In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/10/2018 7:42 PM, Cheri wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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
>
> I'd forgotten about "Evening in Paris"! I think I bought a bottle of
> "Tabu" at Woolworth's once upon a time...

I bought Woolworth's "Evening in Paris" for my mother's Christmas
present when I was about 10 or 11. A sophisticated step forward from the
Woolworth's packets of six floral scented bath cubes I'd given her in
previous years.

Janet UK