On 8/11/2018 11:53 AM, Janet wrote:
> 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
>
Fun memories! An old and long gone store. I once bought my mother a
Christmas gift of a locket with some sort of solid (waxy) perfume in it.
I suppose it was so she could rub some on her pulse points while she
was out. As a teenager I thought it was a nice gift. Then again, I
didn't have much money to spend.

Jill