted, they sold it. The world has turned dark since Woolworth's closed. I miss it still. I could cry..... it's gone forever like my childhood. I'm sorry the people younger than my 76 years will miss out on so many wonderful markers we had growing up.
@JackMason-oq8lf I read last week that the last Woolworth left in the US had just closed its doors. It made my heart ache! 😢😢 As you said, so much of our childhood gone...
I miss Mervyn's, they had the best quality T-Shirts and underwear. They closed in 2008, but my last batch Mervyn's brand T-Shirts lasted until the 2020s.
Woolworth was a store I will never forget being 10 yrs old shopping with my mom and sisters then having lunch afterwards even though it was hard for her, but she still sacrificed so it was fun, I wish everything could go back in time 🙏
I still have an old catalog of these department store in my basement. Some date back in 1905 like Sears that owned manufacturer plants for their own brand in Chicago, Illinois. I collected an old pocket watch and firearms as well as electric fans. I have no regret collecting these items!
Got my first job at Alexander's in Manhattan in 1970. Remember them? I moved to Macy's the following year. We were paid in cash. For real. I miss a lot of these stores.
Yes!! I Remember Alexander's. I grew up in New York. Great shopping Experiences. Always Fun and Happy to be there. People who worked there got to know you by name. EXCELLENT Customer Service. Especially Woolworths, ( five and dime) store, and Gimbels. I Miss the Experiences. 👍👍👍😁😁
We had a Just For Men in a local mall. I was impressed that all of the slacks were unhemmed because they tailored such items. They also did alterations, at no fee, for all clothing purchased at their store.
Sadly, Sears and Kmart can be added to this list now. While not a department store, Toys-R-Us is another staple of my childhood that is now gone. I remember numerous department stores in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s that are now sadly gone. A couple are in this list, but so were Buffum's, Robinson's, May Company, Zody's, Gemco, Fedmart, Thriftimart, and probably a few others I don't remember at the moment. Sadly, lots of other specialty retailers have also gone the way of the dodo - Radio Shack, Circuit City, Good Guys, Federated (Electronics), Fry's Electronics, the Blue-Chip Stamp stores, numerous 5 & 10 stores, Builder's Emporium, numerous family-owned hardware stores, and so on...
I miss the good old days period, our grandchildren will never experience such nice store's, and that way of life 😢😢 Sad I think, they had good quality everything, and made in the USA.
My first job was behind the soda fountain at Woolworth's in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.. I worked at the ice cream end of the counter. My lady boss's husband worked at the bank, just down the street from us, and he came in faithfully to get his chocolate cabinet (ice cream soda) each evening.
Pittsburgh, PA was amazing: on Fifth Avenue: G.C. Murphy, F.W. Woolworth, Tom McCann shoes, and a host of smaller shops. In addition, we had Department stores: Kaufmann's, Gimbels, Horne's, Jewelery stores such as Wattles, John M. Roberts, Hardy and Hays, nearly the entire Clark Building; specialty stores and boutiques galore including the furrier Max Azen, which stood where the Wood St. subway station is now... Drug stores with soda fountains.....Compared to now it was a truly marvelous city. Pittsburgh is gasping on life support now, compared to the 1970s and early 1980s!
Remember McCrory's? It was like Woolworths and it operated as a five and dime store for over 147 years. It eventually closed it's doors in 2002. At one time they even owned GC Murphy's/ Murphy's Mart which competed head to head with Woolworth's Woolco dept stores. However Walmart was way to dominant in the marketplace to allow these 2 smaller discount chains to effectively compete. in fact, Hills was our everyday low priced Walmart version back then where I lived in NE OH. We didn't even have a Walmart at that time even when I moved away in 1987. It came sometime later. The rest is of course history.
@claramcewen5938 We had a Newberry's in Portland, OR that had a lunch counter. After my mother retired, she would walk to Newberry's from her apartment for lunch. She met several other retirees who also came for lunch and became close friends. One of the waitresses had a fire in her home. My mother and her friends took on the waitresses as a "project" and gave her many replacements for her home. I, too, miss Newberry's.
OMG. Those squeaky floors. Like rat tat tat music to my little boy ears. Charm was an integral part of the 1950s. Progress wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Asphalt and tiles and concrete are anything but charming. There's no bounce.
