Woolworths 1950s

[BrownBear416]

Go this in the email today,though you all might enjoy it.

Some of you will remember this. If you do You are the same as me GETTING TO DAMM OLD

If any of you have doubts about what we kids paid for a coke and a sandwich at Woolworths



(How many don't know what Woolworth's was?) in the 1950's, here's proof of the era we lived in...

[honda450]

Yup remember that store. Anybody remember Whiterose gas stations here in Alberta? Other stores of the past Woolco, Woodwards, Eatons, dang getting too old can't remember them all. Phillips 66, K-mart. Sure there is more.

I would like the baked ham and cheese toasted three decker sandwich for 60centsand a malted milk for 25 cent's and to top it off a banana split with the works 25 cent's boy i wish i do remember woolworth yes i do thanks

[70chevy]

Heres one my mother in law sent me

[graham1]

70 Chevy; How do you think that one would fly today?

[Jester]

Those were the good old days..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jaTgO24xIk

[70chevy]

Lets just say it doesnt work that way in my household lol

[Ishpah]

Originally Posted by honda450

Yup remember that store. Anybody remember Whiterose gas stations here in Alberta? Other stores of the past Woolco, Woodwards, Eatons, dang getting too old can't remember them all. Phillips 66, K-mart. Sure there is more.

You forgot Royalite which was sucked up by B/A which was sucked up by Gulf which was sucked up the Petrocan and Whiterose which was sucked up by Shell or at least I think that's the way it went.

[Shmag]

Originally Posted by 70chevy

Heres one my mother in law sent me

Haha, Your mother in-law sent that to you!!!! Now that's funny

Anybody remember Happy pop??? I miss happy pop

[Dick284]

Nothing beat the old W.W. Arcade. I remember going there as a kid with my Dad, the sporting goods side had racks of surplus M1's right on the floor, I was shocked how heavy they were.(1970 something)

Flash forward to the early to mid 1980's and a sluggish economy, I just graduated from NAIT, needed work, and found myself working in that very same sporting goods section. If you need an old obscure 22 mag, or some guchi screw for some long since dead scope mount they had it, might have took a while to find it but we had it.
Last place in Canada to deal direct with Diawa if I'm not mistaken, Browning was a pain to get in on a regular basis. Ruger 77 tang safeties were hot items, and a Bushnell Scope Chief IV 3-9x40 was on sale for $139.99

Ah, to be your own best customer again......nope.

[Justanotherbuck2]

Yep!... some of us are getting a little long in tooth, I remember as a kid of about 8 years, Mom would give us 25 cents each, a big expense for three boys and one baby girl! my brothers and I would walk down the hill to content bridge campground that had a corner store. About 2 miles, for 25 cents we got a bag of old dutch potato chips and a coke. 15 cents for the chips and 10 cents for the bottle of coke. We had to drink the coke sitting on the steps of the store because we could not afford the 2 cents for the bottle deposit so the store owner just let us bring the bottle back in when we were done. back then all stores took in your empties. I also remember traveling to Edmonton where my dad was working at going to the old Simpson sears mall. there was only one at that time and they had a double movie theater. Every Sat. was kids day and a movie was 35 cents and we would go in the morning and you could switch theaters and watch to movies over and over again. Mom and dad got there shopping done and we spent about 6 hours watching movies! Starting to sound like my grandfather..

[bruceba]

Originally Posted by honda450

Yup remember that store. Anybody remember Whiterose gas stations here in Alberta? Other stores of the past Woolco, Woodwards, Eatons, dang getting too old can't remember them all. Phillips 66, K-mart. Sure there is more.

My father had a Whiterose station in Calgary back in the late 50's to the early 60's when Shell sucked them up. Yeah the waters running down the other side of the bodies divide now but when you slow down you get more time to reflect and enjoy.

[209x50]

Originally Posted by 70chevy

Heres one my mother in law sent me

Thanks Chevy I'd lost my copy (they keep disappearing?) and I needed to refresh someone....

