Remember the Sears catalogue.

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Remember the Sears catalogue. A 2 inch thick book of anything you could ever want.
I used to wait for their "XMas Catalogue". I'd circle only the 30 or 40 toys I really, really wanted.

I remember the Sears "scandal". One of the Sear's male models was too endowed for his boxers. His tip was showing. I heard about it on TV, and looked at out catalogue and there he was. They even wrote a song on the radio about him, it was something like, "Mr. Page 471" or what ever it was.
 

I loved browsing through the Montgomery Ward AND Sears catalogs. I would go page by page and write down everything I wanted. EVERYTHING. Talk about a wish list!!!
 
I know we are talking about the catalog's, but remember Montgomery Ward's popcorn and candy and the back of the store, or you could go the little restaurant and get hotdog, hamburger.............and Woolworth's too.
 
I remember when you could purchase baby crocs/alligators at Woolworths. I used to love eating at their little cafe bar, grilled cheese sammich and choc shake.
 
Chickens too!

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I loved, loved, loved the Sears catalogues.........my sister and I could not wait each year for the Wish Books........I miss them.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Remember the Sears catalogue. A 2 inch thick book of anything you could ever want.
I used to wait for their "XMas Catalogue". I'd circle only the 30 or 40 toys I really, really wanted.

I remember the Sears "scandal". One of the Sear's male models was too endowed for his boxers. His tip was showing. I heard about it on TV, and looked at out catalogue and there he was. They even wrote a song on the radio about him, it was something like, "Mr. Page 471" or what ever it was.
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Sears, Roebuck & Company never started as a store.

They started as a Mail-Order business.

Hal
 
One Sunday afternoon, the preacher stopped by for an unexpected visit. Mother was flustered….when he asked if they had a Bible. She turned to little Billy and told him “Go run and fetch the big book that Mama always turns to for comfort. A few minutes later Billy came running back…. carrying…….. the well worn….. Sears Roebuck Catalog.
 
I remember the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs as well. When my mom was finally done with them I was allowed to cut out the pictures. I spent many happy hours entertaining myself making whole families of paper dolls. I would paste them on the bottom of shirt boxes and cut them out and bend the edges so they would stand,that is if I could get her to give me a shirt box. they usually were promptly packed away for the following years Christmas presents.
 
I've got an old 1970 Montgomery Ward catalog. I think I ordered our old chest freezer out of the catalog....and the old freezer still works great. There are people buying/selling these old MW catalogs on Ebay...someday this one may bring a few dollars.
 
We were such little pervs, we were fixated on the underwear photos.

A house up the street was a Sears house. Nowhere near as nice as the Magnolia, it was built of some kind of odd-looking cinder blocks. Not a bad house, but not the Magnolia.
 
Sears, which was called Simpson's Sears when I was really young, Montgomery Ward, Eaton's, we had them all, but the greatest catalog of all was the Sears Christmas Wish Book!

Gosh, the memories I have of that catalog.
 
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