I so miss all of those department stores. I am 76 and remember Bradlees, Caldors, Ames, Grants, Woolworths, JP Fields and Barkers. You could shop at each for the best deals. You had an endless assortment of items to choose from. Now we have 2 choices: Walmart or the internet. Those growing up today have no idea what they missed. My mother and I loved to eat at the lunch counter at Grants when out shopping. After all these years I have work shirts bought at Ames. They are threadbare but not one button missing, not one seam ripped out. Try getting that quality today. I really miss those days.
My mother and aunt would go shopping and take me. We always stopped at the lunch counter for pie and coffee. I still find myself wanting to stop and do that when I’m shopping.
@@Susan-j9z Do you remember JJNewberry’s? That was my second job when I was 17. We had balloons with prices inside, you selected a balloon and paid the price for a banana split. I got in a bit of trouble because I would make the splits with extra whipping cream. Oh to have those trivial problems again.
wonder what Sam Walton would think. Locking up merchandise, self checkout, find it yourself and in an on and on. If we can't bring back "the good old days" could we could we at least bring back some of the manners. I know the customer isn't always right but hey, we're not always wrong either
I remember growing up dirt poor in the hoods of North Philly and thumbing through pages and pages of catalog dreaming of a credit card or means just to order, and now I order online shopping until I drop life is pure magic once you believe in self 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Back in the day, those were Excellent Stores to Shop, and Work for. I've worked for were: They were; 1.Hudson's 2.Montgomery Wards 3.Kmart I miss the Local and National Chain Stores. You, forgot to mention, Crowley's, Kresge's and Kmart which, Kmart was owned by the S.S.Kresge Company. 6:00
i grew up in san lorenzo ca. Mervyns was the main store in the town. I remember buying goldfish and turtles there. and sitting on Santa's lap to tell him what i wanted for Christmas.
Macy's/Federated was the company that just absorbed so many regional department store chains. In California there was The Broadway Stores, which was The Broadway (Southern California), Capwells (Northern California), Emporium (Northern Califonria), and Weinstock's ( Central Valley). They more or less operated them as different brand names, but then consolidated two brands as Emporium-Capwell and then just Emporium. Then Federated bought them out and closed stores, turned stores into Macy's, or sometimes even turned them into bigger Macy's. I remember at a local mall they just turned one into the Macy's men's/home store while the previous Macy's location was expanded for more women's.
My two sons and I used to visit these stores at the end of each school year as a reward for them. Now, I have three grandkids, and I continue that tradition
My favorite department stores were Higbees. I loved the original store in downtown Cleveland with its wooden escalator. You can see a brief shot of the store near the beginning of “A Christmas Story.”
When I think of all the stores that are gone now. Bullocks, I. Magnin, Orbachs, Buffums, the Boston Store, Robinsons, Joseph Magnin, the May Company, the Broadway, Gemco, White Front, Zodys😂😂, Wilco! I could go on!❤❤
@@Diamondbraclet my second job when I was 17 was the lunch counter at JJ Newberrys in Asbury Park, NJ. I used to eat a banana split almost every day for lunch. People would ask me how I stayed so thin, and I would laugh and say “just lucky I guess “. Boy if they could see me 50 years later…
I remember Kress's as a competitor to Woolworth's and I think maybe we had a Grant's too. To me, as a little kid, those stores were so glamorous. We had "Sear's Town" with 4 stores like Kress's and a grocery and a drug store. Huge parking lot. It was nice, you know, a pleasant experience to go there. Boy do I miss decency.
Talk about Woolworth's lunch counter, my mom used to go there mostly for their Hot Fudge Sundaes, and sodas. But there were those times where we would eat lunch there before she shopped. Us kids 1 brother, 2 sisters used to browse the other ailes that we knew she wasn't going to look at.
Being in my early 70s, I remember most of these retail giants. I was a Woolworth's employee when I was in high school. In downtown Rochester (NY), Sibley's was an annual visit during the Christmas season.
