12/23/00 23:50:59

Name: Pat	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Skowhegan, South-Portland, ME
Any particularly memorable purchases?: Any

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During christmas time, Woolworth was the perfect store to shop at. Visit my Home Page, you can go to the Woolworth Section and there is more stuff about other gone retailer and pictures. Also, take a minute to fill out my retail survey. Comments @re welcome!

11/12/00 22:41:53

Name: Cathie	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: New London,CT	Did it have a lunch counter?: yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: a princess halloween costume

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My Mom would take my 2 brothers & I for lunch there. I loved sitting at the lunch counter. I can still smell the french fries and they had the best ice cream sodas.

11/12/00 22:39:00

Name: Cathie

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Where was your Woolworths?: New London,CT

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11/11/00 03:04:56

Name: Ben Williams	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Metropolitan Akron, ohio
Did it have a lunch counter?: Well, one of them did.	Any particularly memorable purchases?: A little toy watch, that I thought it worked.

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Woolworth's was a big department store chain here in the former rubber capital. We still had our big downtown store open till the late eighties. i remember It had the beautiful red/gold lettering. It had a wonderful smell inside, like gingerbread. The one in summit mall had less character, but it still was a nice store. It closed in the 80's too. The one in magic city plaza in nearby barberton was the typical strip mall store. I didn' t like that one that much. But the best one out of them all was the one in chapel hill mall. It was the last store to close (1997) It had a lunch counter and since they never bothered to change the interior since 1979, going in there was like stepping back in time. even when chapel hill mall underwent a major interior change, Woolworth's didn't change. A second entrance was added off the new food court (for the lunch counter perhaps?) I was truly saddened when woolworth's closed. But sometimes I can walk by the old food court entrance, and still a glimpse of the old interior of my favorite store.

11/10/00 23:37:43

Name: Andy Bonillo, Sr	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: New London	Did it have a lunch counter?: yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: see comments below.

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Woolworths is where I spotted a beautiful little nativity set. My mother bought it for me, and I still have it 37 years later We also used to have lunch there. They had the best hamburgers and french fries,and the same people would be there everytime we went.

10/07/00 20:02:48

Name: Patrick	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: Portsmouth, NH	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Any purchase

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Visit mt website, i've done many updates and there is retail news, new pics, new stats and the Woolworth section. Your comments @re welcome!

08/13/00 05:12:47

Name: Diane	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Santa Cruz, California
Did it have a lunch counter?: Oh yes!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Lunches!!

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I loved to shop and enjoy a great lunch at the counter while others shopped. The atmosphere was neat. I really miss it. Our kids don't know anything like it and you can't explain the feeling to them.

05/26/00 01:04:36

Name: Edward Bridges	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Marion, IL and many others
Did it have a lunch counter?: some did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: way too amny to place here

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I am actively looking for information, artifacts and pictures of old Woolworth stores. also would like to find same on old G C MURPHY stores, J J NEWBERRY, W T GRANT, S H KRESS, T G & Y, S S KRESGE, P N HIRSCH, and other dime stores that are no longer ar und.

04/16/00 03:58:06

Name: Ken	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Queens,NY. & Nashua,NH
Did it have a lunch counter?: Queens NY did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Ben Cooper Halloween costumes

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The Queens NY stor ( Jackson Heights ) was a modern stor with the Blue Sign. Always new what season was approaching. In August the dreaded back to school signs went up. Late Sptember brought out the Halloween costumes that wr hung over the registers. When I moved to NH in the early 80's (High School) I found the Woolworths in Nashua was an oldie. It had the red sign and gold lettering. Inside wre the wood floors. Today it houses a Aquarium Shop and an energy system stor

03/31/00 21:10:08

Name: Pat

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I will soon add a Woolworth section on my page. So if you have pictures or things to say, just tell me !

03/30/00 02:13:55

Name: Pat	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: Any one of it !	Any particularly memorable purchases?: too many

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I loved to go at Woolworth's. It was a true shopping experience that my kids won't have the pleasure to see and live. I just hope that the world will not be full of those awful Wal-Mart stores that have no spirit and no sweet smell of old department sto es of the 70's and 80's.

03/17/00 05:55:58

Name: Ford	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Newport,Ky
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Food and toys,Christmas dec.

