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- 01 Aug 2008 15:31
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Kroger (and ex-Kroger) stores in southern West Virginia
- Replies: 15
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Re: Kroger (and ex-Kroger) stores in southern West Virginia
What a great picture of the Cumberland Road store. The picture makes it look as though the shopping center was shoved up against a mountain, but in actuality, four-laned, limited-access US 460 runs behind the store a short way up the East River Mountain. As for changes in the facade, about the only ...
- 24 Jul 2008 13:31
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Bi Lo Equipment Auctions (Tennessee)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3940
Re: Bi Lo Equipment Auctions (Tennessee)
The colonial-type of store was definitely a former Red Foods. There was one of this style visible just to the south on I-24 between I-75 and the "ridge cut" prior to descending into downtown Chattanooga. I was in one of these stores in the early nineties, and while the interior of the stor...
- 03 Jul 2008 23:45
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
- Replies: 178
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As for he A&P scene in The Big Chill , since the majority of the movie was filmed in Beaufort, SC, the interior would have been the A&P on Ribault Road in Port Royal, a "suburb" of Beaufort. Winn-Dixie on Bullsboro Road in Newnan, GA, was looming in the background during the parkin...
- 03 Jul 2008 23:45
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Trading Stamp Memories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24509
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Plaid Stamps were given at A&P stores in Florida until the mid-sixties. THere was a stamp redemption store immediately next to the A&P in PineRidge Shopping Center in Cocoa, Florida. It seems like the redemption store closed around 1965. It was at the same time that Publix stopped giving S&a...
- 22 Jun 2008 22:31
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: brendles department stores
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6936
Re: brendles department stores
It only took a week to remember! Brendle's opened in Savannah in the early 80's when it bougtht out the two Segall and Sons stores. Prior to the stores on Abercorn Street and East Victory Drive, Segall and Sons had a store just south of the intersection of West DeRenne Avenue, Bull Street, and White...
- 13 Jun 2008 16:40
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: brendles department stores
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6936
Re: brendles department stores
Brendle's also was in the Savannah, Georgia, area during the same time period. They purchased a locally-owned chain that carried the same types of merchandise. There were two stores in the original chain...one on Victory Drive, and the other on Abercorn Street near Oglethorpe Mall. They stayed in bu...
- 26 May 2008 00:19
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Kroger (and ex-Kroger) stores in southern West Virginia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27912
Re: Kroger (and ex-Kroger) stores in southern West Virginia
Good job, Andrew! That "Kroger Co." sign has been up on that original Kroger building for 50 years now. I'm wondering if the old Kroger in Pocahontas still has any evidence of a sign from about the same time. It was there the last time I looked [about 2000], although the store must have cl...
- 06 May 2008 23:33
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8750
Re: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
I"m glad you're documenting all of this, because I never seem to have the time to do it when I'm in that area. It hadn't dawned on me that these places were still open. If you get a pic of the Dairy Queen, see if Jimmy's Restaurant in downtown Princeton is still there. While the food wasn't too...
- 03 May 2008 15:05
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8750
Re: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
Excellent set of pics from that era. I really enjoyed looking at those. What's missing is the Kenney's at the intersection of WV 20 and Thorn Street, but it's possible the restaurant was closed by then. The building still remains, however, and the last time I was there it was a used car business. It...
- 30 Jan 2008 23:47
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Wrigley in Atlanta?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9235
Re: Wrigley in Atlanta?
While I didn't live in the Atlanta area at that time, I was in Savannah and made it to Atlanta on occasion. At that time, the area around the old stadium on the east side of the interstate was already in a state of decline. In addition to the stadium, a large Howard Johnson's complex was there along...
- 21 Dec 2007 00:25
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sky City
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12691
Re: Sky City
In addition to the Georgia stores already mentioned, there was also a SkyCity store in Elberton; there was an Ingle's in the same shopping center. From what I can tell, they were the only game in town until Wal-Mart opened. The other location I am familiar with almost fits into the "far-flung&q...
- 26 Nov 2007 23:15
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: TG&Y
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19478
- 24 Nov 2007 16:03
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Searstown shopping centers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20127
As for the Sesrstown Mall in Titusville, Florida...this mall and the very close-by Miracle City Mall both opened during the same month in something like 1967. While Miracle City Mall was somewhat more upscale with Belk-Lindsey and Penney's, SearsTown had the stores that Miracle City did not have, so...
- 01 Nov 2007 11:17
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: A VA/WV-area Acme Markets chain?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30969
Southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia had a lot more population in 1940 and 1950 due to coal mining. There were also a variety of grocery chains in the area at that time. While Acme may have been a big name in the northeast, the VA/WV stores were a small chain headquartered in North Tazewell...
- 10 Sep 2007 23:41
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro NC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9389
I had thought that this was a Kroger, but after a trip this week to Bluefield, WV, I'm sure of it. There is an identical store on North Avenue in Bluefield that Kroger opened probably around 1958. The barrel roof is not visible from the side, but at the back where nothing has been added by later occ...