I use to shop at Woolworth and I still have beautiful things that was bought there, I worked at Macys department store also I remember Caldors and Ames both of those two were very expensive in New Jersey. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I went to New Zealand this past summer and I got so excited to see Woolworths. I’m sure it’s a totally different store but nostalgic nonetheless the less
I still remember those Grill Cheese and Hot Chocolate at Wood worth, that was the last I ate on the last day a store by me announce they were closing, had to have that Grill Cheese n Chocolate one last time :( I remember Zayre it was one of my favorite stores in Florida, I still have from it a Christmas table cloth and Napkins holders..
As a person of a certain age, I remember most of these wonderful retail stores. I also recollect some that weren't mentioned. Here in the Southwest, we had the Boston Store, Spouse-Reitz, and TG&Y... So many fond memories of spending family time in those forgotten places.
I grew up when America was sane and I would walk to Woolworth 5 and 10 from my Detroit home and I have nothing but sweet memories of our WOOLWORTH 5 and 10 on Woodward Ave.
My mom worked at Montgomery Wards for 20+ years, I worked there for about a year. Odd time was, back when I was a baby some of my co-workers changed my diapers....
MW is where my parents shopped . For school clothes, my dad's uniforms, our 1st TV and likely Christmas. Our local Woolworth's building is now a child's dentist office.
I remember our Woolworth's in South Columbus, GA always had a section stocked to the roof with AHM (Associated Hobby Manufacturers) model trains all year round.
It's just a 17 hour flight from San Francisco to Sydney Australia if you want to revisit Woolworth's or "Woolies" as Aussies's call it! It was so important in America that one of my textbooks taught about F.W Woolworth's creation in the 1950's.
I’m from the west coast, California. … if I may add, Joseph Magnin (Just for Men) specialized in men’s clothing, a high end store, carried good quality brand names. I used to work in the 80s, my college days, great memories.
Being from Florida… We pronounced it BurDINES… sounded like WINE… BurDINES… :) just throwing that out there from a 1980s childhood in Florida perspective.
Actually surprised that there was no mention of Kmart. The blue light specials were unbelievable. & there was also TSS (Times Square Stores) in the NY area. They had a gentleman's agreement with Caldor that neither would go in2 the other's market. That lasted until george Seedman's death. There was also Bradlees
I definitely remember Rich's and riding the Pink Pig on top Rich's back in the 60s they would have real deer with antelopes that you could see out the window of the Pink Pig 🐷 I remember as a kid that ride was small and rickety, it will go around the top of Rich's, you can't help but to think that it was going to fall off those rails😂 but my God it was so much fun
4:05 Montgomery Ward was the store to commissioned a writer and artist to make a book for the Holidays. What he came up with was Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer....and now you know .....The rest of the story
I remember taking my family to Waikiki for vacations and stopping for lunch and souvenirs at Woolworth’s. Their turkey open-faced sandwiches were memorable. Brought back affordable trinkets for family and friends.
When I was a child, THE trip we annually looked forward to was to go to the Lazarus store in downtown Columbus. The window displays and the sixth floor toy shop along with seeing Santa was a must. We would first stop for lunch at the White Castle on Cleveland avenue, then on to see Lazarus. Wow, what a wonderful day those annual trips made!
San Antonio had Joske's (pronounced JOSS-keys). Started out by a German immigrant as a dry goods store just after the Civil War. The store gradually expanded through the years becoming a full-fledged department store. There were several moves to various downtown locations. The final move was to Alamo Plaza not far from the Alamo. After several expansions the store advertised itself as "The Largest Store in the Largest State". Upon Alaska statehood, the slogan changed to "The Greatest Store in the Greatest State"! In the late 1980s Joske's was acquired by Dillard's with the Joske's name being retired. Eventually the downtown store closed. Part of the store is now repurposed into a portion of River Center Mall.
Wish we could go back to those stores ❤❤ anywhere but Wal Mart all the time.
I am with you!! Walmart just rattles my nerves. Too big and too impersonal with no one to help you. I grew up shopping in Woolworth, Murphys and Heck's. Employees knew you (or your Mama) by name. Miss that! I was usually recognized as "Betty Lou's youngest girl" because I wasn't a baby boomer, lol! 💕
You can shop on line. On line shopping killed more stores than Wal Mart did. But there are also private citizens making products and selling on line to support their self or their family. Problem is those items cost more than you'd pay at Wal Mart or Target. Plus they don't provide jobs for the masses...
Amen
I miss the 80's & 90's. Thanks for the wonder years.
