On 8/10/2018 5:35 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 4:22:56 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> In the late 1970's I used to take my lunch break at a small Woolworth's
>> store in a shopping mall in Memphis. IIRC they had fish & chips on
>> Friday. I think I got a burger and fries there a couple of times, too,
>> but seems to me there were crinkle cut fries. I dunno, I was a long
>> time ago.
>>
>> When I finished eating I'd peruse the store for fun little items like
>> cheap costume jewelry. I still have a macrame neckace with sliced sea
>> shell dangles that I picked up for 50 cents.
>>
>> https://s22.postimg.cc/z1aiqsb01/shells.jpg
>>
>> Thanks for the memories, Joan!
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Hey, I like that necklace!

Same here, which is why I kept it all these years.

> Yeah, I miss the 5 and dime stores and the
> plate lunches Woolworth served were great, at least to me they were.
>
Woolworth's was a fun place to shop and didn't cost a fortune to buy
anything. The food was pretty good, too, considering it was a lunch
counter in a department store.

Jill