Remembering things with fondness from days gone by

[RadishRose]

Did yours also have the dyed baby chicks at Easter? I had a few of those...early 60’s I think. Then it was banned because it was considered cruelty.

My goodness, I forgot about those! Yes.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I miss the dime stores too, also called 5 & 10 cent stores. They had more, even pet fish. They had lunch counters, fresh baked goods, photo-booths, cosmetics (Evening in Paris and Tangee, lol)-seems like everything was cleaner and neater, as well.

I believe five and dime became Kmart..

 

[RadishRose]

Kresge's dime store became KMart, yes.

But there was FW Woolworth and WT Grant and McCrory's. I'm sure more, but those were in my area. It seems they disappeared.

 

[Capt Lightning]

We have a chain of shops called "Nickel and Dime" that sell household goods, greetings cards etc... They sell cheap goods at expensive prices

 

[C'est Moi]

We have a chain of shops called "Nickel and Dime" that sell household goods, greetings cards etc... They sell cheap goods at expensive prices

Are there actual "nickels and dimes" in Scotland? (Just curious. )

 

[hollydolly]

are there actual "nickels and dimes" in scotland? (just curious. :d)

no....

 

[Furryanimal]

I miss the meat and potato pies my local butcher used to make.The butchers still exist but they stopped making those pies.Best pies I have ever eaten.

 

[hollydolly]

I miss the meat and potato pies my local butcher used to make.The butchers still exist but they stopped making those pies.Best pies I have ever eaten.

We're lucky to still have a local butchers' shop. but as most of them have gone from the high streets, I miss them a lot!

 

[Ronni]

I agree with you Butterfly...on a sunny day there's something very comforting about seeing sheets drying on the line in the sun.

It's not just the visual for me...the smell omg the smell!! Clothes dried in the sun and the breeze have an indefinable fragrance that is heavenly! Perhaps it's just my recollection of days gone by, when my Mum would dry my sheets that way and I loved crawling into a freshly made bed. I'd flip the top sheet over my head and just breathe in that scent!

 

[RadishRose]