It's a shame we can't go back to those wonderful days of shopping somewhere besides Walmart
It's called business. Walmart lasted while the latter didn't. And there's a reason for it. I miss Sears, but I understand Sears couldn't compete.
He wasn't asking you for an economics lesson, he was only stating he misses some of those stores. Quit acting like some tough guy business man and let people enjoy the content.
There's Boscovs which is actually a strong chain
As people become choosier as to where they spend their hard-earned dollars, businesses must adapt.
@@MaryStevens-tb2dz I know. When stores started buying cheap Chinese products the regional department stores were not able to be competitive. I’m hoping if Trump institutes tariffs against Chinese products imported we can go back to small family run stores.
It depresses me to think what used to be around and no longer exists. It isn’t exciting to go out like it used to be 😢
I agree 👍 💯
Absolutely
I miss Woolworths.....I always liked to look at the fish and birds.
Me too
Lunch counters. Fun.
@Andreatheists-yy1oj My mother worked at Woolworth in high school. She said that she could buy a hot dog and a large chocolate milkshake for a quarter! The lunch counter went away shortly after I was born, but I loved shopping at the Woolworth in our little town. Miss it so much!😥
The use to have a case of collector coins being sold in a kiosk which rotated in a circle when you touched it. As a kid I used to be entertained seeing all the different types of coins. paper bills and prices.
@@bonnieplasha4684 Didn't you pop balloons to get bargain prices as well.
All these stores were great. The one I miss the most is F.W. WOOLWORTH. 😢😢❤.
Sears was the Amazon of its time. Sears also had a wish book catalog
Exactly 💯 And so did Penny's
My friends and I spent weeks before Xmas poring over that wish book.
I remember it well we had less but we had more.
@@davinp I loved the wish book. Did alot of my Christmas shopping from them.
@@davinp Looking at the Sears Wish Book was itself a Christmas present.
I STILL have spools of ZAYRE sewing thread that my mom bought in the 70's & 80s!
After Woolworth's closed, I had no idea in the world where to buy thread and shoe polish.
Lol my mom use to work there.😊
I still have my answering machine I bought from there
How can I forget the five-&-ten, the nickel & dime, great emporium of Woolworth's. The soda fountain, fountain cokes, the lunch counter. The trinkets and gizmos, sometimes things you couldn't find anywhere else. My last big Woolworth's fix was gardening supplies. Christmas things.Whatever I wanted, they sold it. The world has turned dark since Woolworth's closed. I miss it still. I could cry..... it's gone forever like my childhood. I'm sorry the people younger than my 76 years will miss out on so many wonderful markers we had growing up.
@JackMason-oq8lf I read last week that the last Woolworth left in the US had just closed its doors. It made my heart ache! 😢😢 As you said, so much of our childhood gone...
Woolworths. (Five and dime) Store. And Gimbels. I Do Miss that. Fun times, good times. 👍👍👍👍👍😁
I miss Mervyn's, they had the best quality T-Shirts and underwear.
They closed in 2008, but my last batch Mervyn's brand T-Shirts lasted until the 2020s.
Miss Mervyns also, nice store.
Woolworth was a store I will never forget being 10 yrs old shopping with my mom and sisters then having lunch afterwards even though it was hard for her, but she still sacrificed so it was fun, I wish everything could go back in time 🙏
I still have an old catalog of these department store in my basement. Some date back in 1905 like Sears that owned manufacturer plants for their own brand in Chicago, Illinois. I collected an old pocket watch and firearms as well as electric fans. I have no regret collecting these items!
I used to work at the candy counter in Woolworth and I made that popcorn everyday.
Delicious 😋! Yum! 😋
My local Woolworths had a wonderful lunch counter ! 😊
Yes, with waitresses who wore hats.
Real china and stainless cutlery, and the food was real too, not glorified TV Dinners or Hospital style!
Yep, one of my first jobs. Loved their hamburgers and fries
Grilled cheese sandwiches.
@@eileenryan2248They did make excellent grilled cheese! My Mama told them about them ❤
Got my first job at Alexander's in Manhattan in 1970. Remember them? I moved to Macy's the following year. We were paid in cash. For real. I miss a lot of these stores.