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The F. W. Woolworth store was a great place to eat the blue plate special. I also loved to hang out there. It is very sad how these big companies have to always take and close stores that are 100 years old. I hate K Mart,Walmart,and Meijers. Only at Woolw rths you could get a hot roast beef dinner for $ 1.45. That was there blue plate special. I always loved the milkshakes,malts,sundays,and lime-aids.They always had everything. The Store always had te smell of popcorn and rubber.I will miss the store dearl it closed in 1994. I am looking for old photos of F.W. Woolworths please e/mail me if you find any. Thanks, Ford Edsel

02/05/00 15:27:17

Name: Judi Smith Sinks	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Albuquerque N.M.
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: A fake diamond ring !

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I caught the bus in front of Woolworths at the corner of 4th & Central (Route 66)everyday on my way home from school in the 40s & 50s.I have lots of sweet memories. Also my son, Steven J. Westman wrote one of the pieces you are featuring. I'm the mom that called him about the closing of the Santa Fe Woolworths. Of course I'm proud to see his work on your site. Sweet.

01/14/00 08:50:31

Name: shaffer	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: chicago	Did it have a lunch counter?: yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: lots!

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it was such a shock that they had to closed it down. I thought that they were doing great, I guess I was wrong. I really miss it a lot. There will never be a replacement of some sort of store. I just wish they are still around so my kids could also enjoy he fun of it..

12/25/99 16:08:50

Name: Jeffrey

Where was your Woolworths?: Burlington VT area

Any particularly memorable purchases?: any purchase !

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Christmas is'nt just the same without the special store of the christmas time of before: Woolwortrh Wal-Mart have no soul !

12/22/99 14:48:40

Name: Magda Tyagi	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Laredo, Texas
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: EVERYTHING

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I'm so sorry that it had to close it's door. I remember when my grandmother would take us to downtown Laredo and straight to Woolworths. I miss the store and would like (if possible) the history of the owner and his family. Please mail to 1200 E. Calton R ad Apt. #39, Laredo, Texas 78041.

12/08/99 22:46:07

Name: Steven J Westman	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Santa Fe, NM
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes!!!!!

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Hey, I'm Steven, the one who wrote the piece on your website. I just found it today, however, I could not open my ULR piece on your site. I do want to tell you that I am pleased with what you have done, how long has this been on here, and how did you come across my old piece from the Weekly Alibi? I left the paper a year ago and only miss my bi-line. I cannot wait to tell othe people about your site. Have a great day, you just made mine better. Best Wishes, Steven J

11/01/99 02:03:45

Name: Peter Schlosser	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Albany, Schenectady NY; Reading, PA
Did it have a lunch counter?: All of them did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Electronic musical bells

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I began my history with FWW in '89 as an asst mgr out of Penn State, in Schenectady #1991. Prospects weren't great but the managers taught me everything I know. My fondest memories were learning the business and legends from the greatest manager they ev r had, Tom Meyers, Albany #1727. When I closed the store in Shamokin, PA in the dead of winter due to a collapsed ceiling I knew the end would be coming. I agree that terrible buying decisions culminated in the end of the era, and I would love to see a esurrection of the old format but with better buying...I know, pie in the sky. I can't clearly summarize my three years with FWW on this nice man's site so I won't try, but if there are any ex-mgrs or employees from the Albany District (Carl Snaveley's cr w) please e-mail me and we'll share memories. Thanks.

09/23/99 18:09:41

Name: Lynda Nicholson	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Merseyside , England
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: pic'n' mix candies

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Does anyone remember the toy monkees they used to have susupended from the ceilings? I seem to remember his name as being Mickey or Jacko. I was always fascinated with him just hanging there. Never did get one for Christmas....wonder if he is still around

09/20/99 23:22:58

Name: Patrick	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Quebec City, Canada
Any particularly memorable purchases?: Any purchase

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Woolworth was less spread in Canada than in the U.S. but i saw some American stores and i miss them. They had a very particular smell it's true but i liked more this than the odourless, cold Wal-Mart. You can see some images on my home page.

09/19/99 01:36:10

Name: Edward Bridges	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: Marion, Il, Waukegan, Il and several others	Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: many

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I am looking for a copy of a book entitled Five & Ten: Fabulous life of F. W. Woolworth, written by John K. Winkler, published in June 1977 by Ayer Company Publishers, Inc. I would like to purchase a couple of copies of this book if anyone has some they would be willing to sell. I have ordered it through bookstores and it is no longer available. Willing to pay fair price for this book. Please contact me at: Edward Bridges, 1007 East Griggs lot #1, Marion, Illinois 62959-3892. Thank you for your ti e!

