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- 09 Apr 2006 10:58
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33335
Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips
Does anyone know about this place ....we had one near my home as a kid but it didn't stay open very long. It was build with a Mr. Donut, which closed along with it. It was not in the greatest of locations. I can't believe I've ever even seen another one. It was a "Long John Silver's" kind ...
- 27 Mar 2006 10:34
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sky City
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12551
Man, do the words SKY CITY take me back to childhood! The Anderson, SC was HUGE and always busy. It was a cheap-end discount store. My older brother worked there for a time in the pet department as a teenager and we'd go there to visit him. Outside there was always a singing family or a revival goin...
- 25 Mar 2006 16:41
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: W T Grant
- Replies: 67
- Views: 83993
There was a Grant's in Anderson, SC at Watson Village. It was huge and seemed to stay around a long time. It was far away from the main commerical area of town and the influence of K-mart. It slowly died (like all of them) and the building is now a local hardware store. Reminds me of Murphy's which ...
- 17 Feb 2006 15:22
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid, Walgreens and Longs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27584
- 15 Feb 2006 07:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
- Replies: 90
- Views: 94087
- 15 Feb 2006 07:45
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid, Walgreens and Longs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27584
Walgreen's HQ is just north of Chicago, where they started. Their website has a pretty good history, focussing on the early days. As I recollect, one of their major expansions came thru buying a lot of the Midwest Rexall drugs in the late 70's. Wasn't Rexall a chain that partnered with people (inde...
- 15 Feb 2006 07:43
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket "spokesmodels?"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15942
- 13 Feb 2006 14:07
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket "spokesmodels?"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15942
- 08 Feb 2006 07:13
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24451
- 07 Feb 2006 12:10
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: First supercenter
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24451
- 21 Jan 2006 08:58
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Old Target Interiors
- Replies: 32
- Views: 26580
- 19 Jan 2006 07:41
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Real Muzak!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3766
- 19 Jan 2006 07:28
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Phar-Mor
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33572
That's right about Phar-Mor on Haywood in Greenville ....it is now a furniture store ....lots of those sitting empty too, like the Grand store on Laurens Road. Never really did Phar Mor much but it was all the rage there for a while. Some places seem to really go like crazy until the novelty wears o...
- 16 Jan 2006 11:00
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: New Uses for Grocery Stores
- Replies: 90
- Views: 94087
There are lots of old grocers that are now gyms or fitness centers scattered around South Carolina. A little different, but a free-standing Belk store closed in a shopping center in Laurens, SC and it is now offices for Palmetto Bank. Unfortunately, the old small Ingles at Anderson Mall is now a bin...
- 01 Jan 2006 12:32
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: REMEMBER WHEN BI-LO (IN CAROLINAS) HAD THE BIG COWS??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7348
REMEMBER WHEN BI-LO (IN CAROLINAS) HAD THE BIG COWS??
When Bi-Lo first started in SC, the stores had these big larger-than-life cows on top. It was a huge deal in our home for students from a local university to steal them as pranks. Everybody would find them in unusual places! Any memories of this?