My 1st job at Lerners, Paid in cash also Loved it😊😊
Yes!! I Remember Alexander's. I grew up in New York. Great shopping Experiences. Always Fun and Happy to be there. People who worked there got to know you by name. EXCELLENT Customer Service. Especially Woolworths, ( five and dime) store, and Gimbels. I Miss the Experiences. 👍👍👍😁😁
Remember Ben Franklins? Another great 5 and dime!!
And Kresge, the fore runner of KMart
What hurt Ben Franklin’s is when women started buying clothes instead of buying cloth and making their own
We had a Just For Men in a local mall. I was impressed that all of the slacks were unhemmed because they tailored such items. They also did alterations, at no fee, for all clothing purchased at their store.
Sadly, Sears and Kmart can be added to this list now. While not a department store, Toys-R-Us is another staple of my childhood that is now gone. I remember numerous department stores in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s that are now sadly gone. A couple are in this list, but so were Buffum's, Robinson's, May Company, Zody's, Gemco, Fedmart, Thriftimart, and probably a few others I don't remember at the moment. Sadly, lots of other specialty retailers have also gone the way of the dodo - Radio Shack, Circuit City, Good Guys, Federated (Electronics), Fry's Electronics, the Blue-Chip Stamp stores, numerous 5 & 10 stores, Builder's Emporium, numerous family-owned hardware stores, and so on...
I really miss Radio Shack!!
I miss the good old days period, our grandchildren will never experience such nice store's, and that way of life 😢😢 Sad I think, they had good quality everything, and made in the USA.
@@Shalompaz-m7w I agree with you 100%.
My first job was behind the soda fountain at Woolworth's in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.. I worked at the ice cream end of the counter. My lady boss's husband worked at the bank, just down the street from us, and he came in faithfully to get his chocolate cabinet (ice cream soda) each evening.
Pittsburgh, PA was amazing: on Fifth Avenue: G.C. Murphy, F.W. Woolworth, Tom McCann shoes, and a host of smaller shops. In addition, we had Department stores: Kaufmann's, Gimbels, Horne's, Jewelery stores such as Wattles, John M. Roberts, Hardy and Hays, nearly the entire Clark Building; specialty stores and boutiques galore including the furrier Max Azen, which stood where the Wood St. subway station is now...
Drug stores with soda fountains.....Compared to now it was a truly marvelous city.
Pittsburgh is gasping on life support now, compared to the 1970s and early 1980s!
Remember McCrory's? It was like Woolworths and it operated as a five and dime store for over 147 years. It eventually closed it's doors in 2002. At one time they even owned GC Murphy's/ Murphy's Mart which competed head to head with Woolworth's Woolco dept stores. However Walmart was way to dominant in the marketplace to allow these 2 smaller discount chains to effectively compete. in fact, Hills was our everyday low priced Walmart version back then where I lived in NE OH. We didn't even have a Walmart at that time even when I moved away in 1987. It came sometime later. The rest is of course history.
Exactly 💯! Sad!
These are the stores of my youth! I miss them very much. Our local JJ Newberry's had squeaky wood floors. I loved that place.😊
@claramcewen5938 We had a Newberry's in Portland, OR that had a lunch counter. After my mother retired, she would walk to Newberry's from her apartment for lunch. She met several other retirees who also came for lunch and became close friends. One of the waitresses had a fire in her home. My mother and her friends took on the waitresses as a "project" and gave her many replacements for her home. I, too, miss Newberry's.
OMG. Those squeaky floors. Like rat tat tat music to my little boy ears. Charm was an integral part of the 1950s. Progress wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Asphalt and tiles and concrete are anything but charming. There's no bounce.
I so miss all of those department stores. I am 76 and remember Bradlees, Caldors, Ames, Grants, Woolworths, JP Fields and Barkers. You could shop at each for the best deals. You had an endless assortment of items to choose from. Now we have 2 choices: Walmart or the internet. Those growing up today have no idea what they missed. My mother and I loved to eat at the lunch counter at Grants when out shopping. After all these years I have work shirts bought at Ames. They are threadbare but not one button missing, not one seam ripped out. Try getting that quality today. I really miss those days.
My mother and aunt would go shopping and take me. We always stopped at the lunch counter for pie and coffee. I still find myself wanting to stop and do that when I’m shopping.