My grandma worked at the Woolworth's cafe after she left the farm, my aunt worked in the office there (GP) from the day it opened until it closed. I remember going to the Saturday Matinee, my brother and i got 10 cents and that got you in and bought enough candy for the show and the rest of the week.

[Matt L.]

Ya know, I'm 21 and I can't help but wonder what kind of memories I'll have when I come to be your guy's age. Anyways I'll have to show my dad this thread he'll enjoy it lol!

[CNP]

Yeah I liked the diners (or fountains) in those place. One long, long, long counter with chairs down the whole length of it........and one lady working behind it. Remember when Woolworths spawned Woolco Stores.........how about SS. Kresge (spawned KMart Stores). Five and Dime stores they were called (Woolworths and S.S. Kresge). I don't recall much of the 50's.......60's yes

[FishBrain]

Originally Posted by Shmag

Haha, Your mother in-law sent that to you!!!! Now that's funny

Anybody remember Happy pop??? I miss happy pop

OOOHHHHH How I miss Happy pop. Still have some bottle in the work room
always wanted to make my own beer in them

[srp71]

Well boys this may be the last post for me as I emailed 70Chevy's article to the war party.She will probably be waiting at the door with the frying pan when I get home tonite.Anyone remember ":El Kabong"

[Shmag]

Originally Posted by FishBrain

OOOHHHHH How I miss Happy pop. Still have some bottle in the work room
always wanted to make my own beer in them

Oh, the little stubby's would be perfect for that. Let me know if they taste better than the Happy pop

I think they made every flavor imaginable

[DAVE]

Happy pop 127 ave and 80 street in edmonton was my first job ever i think i was 14 they went head to head with the pop shoppe. boy that is a long time ago.

[Shmag]

Originally Posted by DAVE

Happy pop 127 ave and 80 street in edmonton was my first job ever i think i was 14 they went head to head with the pop shoppe. boy that is a long time ago.

Ha, i forgot about the pop shoppe, but remember it now!!!!

[twofifty]

Going fishing with dad, we filled up in the middle of nowhere from a hand-cranked pump with the big graduated glass tank on top. The attendant cranked to fill the glass tank from the underground supply, then gravity fed our car through the nozzle.
I think there's one of these oldies at the Calgary Heritage Park.

City bus tickets sold in strips of 14 for $1.00 in Ottawa.

Soft drink empties gathered from the roadside got you .02 cents each at the candy store, where chocolate bars were .05 cents.

Thing is that a decent industrial wage in the 1950s ran to about $45/week.

[honda450]

Yup saw one of those hand crank pumps still in use 1978 in Entrance, Alberta at the General Store.

[2big4u]

I use a hand crank pump every time we go to our cabin near Trout Lake in B.C. The last working manual pump as far as I know of. Still has gallons on the glass.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by honda450

Yup saw one of those hand crank pumps still in use 1978 in Entrance, Alberta at the General Store.

That was way before they shut down the back road going to the lakes and back to the hyway...kinda kinky don't you thinl??

*wink*

[GeoTrekr]

It's been a few years, but we filled up the car from an old Shell glass gas pump in Bragg Creek on our way to Kananaskis. Is that one still up and running at the old gas station there on the west side of town?

Also, Heritage Park has lots of them now, in their "Gasoline Alley" exhibit. They even have one of the first gas pumps, looks like nothing more than a fuel transfer pump. People would fill up a bucket, and pay for it by the bucket load, and pour the gas straight into their tank from the bucket. The reservoir was either below ground, or more commonly, above ground, often just a barrel.

[honda450]

Originally Posted by Jester

That was way before they shut down the back road going to the lakes and back to the hyway...kinda kinky don't you thinl??

*wink*

Yes used to fish there with our old buddy Bob S.-------- Jester.

[59whiskers]

In the 60's mom would take us kids downtown for a hamburger at the restaurant in Woolworths in Lethbridge, then we would go watch movies at the old Capital Theater. Being a kid back then was fun.

[prospector]

It seems like we all try to do so much these days, that the simple, enjoyable things pass us by. I think we've come a long way and improved in most respects, but sometimes I wish for a slower paced world.