"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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 don't think I ever bought perfume there. My friend's mom was somehow
connected to Coty and was able to get their perfumes for free so she kept me
well stocked for years.