Dad was a manager for Grant's until 1971, got out before they bellied up! I ate a LOT of junk at those lunch counters!
@@Susan-j9z Do you remember JJNewberry’s? That was my second job when I was 17. We had balloons with prices inside, you selected a balloon and paid the price for a banana split. I got in a bit of trouble because I would make the splits with extra whipping cream. Oh to have those trivial problems again.
@@genevieve730 Yes I do remember. They were lots of fun to shop in. I am very homesick for those stores. Where I live Walmart knocked off all of them.
wonder what Sam Walton would think. Locking up merchandise, self checkout, find it yourself and in an on and on. If we can't bring back "the good old days" could we could we at least bring back some of the manners. I know the customer isn't always right but hey, we're not always wrong either
i remember green stamps that they gave to people 😢
@@emilypappalardi6817 S&H!
Loved the lunch area at Woolworths!! After shopping it was fun to kick back and eat lunch
Miss them all.
I remember growing up dirt poor in the hoods of North Philly and thumbing through pages and pages of catalog dreaming of a credit card or means just to order, and now I order online shopping until I drop life is pure magic once you believe in self 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@@bakeembakeem beautiful comment!
@ladyofmagicmusze1 thank you very much
This is my childhood. Being a kid in the 70s and 80s , I dd remember going to some of these stores.
Anyone remember S&H Green Stamps?
Green Stamps were double on Tuesday at the grocery store. Some people were very serious about those stamps.
Back in the day, those were Excellent Stores to Shop, and Work for. I've worked for were:
They were;
1.Hudson's
2.Montgomery Wards
3.Kmart
I miss the Local and National Chain Stores.
You, forgot to mention, Crowley's, Kresge's and Kmart which, Kmart was owned by the S.S.Kresge Company. 6:00
i grew up in san lorenzo ca. Mervyns was the main store in the town. I remember buying goldfish and turtles there. and sitting on Santa's lap to tell him what i wanted for Christmas.
Wish book was Sears, not Wards
I remember Woolworth and Woolco
Macy's/Federated was the company that just absorbed so many regional department store chains. In California there was The Broadway Stores, which was The Broadway (Southern California), Capwells (Northern California), Emporium (Northern Califonria), and Weinstock's ( Central Valley). They more or less operated them as different brand names, but then consolidated two brands as Emporium-Capwell and then just Emporium. Then Federated bought them out and closed stores, turned stores into Macy's, or sometimes even turned them into bigger Macy's. I remember at a local mall they just turned one into the Macy's men's/home store while the previous Macy's location was expanded for more women's.
I'm surprised they didn't mentioned "TOYS R US " I loved that store and shopped there often
These stores were still around after WWII, until they werent.
Thank You for sharing this information with us I remember some of the stores
My two sons and I used to visit these stores at the end of each school year as a reward for them. Now, I have three grandkids, and I continue that tradition
My favorite department stores were Higbees. I loved the original store in downtown Cleveland with its wooden escalator. You can see a brief shot of the store near the beginning of “A Christmas Story.”
When I think of all the stores that are gone now. Bullocks, I. Magnin, Orbachs, Buffums, the Boston Store, Robinsons, Joseph Magnin, the May Company, the Broadway, Gemco, White Front, Zodys😂😂, Wilco! I could go on!❤❤
I boo my beautiful wedding dress at Orbachs, it was a amazing store in Utah.
I bought, sorry.
Does anyone else remember Kress stores and JJ Newberry stores ?
@@Diamondbraclet my second job when I was 17 was the lunch counter at JJ Newberrys in Asbury Park, NJ. I used to eat a banana split almost every day for lunch. People would ask me how I stayed so thin, and I would laugh and say “just lucky I guess “. Boy if they could see me 50 years later…
I remember Kress's as a competitor to Woolworth's and I think maybe we had a Grant's too. To me, as a little kid, those stores were so glamorous. We had "Sear's Town" with 4 stores like Kress's and a grocery and a drug store. Huge parking lot. It was nice, you know, a pleasant experience to go there. Boy do I miss decency.
Yes!!!
Talk about Woolworth's lunch counter, my mom used to go there mostly for their Hot Fudge Sundaes, and sodas. But there were those times where we would eat lunch there before she shopped. Us kids 1 brother, 2 sisters used to browse the other ailes that we knew she wasn't going to look at.