09/12/99 20:03:56

Name: Edward Bridges	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: waukegan, il, marion, il, herrin, il, carbondale, il, cape girardeau, mo and many others	Did it have a lunch counter?: yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: the woolworth brand items i bought when they closed--including the shopping basket!!

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I am actively looking for any photographs of old woolworth storefronts. i am a model builder and want to build some of the old stores for my model railroad. i also collect woolworth memorabilia. would love to correspond with anyone who shares my love f r woolworth's my address is Edward Bridges 1007 East Griggs lot #1 Marion, illinois 62959-3892 hope to hear from you!!

08/27/99 00:17:01

Name: tom king	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: holland,mi
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: kiddy candy

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i was store manager of #538,holland mi. and worked at flint#48 plus store#2171 benton harbor. this was best experience i ever gained in retail. too bad,top management at new york couldn't make up their minds on what course to take.they blew it for all of us.

08/09/99 03:33:39

Name: B. Johnson	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: 4 locations
Did it have a lunch counter?: 2 did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: I bought a Blitzhacker chopper for my Mom when I was little.

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I worked for Woolworth for 8 years in Fergus Falls and Duluth, MN; Milwaukee, WI; and Waukegan, IL. Those stores and the people I worked with have given me many fond memories. It was very sad to see them close. The downtown Fergus Falls store was fasci ating for me as a child. Little did I know then I would one day work for Woolworth.

07/28/99 03:12:55

Name: D.Oland	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Duluth,MN
Did it have a lunch counter?: of course!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: cool Christmas gifts and huge candy selections, and on and on.....

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In the 60's Duluth was blessed with 3 Woolworths stores. Downtown there were two about 3 blocks apart, with one on the upper side of Superior St. and the main, bigger store on the lower side. They were the best places for kids and teens to hang out and ind great bargains. Their lunch counter was simply unsurpassed. The bigger store, and the last to close, had two levels with a kind of grand stair case between the floors. If you couldn't find what you wanted at Woolworths, it wasn't worth having! I was a loyal shopper until the end. I am profoundly sad that they are gone; however, I felt for years that it was inevitable. They didn't evolve, grow, and adapt as much as the S.S.Kresge Co. did that turned itself into K-Mart, for example. All we can do is try to patronize the remaining five and dimes as much as possible to help them stay in business. The Ben Franklins, Dollar Stores, etc., are great little stores that deserve our patronage. While they will never replace Woolworths, th y deserve to survive. Once gone they will be gone forever. It is a sad commentary that the proud corporate name of the F.W.Woolworth Corp. is no longer with us either. Venator Group? Come on, get real! Thanks for letting me vent. D.Oland

06/16/99 20:01:51

Name: Dan George	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Milwaukee, WI
Did it have a lunch counter?: of course	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Toy cars from the early 60's

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My Grandmother, Mother, Aunt, High School Sweetheart, Wife, Son and myself all worked for Woolworth at one time or another. I and my wife worked for Woolworth Corporation MIS center in Milwaukee...I left what is now called Venator Group in October 1998 t work for IBM. The loss of Woolworth stores, and the name is a shame, it is a rich history that will never come this way again.

06/03/99 16:53:31

My URL: Visit Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Lancaster,Ohio
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: all the cool candy they had

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I think the people that didnt understand why it was sad that Woolworth's closed sucked. The closing was like someone taking your childhood and throwing it out on the sidewalk. It wasnt just the products that they sold,it was the memories. When I was a ki in the 80's I used to shop and eat there all the time. My friends and I used to go in there to buy candy. They had a great candy selection. What was nice about Woolworths is that they had a little bit of everything,and you could find things there that yo couldnt at other stores. The only stores now that remind me of Woolworths are General Dollar and Family Dollar Stores. They carry similar merchandise. There will never be anything that can replace Woolworths. I'm just glad I took pictures of the WoolWor hs store before it closed. It's sad that future generations wont get to have my childhood experience.

05/30/99 18:16:22

Name: Darita Marquez	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Reno
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: parakeet

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Our Woolworths was located downtown across from the movie theater. Before we'd see the show, we would first eat and browse at Woolworths. Later, another Woolworths was added to Park Lane Mall where I would enjoy a BLT or a Club Sandwich during shopping br aks. I rarely go to the mall now. Big business has taken over and taken the fun out of shopping.

