"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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


Yes, I hated it when the Woolworth's here closed. Who could ever forget
"Evening in Paris" perfume, not that I bought it. LOL

Cheri