Gottachalks was cool. I was born in Merced California in the Northern End of the San Joaquin Valley. My town had a local Gottschalk. My mom loved it ❤
Being in my early 70s, I remember most of these retail giants. I was a Woolworth's employee when I was in high school.
In downtown Rochester (NY), Sibley's was an annual visit during the Christmas season.
I use to shop at Woolworth and I still have beautiful things that was bought there, I worked at Macys department store also I remember Caldors and Ames both of those two were very expensive in New Jersey. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Macy's also has ridiculously high unaffordable prices! Disgusting!
We for sure needs these stores back.
As a child Hudson parade was a ɓig deal in Detroit. We would go downtown hours early to get a good place to watch the parade
I went to New Zealand this past summer and I got so excited to see Woolworths. I’m sure it’s a totally different store but nostalgic nonetheless the less
Yes good days🙌🏽
Macys sure took over a lot of store brands. I am 84 and very glad to be able to order online from Amazon now.
Loved Bullocks! Was very bummed when Macy's bought it! 😮😮
I still remember those Grill Cheese and Hot Chocolate at Wood worth, that was the last I ate on the last day a store by me announce they were closing, had to have that Grill Cheese n Chocolate one last time :(
I remember Zayre it was one of my favorite stores in Florida, I still have from it a Christmas table cloth and Napkins holders..
As a person of a certain age, I remember most of these wonderful retail stores. I also recollect some that weren't mentioned. Here in the Southwest, we had the Boston Store, Spouse-Reitz, and TG&Y... So many fond memories of spending family time in those forgotten places.
I used to ❤ Woolworth's, Gimbals, Montgomery Ward, Caldor, & Burdine's! Does anyone remember the store: Service Merchandise? I miss that store too!
And everything was made in the USA. GOD quality everything.
How about Two Guys department stores or Kmart stores, Sears to say the least...😊
Miss K-Mart sooo much!! We had ours until about 7 years ago. I am not a fan of Walmart😠
I grew up when America was sane and I would walk to Woolworth 5 and 10 from my Detroit home and I have nothing but sweet memories of our WOOLWORTH 5 and 10 on Woodward Ave.
@@jackeroberts You said the truth! These days, America is INsane!
My mom worked at Montgomery Wards for 20+ years, I worked there for about a year. Odd time was, back when I was a baby some of my co-workers changed my diapers....
MW is where my parents shopped . For school clothes, my dad's uniforms, our 1st TV and likely Christmas. Our local Woolworth's building is now a child's dentist office.
I had a relative who worked counter in St Louis at E J Corvettes fantastic place to shop.
Woolworth was the best
I remember our Woolworth's in South Columbus, GA always had a section stocked to the roof with AHM (Associated Hobby Manufacturers) model trains all year round.
I worked at Wards until they closed! Miss working there!
I bought a JVC mini stero hi-fi system at the 7mile and Gratiot location in Detroit at the going out of business sale. Still have it Still works....
Nice, It was also where the Christmas song Rudolph The Reindeer was written
Mama used to get our car serviced at the "Monkey Ward's" service center. 😄
I went to Los Cabo’s Last summer and it amazing to found a Woolworths store still open when I a little girl my mom used to there a lot
I really enjoyed watching this fun video I remember some of those old stores
It's just a 17 hour flight from San Francisco to Sydney Australia if you want to revisit Woolworth's or "Woolies" as Aussies's call it! It was so important in America that one of my textbooks taught about F.W Woolworth's creation in the 1950's.
Miss all of these stores! Today’s retail landscape is so bleak! Walmart detstroyed retail as a profession!
Don’t forget JJNewberry in California.
I worked at Zayre for a while after high school. I took my paycheck and shopped at Burdines (Bur deyens, not Burdeens btw). Those were the days.
I used to like going to W.T. Grants and eating at the Bradford House ... yum yum.
i PERMANENTLY LOVE LOVE you tube ALMOST as being a customer at department stores
Bummer! I was hoping to see W T Grant's. My dad was a manager for them until the early 70s. If it didn't come from Grant's, we didn't have it!
They had the best hot dogs.😊
I’m from the west coast, California. … if I may add, Joseph Magnin (Just for Men) specialized in men’s clothing, a high end store, carried good quality brand names. I used to work in the 80s, my college days, great memories.
