Comments on: Charleston, S.C. Sign

By: minxlj

minxlj — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:45:22 +0000

You won’t find chili dogs and rootbeer floats in any Woolworths in the UK though I don’t even think they had restaurants/cafes - or at least not in the North East!

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:36:15 +0000

We had a Woolworths here in Toronto that is sadly now a liquor store. (Well maybe not so sadly.) My one memory is that I did my one and only act of shoplifting there. I stole a fruity smelling eraser but I started crying as soon as we got to the car out of guilt. Mom frogmarched me back inside to hand it to the saleslady. I cried and cried - what a wuss.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:23:11 +0000

We had a Woolworth’s in Modesto, California. It was felt creepy in there.

By: LesleyMW

LesleyMW — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:56:45 +0000

The Woolworth stores/lunch counters in Charleston, SC sadly ALL closed down. Where else could you get sliced turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing all smothered in (greenish, salty) gravy??? I worked half a block from the WW on King St. My co-workers and I were sad to see it go. A hoity-toity tourist joint moved in.

By: Daman

Daman — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:56:51 +0000

I remember, as a kid, every week when I was through with my CCS paper route, my mom would take me to Woolworth’s for a chili dog and a rootbeer float. That particular store went out of business a long time ago, to be replaced by a Dollar General store. I’m not sure if it still has the luncheonette inside. I’ll have to check it out the next time I make it back to Toledo.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:17:50 +0000

There still is a Woolworth’s here in my hometown in Germany, too.

By: cashbag

cashbag — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:33:22 +0000

I just moved back from England and Woolies is the mutt’s nuts! They have EVERYTHING you could ever want, including, but not limited to, beer coozies with “Dead chicks don’t say no” emblazoned across the middle and plastic tape dispensers with a fair likeness of David Beckham rendered on top.

Who can say no to Woolies?

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:32:56 +0000

Yes, I am in London for the summer and I have seen two Woolworth’s. I was just thinking how funny it was that they still have them here.

By: Amaranta

Amaranta — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:26:30 +0000

There used to be a Woolworth’s with an attached lunchonette in the mall by my parents house when I was growing up- I would buy fish in a bag at Woolworth’s and then get milk shakes next door…. ahh I miss that place.

By: solid kid

solid kid — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 19:28:03 +0000

Is this from King Street? It’s been a while since I’ve been home to Charleston, but I think the sign is still up.