Woolworth’s closed in the 70’s or 80’s here
Same here. We used to be able to buy almost anything there, it was like a low-cost department store. It was really the last of the ‘five and dime’ stores, along with Murphy’s.
I could buy all kinds of stationary products, dishes and glasses - and they had Farley’s Candy Corn, at Hallowe’en! - which I always thought was the best, and I can’t find it locally anymore.
And they had the little soda fountain area, one of the last places in our area that kept one. I’m not sure whether they had a ‘Blue Plate Special’, but Murphy’s, a very similar store that ‘died’ at about the same time, did.
When you walked into those places, especially in the summer, the first thing that hit you was the air-conditioning wafting the scent of Coke syrup :-)
Old Times!
Yeah that was back in the day when Montgomery Ward existed