Good morning all, waaaaay back when I was young we had two stores one on each end of the main drag. One we referred to as the fifteen cent store and the other was the five and dime. I'm thinking it was the one we referred to as the five and dime. All the sections were laid out with two long counters with two shorter counters across the ends with a sales clerk standing in each section ready to help you, sure is a different story today, remember the saga of me trying to buy a christmas tree.
Annette

Toes-r-us? I have no clue.

I think I actually know this one! Wasn't it Woolworth's? One near here closed and re-opened as the shoe store. I still miss the location downtown, I could buy just about anything there and it was just a short walk away in my apartment dwelling days.

I'm with Slub on this one, down below is a link to our new convention center, I think yesterday the public had a chance to tour the interior for the first time. Our Woolworths use to sit on this corner. Pretty well the whole block was demolished to build this convention center, a lot of heated discussion over the whole thing, a lot of people were against it. IMO this is a beautiful building which fits in with the surrounding architecture. If you could have seen the derelict old buildings they tore down, well, I won't say what it looked like.
Annette

Here is a link that might be useful: Our new convention center

OK, I might just know this, as I have stock!!! I worked my way through college at Woolco, the big box version of Woolworth's. We got to buy stock at a discount - Woolco cashed out, I guess there was some residual, so I got stock in Foot Locker. 0.75 of a share, to be exact!! I keep for nostagia, also cause I don't know what else one might do with it.

Nancy, who is feeling slightly less dumb this am.

I'm going with my yesterday's wrong answer.

Ed-

Very funny, Edna! I've never seen a FootLocker, never heard of it, so I have no idea. But I'd guess those who say Woolworth's/Woolco know what they are talking about, especially since Nancy has stock! I have sat at the soda counter at a Woolworth's, however, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

Lorna

and the soda fountain was going to be my answer yesterday!!!

Annette, Kent (Happy late birthday), Nancy, and Edna,

You all get five stars, for guessing Woolworth's. You guys are sure hard to stump. Maybe next week.

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Edna, thanks for guessing Woolworth's on Saturday so I could use it for Sunday's question.

I hope you all have a good week. Thanks for playing.

ThinMan

I sure miss their bowl of chili for $1.99.

Ed-

Hard to stump?? Huh - you get me almost every time!!!!!

Edna, I was thinking of the food counter too. That, a Ben Franklin's and another local shop were still serving food up until the late 80's to early 90's, I miss them.