05/26/99 17:09:43

Name: David	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Skowhegan, Maine
Did it have a lunch counter?: No!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Every purchase

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Woolworth is gone and now Wal-Mart is trying to dominate the retail market but they will never beat WOOLWORTHS. If some of you have pictures of anything about Woolworth, send it to me.

05/25/99 17:31:33

Name: Kevin Crean	Where was your Woolworths?: Riverhead, Long Island, NY
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Snow Cones & Super Elastic Bubble Plastic

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At WW's closing, I was sent in to purchase a time-capsule-type-item. I decided on a menu from the lunch counter. Tried different WWs, but each told me the menus, paper signs, etc, were shipped out. I've begun a menu collection with a first purchase of a S hrafft's menu. Does anyone know of a place to get WW menus/paper signs? Thank you! PS: I have a recollection that a WW either sold the ice cream sandwich on the waffle-like cracker, or the snow cones, but never both in the same WW, either one being sold from an area adjacent to the lunch counter. Remember the ice crusher? Thanks again! p>
05/04/99 19:15:25

Name: Harry L. Frick

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My father was a Woolworth manager for 23 years -- Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. I have a copy of the hardbound book of the dinner celebrating the opening of the Woolworth Building in New York. Is there anyone out there that would like to have this book? If so, please contact me and tell me why you're interested.

04/14/99 20:43:46

Name: Art Ciccarelli	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Waterbury,Ct.
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes! Yes! Yes!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: My first goldfish

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The best lunch counter ever - especially the bananna split special in the 1950's. Put a pin to the color balloon on your choice and pay from one cent to thirty-nine cents. Such a deal!! The best Cherry-Coke or Lime-Aide was served at the lunch counter. Th best hangout when I was in high school was at Woolworths. The generation of today doen't know what they missed!

04/14/99 09:12:41

Name: Donna Vaughn	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Riverside, CA.
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes..later removed	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Christmas gifts in 1950s

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The Woolworth store in our Riverside Plaza was closed along with all the others. It was such a sad thing to see. I couldn't even go to the closing sales. For many years..my mother worked at the Lunch Counter as a waitress. In later years..we would always stop at the lunch counter for pie and Coffee while out shopping. Then..they removed the counter and it was never the same. Still..I went to Woolworths fo many things I could not find elsewhere. As a child (born 1950), I was given $10 each year to buy all of my gifts for others. Between Woolworth and Kress's, I found everything I needed and had money left over. I have a request...if anyone has a good detailed photo of any Woolworth Store and especially the lunch counter..I would love a copy. I make miniature replicas and would like to do at least a lunch counter if not a full store. I need photos to work from. I you can help..please email me. Thank you from So.California.

04/05/99 03:06:22

Name: Jeff	Where was your Woolworths?: Portland, ME
Did it have a lunch counter?: Maybe	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Giant Nascar flag

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I'm from Canada and i remember this store and the one in Porthsmouth NH. I went there with my parents in vacations and we always bring a toy, clothes or anything home. It is so sad that it is gone. Here,in Canada, Woolco is gone too. This woolworth own d dept. store chain was bought by Wal-Mart.

04/03/99 00:49:45

Name: Ms. Rory Warfield	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: 4000 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL	Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes

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I was a former employee. This particular store burned down. It was locally noted for it's Ham which it served up as sliced luncheon meat on Saturdays at the Lunch-counter area. Clara, who headed up Pets, managed that area as well for at least 15 years.

03/02/99 02:17:57

Name: Linda Smith	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Marysville
Did it have a lunch counter?: YES!!!!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Zebra purse

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My mother's maiden name is Woolworth. My grandfather was Lilburn H. Woolworth. Frank Woolworth was his Great Uncle. My mother and her two sisters were asked to open the Oroville Woolworth, but when the New York office found out they were poor Woolworth , the invitation was revoked immediately.

02/02/99 15:51:51

Name: Kathy Wells	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Hamburg, NY
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: craft supplies

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12/31/98 07:11:04

Name: chris	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Seattle, WA
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Blue Waltz Perfume

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There was a woman who played the piano in the sheet music department. She'd play the sheet music for you so you could decide if you wanted it. I worked in the food department while in high school in the early '50's. I helped order the supplies for the lun h counter, helped hire waitresses, and once in awhile filled in at the lunch counter. I swooned over Blue Waltz perfume in its little blue bottle and would love to find it again as a keepsake.

