Anyone else remember this store..

[Shelly]

Holy cow! Service Merchandise is still around!

[ChumpDumper]

Now that I think about it, Circuit City does much the same thing except the salesman fills out the form for you.

[Sapphire]

But they have electronics--usually high-ticket items. BEST made you wait for things like ink pens and staplers!

[JoePublic]

I remember going here.

[ChumpDumper]

But they have electronics--usually high-ticket items. BEST made you wait for things like ink pens and staplers!

Right, I only bought electronics and stuff like watches when I went there. Does seem pretty goofy in hindsight.

[SpursWoman]

Gibson's ... which is now the Eisenhower Rd. Flea Market

[maxpower]

Our parents bought my brother and me

here


The Woolco picture looks very much like the shopping center on old hwy 90 and Gen. McMullen. There even seems to be a street divider on the right part of the pic. However the picture was taken in Des Moines.

[gay abc]

i worked at Pigley Wigley back in the 70's

[gay abc]

Gibson's ... which is now the Eisenhower Rd. Flea Market

we had a gibson's in corpus

[hussker]

No..but I remember eating at Burger Chef and Big Boy.

Burger Chef, Burger Queen (before BK), Krystal, Big Boy (Shoney's, Bob's or Frisch's).

When I first played little league baseball in 1970. I played for United Grocery. That was in Burkburnett TX. We beat Piggly Wiggly for the championship. Our parents called it the Grocer's Battle. Heck, we just played ball as kids, and wondered why the workers in the store did not bow to us when we came in to get an ICEE. I thought we were stars!

[rl64tx]

What about Centeno's Supermarkets???

[rl64tx]

i worked at Pigley Wigley back in the 70's

Yes.........there was one in Universal City and mom used to save the S&H green stamps and then we would go to the S&H store in Seguin and get our goodies!! Just like HEB used to have Texas Gold Stamps!!!

[KEDA]

3 letters


T G & Y


used to be a retailer that my Mom and I would go to all of the time

[Solid D]

I remember GC Murphy's and also Murphy's Mart (same company). Also McCrory's.

I also used to go to:

Ben Franklin, Kresge's, T, G & Y (thanks for reminding me KEDA!), Woolworths.

As kid's we didn't call them variety stores...we would simply say:

"Mom, I going up to the dime store!"

[The sone]

What about Bonanza?

zstomp and i both had our first jobs at a bonanza....