I'm Going To WT Grant later on

I could use a new package of Spoolies, OP.

I'm done at Grants, doesn't seem to be anything there

Oh well, on to EJ Korvette, anyone want something, whilst I'm there?

Yes, my grandmother, who worked there. She died when I was a kid.

Will you be joining the record club while you're there?

One of my first purchases when I got my own apartment and started working was a green vinyl sofabed from Grant's.

Of course, I joined the record club. Korvette's had some wonderful sales on stereo turntables.

Now I'm off to Phar-Mor to pick up my prescriptions.

I need a stereo to replace my hi-fi, so I don't have to buy monaural records anymore.

I hope you find parking OP

If you are lunching at Woolworth's, I highly recommend the barbecue on bun!

Are you near a J.J. Newberry? We have a lovely one here in Asbury Park.

R9, I always top off a delicious barbecue on bun with a De Luxe Tulip Sundae. Only 25 cents!

Stop at the photo booth and take some selfies!

Photobooth are disgusting, look what the last people left behind.

Hon, I'm out of Tangee lipstick and Blue Waltz perfume. Be a lamb and pick me up some!

Will you be going to Two Guys anytime afterwards, OP? They're selling GE Toaster Ovens for 29.99, and I want one to heat up my leftovers more quickly.

Get me a jar of Dippety Do and some bobby pins, thanks.

I know they had Woolworth's and Kress, But did Manhattan have Newberry's And Grants back in the day.

I remember shopping at Grants in downtown St Paul when I was a little boy. My mother and I went in there all the time. It was a fun store.

Here's the whole EJ Korvette's article from r8.

Oh-oh, OP. Grant's might be in danger of shutting its doors!

r20

Surely not, I'd say they're every bit as solid as that old mainstay Gimbals.

r15 If that store were around today, people would be vandalizing their signs to read "Two Gays."

r21 GIMBEL'S.

Can you pick me up two turtles in the pet section. I just can't get 'em to live longer than a week!

If you do stop by Woolworth's OP, I would love to be the first one on my block to have this set of four Beatles dolls. (Paul is my favorite, of course.)

John LENNEN?

In my hometown there was a shopping center that had a Grants and a Gimbels. The shopping center was something (for its time) but then the mall arrived and the shopping center died... along with Grants and Gimbels. the mall had four anchors - Macy's, Penneys, Korvettes and Gertz - was two stories and a 1/4 mile long; my town had the biggest and best mall (for a short time). It sounds ridiculous, but I miss that shopping center - it was human-sized and wasn't enclosed, I like going in and out of the stores into the weather.

In SoCal we also had Kress's, which was like a slightly sleazier version of Grant's. The Kress drawing card was cheap popcorn and the stores reeked of it. In my house we always referred to it (fondly, of course) as "smelly Kress's."

I think we had Grant's in NYC; anyway I would love if you would bring me back a Gay Red tube of Tangee lipstick and a half pound of those hard candies with the peanut butter center. Ah, make it a pound if it's still $.49 a pound.

Remember when Macy's and Gimbels were connected by an elevated passage across 34th Street?

Spoiler alert - it didn't end well.

Could you grab me a Golden Fried Chicken Platter and a DoubleDdip Chocolate Ice Cream Soda?

Could you also grab me a canary and a couple gold fish?

Yinz goin' up to Murphy Marts later?

I come back from dinner at Schrafft's — already distressed after being stared at because I was unescorted — to this provincialism??

Get me Valium and the phone.

^ Was the counterman speaking French?

r34

Valium? Dear we are only up to Seconal

r24

It's a form of planned obsolescence

Many of the old-line variety/5&Dime chains tried to emulate Kmart (which sprang from Kresge's) by opening larger, full-line discount stores. GC Murphy had Murphy's Mart, Woolworth had Woolco, and Grant's had Grant City.

When we spent money on things made in America.

All of those things closed.

Some good socks would be nice.

Make sure the cashier gives you your S&H Green Stamps, OP.

We had a Grant's (in Mass.) but other than Woolworth's we didn't have any of the other stores mentioned here by those obviously from the tri-state area.

My parents met while working for Woolworths in Syracuse, NY. My dad switched over to Grants and was there up to their closure.

As a child, my family routinely shopped at the Southgate Plaza where they filmed much of Edward Scissorhands. The movie has it in its original form. Since then, it has been renovated, but the arch is still there.

I found everything I needed today at Grants! A couple of packs of film for my Polaroid “Swinger” camera, some flashcubes for my other camera (a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 101), some “Mr. Bubble” bubble bath, a pet parakeet, and a little green pet turtle in a round plastic dish with a plastic palm tree in the middle.

Now I’m off to Penny’s for some new Ranchcraft jeans!

I’m actually going to Two Guys later so I’m good.

Hon, could you stop by Rexalls's and get me some sleeping pills?

Could you pick me up a bathing cap? They're opening the pool at the club next week!

Tomorrow is Tuesday, so it's double Eagle Stamp day at Famous, so I'll be there at opening time to get in on the deals. I'll take the 95 bus to Southtown and be home in no time. So much easier than taking the Southampton streetcar all the way downtown.

r48 But if you rode the trolley, you might get to make out with the boy next door.

[quote] and a little green pet turtle in a round plastic dish with a plastic palm tree in the middle.

Ooooh. Now that sounds fancy.

Do they have any left?