12/30/98 02:21:37

Name: Diane Jones Acy	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Inglewood, California
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: DailyAide diaries

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Beginning in 1956, the year before she married my dad, my mother began keeping a daily diary. She always used the DailyAide diary from Woolworth's. As long as I an my siblings can remember, she has used these diaries, keeping a rather mundane account of our daily family life, sometimes noting nothing more than the household chores she accomplished, other times noting significant events in our collective lives. When we moved to Missouri in 1970, Mom would have her sister, who still lived near Inglewood, end her a new DailyAide diary each year. Obviously, she now has a whole liabrary of them (and all of her children covet them). Sadly, after Woolworth's went out of business, she did not know that she could still find one of these diaries for 1997 and she settled for some other diary for that year. My youngest brother found her a 1998 DailyAide by calling a phone number for W olworth's that was apparently kept for people who still needed something from the store after it was closed. This year, we have had no such luck, as the number my brother called is no longer in service. These DailyAide diaries are something of a monument in my family. If anyone visiting this site knows whether they can still be found, and quickly, please e-mail me at the address shown.

12/14/98 05:30:28

Name: Walt	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Woolco-North Haven, CT
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes, "The Red Grille"	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Grilled Cheese, Fried Chicken.

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Though we didn't have a Woolworth's in North Haven, we did have a Woolco open in 1972. It was a huge store, with good food at "The Red Grille." The Fried Chicken came in boxes with the Woolco and Woolworth logos on them. I'll always remember the good old day...why companies ruin a good thing, I'll never know. They could have re-worked the stores to make them successful again. But Woolworth had and still has, poor management.

12/08/98 17:55:17

Name: Janis Y.	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: chicago
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: a talking doll

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I remember wooden floors and shelves upon shelves of anthything and everthing. Does anyone know the christmas item that woolworth's was the first to sell in america? e-mail me if you do.

11/28/98 16:29:52

Name: Bill Herrick	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Gardiner,ME;Wilton,Conn.;New Hartford,NY.;Worcester,Mass.
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes

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I was a Woolworth's manager in the New England area for over twenty years. I'd like to hear from anybody who was there, particularly during the years 1960-1975. Great website.

11/26/98 03:33:36

Name: John Stea	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Danbury Ct
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Grill chesse sand,

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Pool resources-build a woolworth museum-stock it with old merchendise

11/22/98 01:48:33

Name: Arlene Wells	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Fairfield Alabama
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: lots of them

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For 39 & 1/2 years I was employed by this company and for most of those years it was a pleasure, to have been associated with such a history making business. I retired in 1997, but will always remember my years. Have lots of memories and pictures, if any Woolworth fans or former employees would like to share. Look forward to hearing from some of U.

11/17/98 19:11:37

Name: David Reagan	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Wichita & Pittsburg, KS
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes, both did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Christmas decorations, lampshades

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I loved the Woolworth's stores and miss them very much. Today's Wal-Mart and K-Mart stores just aren't the same. I have a red "Woolworth's" sign and one of the old cloth hand-held shopping baskets I got when they went out of business. They tore down th building in Wichita and the Pittsburg store is now a candy store.

11/12/98 08:53:38

Name: John J Kulidas	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Chicago Jefferson Park
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes in the 1960 taken out in 1970s	Any particularly memorable purchases?: A pop gun my grandmother bought me

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Woolworth was rubber balls and snow cones and milk shakes in the summer. Hot meals and toys in the winter. A place to buy rings and candies when one hit their early teens. Fish, birids, hamsters,all were my pets that were found at woolworths. The people w o worked their knew your name and the products. A generation will grow up just haveing large wharehouses and no memories.

11/10/98 10:44:06

Name: R. Laing	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Glenrothes, Scotland
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes, but it closed a few years ago.	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Pick 'n' Mix

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I currently work at Woolworth's in a small town called Glenrothes in Scotland. Its so sad to hear that Woolworth's in America has ceased trading, however even although the stores over here have changed considerably, the fun continues and we will ensure th t "Franky's" vision will be kept alive for future generations!

11/06/98 02:50:40

Name: Shawn	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: St. Louis Centre Mall	Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes
Any particularly memorable purchases?: Everything I needed

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I am sad that Woolworth's left. I worked there for most of my junior year of high school (1993) until it closed. I still keep my name tags and I have the old set of red foam letters that spelled ot "Woolworth" that were on the wall over the exit door and ANY pictures.

