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Question: What kind of store do you miss?

December 11, 2009
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As we get older, we slowly find ourselves missing the feeling of "home" - the comfort of family, the sights & smells. We may miss something due to the economy or moving or being away from family and friends. Perhaps you reflect upon the neighborhood stores you went to as a kid - the soda fountain, the 5-and-dime store, 25 cent candybars, the smiling guy behind the counter taking your hard-earned allowance money in exchange for sugar-coated happiness. Where did they all go? Sisarina wants to hear from you.

Question of the Week:

What kind of store do you miss?

Describe the things about that store you miss – the tastes, smells, sounds, and feelings, even the experience of shopping or going there. Perhaps there was a certain item that reminds you of your childhood. Whatever it is, from product to emotion, Sisarina invites you to share your comments below - we'd love to know what you've been missing.

Comments (6)
I remember the soda jerk counters at one of the five and dime stores. You could get a banana split and eat it at the counter and watch the shoppers.
Posted by Debbie Annen on 12/13/09
When we were kids, my mom would give us our allowance and we'd walk down to the corner store & pick out the candies we wanted with our 5, 10 or 25 cents. Candy cigarettes, Mike & Ike's, Jolly Ranchers, Mamba... I remember the dirty floor and the rows and rows of little candies. It was like Christmas and Halloween all wrapped up in one.
Posted by Melanie on 12/11/09
Where I grew up there was a shop called The Cookie Cupboard inside the old train station. It felt magical walking in there. You could buy a stick candy for ten cents or a cookie for a quarter. This was in the 80s, and the store really felt old-fashioned then. We used to go after school and spend all our spare change there. :) I miss places like that, but maybe it's why I like baking cookies so much.
Posted by Meghan on 12/11/09
I miss Woolworth's and Ben Franklins - a kid with a $1 could go far in those. I also miss book stores with BOOKs in them - I walk into Borders now and feels like I'm at Target.
Posted by Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag on 12/11/09
I remember the good old country stores that had everything from flour and comic books to penny candies and car parts. Those home town general stores that always had a nice old man or woman behind the counter that would sneak you a treat when your parents weren't looking.
Posted by JoAnna on 12/11/09
I remember two stores in Buffalo, NY - Kresge's and Woolworth's ... both had that "five and dime" feeling with creaky wooden floorboards, wooden bins filled with goodies, and strangely different but delightful smells. There were always interesting new things for an 8 y.o. to explore and try.... and an odd sensation that you were stepping into a living piece of nostalgia in Western New York. it was a stark contrast to the turmoil on the city streets outside. It was as if time had stood still in the 1940's and everything in the stores was happening in slow motion. :)
Posted by Christopher S. Vogelmann on 12/11/09
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