Being from Florida… We pronounced it BurDINES… sounded like WINE… BurDINES… :) just throwing that out there from a 1980s childhood in Florida perspective.
I'm glad to say that one department store outside Macy's Boscovs is still around, There's one at the Steamtown mall by ex DL&W railroad yards
IT MAKES ME SAD
Actually surprised that there was no mention of Kmart. The blue light specials were unbelievable. & there was also TSS (Times Square Stores) in the NY area. They had a gentleman's agreement with Caldor that neither would go in2 the other's market. That lasted until george Seedman's death. There was also Bradlees
I loved Woolworths and Kress stores
We rarely went into Bullocks. It was a high end store
My favorite store back in the day in Atlanta was Davidson's department store, on Peachtree Street, Tom McKhan shoes, also Florsheim shoes
I definitely remember Rich's and riding the Pink Pig on top Rich's back in the 60s they would have real deer with antelopes that you could see out the window of the Pink Pig 🐷 I remember as a kid that ride was small and rickety, it will go around the top of Rich's, you can't help but to think that it was going to fall off those rails😂 but my God it was so much fun
Wow! This brought so many memories Especially Woolworth's and Calders. Hangout spots for the youngsters too back then, gosh I miss simpler times😩
I still got my Hills Christmas bear from 1992 there was an Hills at River Valley Mall I also shopped at Ames
And Kiddie City when I was a kid Toys R US closed them down
I didn’t see Gaylord’s nor Thalheimers-loved both of these too!
Never heard of them!
4:05 Montgomery Ward was the store to commissioned a writer and artist to make a book for the Holidays. What he came up with was Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer....and now you know .....The rest of the story
I remember taking my family to Waikiki for vacations and stopping for lunch and souvenirs at Woolworth’s. Their turkey open-faced sandwiches were memorable. Brought back affordable trinkets for family and friends.
Well done
There were stores like Alexanders. Buffoms, K-Mart, Woolco, John Wanamaker and Strawbridges and Clothier that was omitted.
When I was a child, THE trip we annually looked forward to was to go to the Lazarus store in downtown Columbus. The window displays and the sixth floor toy shop along with seeing Santa was a must. We would first stop for lunch at the White Castle on Cleveland avenue, then on to see Lazarus. Wow, what a wonderful day those annual trips made!
I used to work at Bradlees department stores. My mom worked at Two Guys. Both out. of business All east coast chains.
San Antonio had Joske's (pronounced JOSS-keys). Started out by a German immigrant as a dry goods store just after the Civil War. The store gradually expanded through the years becoming a full-fledged department store. There were several moves to various downtown locations. The final move was to Alamo Plaza not far from the Alamo. After several expansions the store advertised itself as "The Largest Store in the Largest State". Upon Alaska statehood, the slogan changed to "The Greatest Store in the Greatest State"! In the late 1980s Joske's was acquired by Dillard's with the Joske's name being retired. Eventually the downtown store closed. Part of the store is now repurposed into a portion of River Center Mall.
Hudson's in Detroit at Christmas 💚❤️💚
My first job in high school was at F.W. Woolworth during Christmas.
My second job, when I was 17 was behind the lunch counter at JJ Newberrys. After that I got promoted to head cashier.
Isn’t the “Wish Book” a product of Sear’s and NOT Ward’s? That’s how I remember it as a kid 👦🏼
Exactly It was Sears Wish Book..I collect 80's catalogs and you are correct!
You’re right. I loved Sears wish book.
They both had catalogs.
@@Andreatheists-yy1ojEXACTLY 💯!
I miss Woolworths grilled cheese sandwiches.
😋 Delcious! 😋
I recall Woolworths
as a child. It had sturdy squeaky wooden floors. I preferred Goldmanns.
Montgomery Ward
I buy items from Montgomery Wards all the time. They still sell by catalog.
LOL the Batmobile at 14:55.....
YOU LEFT OUT "LERNERS" & "SCOTTS" IN SAN DIEGO.
Forgot one that was always a big hit. TG&Y, from little five and dime to a regular department store chain. No one ever mentions it in any of these
@@WalterViggiano-it6sy TG&Y was never a traditional “department” store. It was just a discount store.