11/01/98 16:22:16

Name: Samantha Hoffman	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: about 35 miles away
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes

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10/26/98 11:03:13

Name: Bad Bunny	My URL: Visit Me
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Just surfing. Thanks.

10/26/98 02:33:30

Name: Susan Strawn Bailey	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Fort Collins, Colorado
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes!	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Pillow cases to embroider

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When Woolworth's closed in Fort Collins, it was, of course, the end of an era. No more French dip sandwiches served by Ramona and Jo to the orange booths (I managed to get one of the booths, which I keep in my basement), no more annuals in six-packs on th sidewalk in spring, no more wandering among exotic housewares in Rachel's basement department. Today, a bookstore (independently-owned, thank goodness) and upscale Austin's American grill occupy the old Woolworth Building on the corner of College and Mou tain Avenues. Today, I eat grilled portabello mushroom sandwiches in the same space I used to purchase colorful yard goods and greeting cards. I pay for my books right where Jo used to fry the burgers. Shortly after our Woolworths closed, I began to collect postcards that showed Woolworths stores. My collections numbers nearly 600 cards, my only tangible connection with its former life.

10/21/98 19:29:43

Name: Scott Lockwood	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Rapid City, SD
Did it have a lunch counter?: Yes	Any particularly memorable purchases?: The shirt I was married in & a lobster refrigerator magnet.

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My hobby is the F. W. Woolworth Company. My fondest memories are of the clinking glasses at the lunch counter and the friendly chirping of the parakeets in the pet department. I always chose my seat at the counter carefully -- so as to sit next to the p e tower. The Woolworth's in Rapid City closed in January 1994; my adopted Woolworth's in Casper, Wyoming closed that same month. It was a very sad time. My wife and I then went on a whirlwind worldwide Woolworthian tour, locating stores by using the to l-free "find the nearest Woolworth Store" number and then visited stores in Chingford, England; Kansas City, Missouri, Reno & Las Vegas (2), Nevada; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver (4), Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Durango, Col rado; Globe, Arizona (My all-time favorite!); and Acapulco & Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We miss our Woolworthian Tour!

10/09/98 23:39:26

Name: RICHARD BERRY	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: FT.MYERS FL.
Did it have a lunch counter?: YES

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WORKED FOR WOLWORTHS FOR 23 YRS MANAGED SEVERAL STORES WAS A GREAT CO. TO WORK FOR

09/18/98 00:05:29

Name: BCards	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: 19 years employed
Did it have a lunch counter?: most	Any particularly memorable purchases?: pet rock

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Have revived a newsletter for ex-Woolworth/Woolco employee who would like to have info on how to subscribe. Premeire edition recently mailed. bcards@yahoo.com

09/16/98 03:00:48

Name: GARY T TALBOT	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: PHILA PA
Did it have a lunch counter?: YES	Any particularly memorable purchases?: PIXIE BOW MAKER

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FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO WALK I WENT TO THE FWW ON KENSINGTON AVE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER WE ALWAYS SAT AT THE COUNTER-UP AT THE FRONT SO WE COULD SEE OUT THE WINDOW I SPENT MANY A SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THAT STORE. THAT IS WHY A WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND MET MY WIFE WHILE WE BOTH WERE WORKING FOR FWW

09/15/98 02:44:21

Name: bill	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: sheridan wy #731
Did it have a lunch counter?: yes

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I worked there for 4 years while in high school/college. Got a degree in mgmt. in college and wanted to go to work for Woolco but they had closed all of them. I miss those stores!

09/11/98 08:09:57

Name: Francine	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Torrance, CA

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09/06/98 21:58:53

Name: Edward Bridges	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: several
Did it have a lunch counter?: some did	Any particularly memorable purchases?: many

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I am actively looking for pictures of old woolworth stores, especially the ones with the old long red stripe with gold lettering. I know where some woolworth items are that are still in the old abandoned stores. Would love to chat with anyone interested in woolworth/woolco

08/16/98 05:00:23

Name: Geranium	My URL: Visit Me
Where was your Woolworths?: I love them all equally.	Any particularly memorable purchases?: Yaffa Blocks, Starlight Mints

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08/16/98 04:41:18

Name: Helen Waite	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Where was your Woolworths?: Groton CT; Ithaca NY
Did your Woolworth's have a lunch counter?: Ithaca did.	Any particularly memorable purchases?: many shifts/muumuus

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I miss Woolworth's almost every day.