I used to play video games at Redd Foxx Lanes. I went to Scherer Park after I went to Dooleys one time and I remember a little brook area and little bridges and there were brush trails that people made leading to little hideouts and stuff. You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. Shady Acres was a blast, and little snackbar type place there to eat. My family lived on Mountain View from 72 till 83. remember kirks corner, went there for years. We hit them up at lunch from Jordan when the line was not too long! Oh, and they also sold hardware. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Our Boy Scout troop was sponsored by Dooleys. You must remember Norma the manager of your dept. I like the memories,( The way things were). Blvd. I think you lived on 51st street when l was a kid. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more, at Dooleys! Thank you SO much for finding that and sharing it what a treat to remember. Had a friend named Gary Lahna who died in Vietnam, fabulous memories, how about those Good Humor trucks that played their music as they rolled through the neighborhoods. got where i could win quite a few games with one dime. The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) I loved that place! Shady Acres skate park. With the Bizapedia Pro Search service you will get unlimited searches via our various search forms, Loved article. It really makes me feel good. Occasionally I would bag groceries down the street also. I went roller skating there all the time thanks, Colleen, for all of the good memories. also, love the popcorn machine. Get back with me. Been there ever since. if the company chooses to hide the private information on their profile from the general public. been rereading all the great post about north long beach and all the memories of those writing in. I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. I havent been out that way in years. was in the same building upstairs. He and I talked on the phone sometimes about the past and he tells me to just talk about rock and roll and the bands. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. the commercial sang this. Steve Hampton from down the street worked in the toy dept. I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection. Food Giant contends that it is only a Thayer presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence. I was very young then, first or second grade. We would always go at Christmas-time to get decorations, etc. Sure wish someone would find a picture of it. I used to love going there and getting the franks and beans and the what kids wasnt mesmerized by the Lumberjack?! The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. She was always getting tools or gardening supplies from there. Thanks for the write up. One of you mentioned something that we didnt even know. Filing Jurisdiction, Entity Type, Registered Agent, File Number, Filing Status, and Business Category. FLEMING, J. Dooley's Hardware Mart (personified here as Dooley), the owner of Lot 5, obtained judgment and $40 damages against Dorice Trigg, the owner of Lot 6, enjoining her from using a strip of Lot 5, 94 feet long and one foot wide. michaelpoulin@dyingindowney.com Charles Hathaway faved this impact1911 14y Oh the memories I lived in Lakewood where half my family still lives what a great place to grow up! Long Beach 77-83. All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. if we've collected "Sales Lead Information" for a given company, it will be displayed on the Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. And I remember Dooleys too! North long beach was so fun in the late 60s and thru the 70s Red Fox lanes, Shady Acres, Town and Crest theatres , play in the jungle at Scherer park , houghton park , bixby knolls center ,lbt no 7 bus the streaker, went downtown on the 7 fwy before it was 710 , get to the pike and beach fast ,jump on long beach blvd inbetween del amo and market where the bus turned r to Dairy st turned l went to south st turned r to the cerritos mall then turn around back downtown.i lived at 146 e 55th st what great fun and memories, We would eat dime hotdogs and look at all the stamps on the walls then go play in the store get chased out one in another run upstairs dive in the bean bag pile and hide, my grandmother would cash her retirement check, buy grocerys.buy me a toy we walk a block to her single apartment there was a pensoil gas pump in her parking lot the next store was an antique store with a life size wood indian statue in front next door was douglas burgers, yes i work there 1979 i know all the news everyone talking about good old days. . I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/ Its been nice to find other Long Beach folks! Do you recall a store at Atlantic and Olive (now Alondra) called The Try-it Store? Its good that we remember these places and the times. I had a step brother that skated there. And the lake at Scherer Park we were told a body was found in it the freezer in the front of Dels where I would pick out my Sidewalk Sundae, and Tom would say, Thatll be 35 dollars, please! Red Fox lanes, where I learned how to bowl and went to league night with my parents a great time! I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. Dehls. Does anyone remember the Worn Out West? anyone remember the seafood grotto restaurant in the 50s on ocean blvd? I started at $1.50 and then when I made lead cook, I received $1.65 per hour. Julie, I doubt there will be anything like Dooleys again. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. Seemed like things had more of a personal human and nostalgic touch then, as opposed to now being all corporate, prefabricated and part of some impersonal national marketing scheme. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Calisphere California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Image / Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd great memories there! The Long Beach Drive-In was at the 710 and 405 Freeways, I think. Great place! Romas Italian deli on Atlantic was a place my whole family enjoyed. my mom bought one of the first microwave ovens from there after we seen a demonstration in the mid store. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? Phone & Email. Awesome to know you have fond memories too! the folks there were so nice. I played as a child in the back rooms and attic of the orginal hardware store. Colleen, I do remember a painted wall on the side of the deli, that had a big sandwich. Funny you mentioned your birthday party at Shady Acres. Even though I know this is a great and necessary development for North Long Beach, which has become a pretty sad place for me (more on that later), its hard to drive by without thinking of the giant lumberjack keeping watch over good, cheap hotdogs, and everything else you could ask for in a hardware store. Im 64 as I type this and Im computer literate for sure, but Im not on the social network sites, so on and so forth. I am born and raised here too, so love hearing your memories of the town we both grew up in. But I remember buying a refrigerator from Dooleys when my husband and I bought our first home out here in Lake Elsinore, CA. (LogOut/ I worked 6 days a week and ate those hot dogs for lunch every single day with a Nesbitts orange sodaeach cost a dime. And we would do stupid things out in the parking lot on their bicycles and he would come out the door and tell us to leave. i am now 62. i loved that place. We were cashiers in paint building also. Dooleys Hardware consisted of three buildings that were spread over three blocks you could get anything there, from ten-cent hot dogs to eighty-nine cent 45rpm records to a new living room set. Hi Veronica I remember you. We would have all go to jail. I loved the 25 cent hotdodgs at Dooleys. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! The projects are funded separately from the school district's operating budget. Get this Press-Telegram page for free from Friday, October 5, 1973 ch Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 ' f Dooley s Hardware Mart 5075 Long Beach Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 RCA Model ES475 The IRVINGTON . Thank you for sharing, also. Dooley's Hardware consisted of three buildings that were spread over three blocks - you could get anything there, from ten-cent hot dogs to eighty-nine cent 45rpm records to a new living room set. There is something always kind of special about mom n pop (family owned) places that have a personal homey atmosphere to it. The $16 million Lakewood renovation It didnt pay much, but some of the experiences were priceless. That was in Nov. 1987. I think I was allowed to go buy them in 1970 they were 89 cents. it was 2 blocks north of atlantic theater, Hi everybody, I grew up on zane street. Ruben was my boss. And rollercoasters that took you right over the beachI also remember some kind of ski lift ride that took you across the park to the other end. I had a little square box with a handle (because you never knew when you would be invited to a slumber party, and have to bring your music) that kept my 45s safe. As I recall, I was making a whopping $1.90 an hour but I was happy I had my first job! I grew up in Compton. Now, it's an empty building full of memories as it still stands. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. Too many steel fences and bars on peoples windows. I loved Shady Acres! I found the site because I was looking for a picture of old man Dooley. Blvd. Your right.my friend and i would sit on our skateboards (steel wheels) hook our legs to each other and go down the hill they called it (suicide hill) hit the grass at the bottom just before the pond..and yes the rec area had a bumper pool table inside we would play.and that pond had more fish in it big blue gills drop a line and it was hit then.we would walk over to Thriftys for a 5 cent scoop of ice cream remember that? Clearly many people remember like I do. Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. Im going to see if I can find a photo I took ballet and tap from Dorothy Castle on Market, and we used to get burgers from the Hi-Lo on Market, across from Lindbergh Junior HIgh. How could you know. City Council? Date Created and/or Issued. Anybody remember what those statues were? All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. Sizzler was a treat. Googled it and got all of these beautiful memories. The first step (screening) would be done by way of a simple telephone conversation. also the around the world game. the Lindbergh Jr. Market ran by Cecil (meat counter) & Bessie (front candy counter) Farrington ran it. I grew up on E. 60th (by Deforrest Park) and my father pretty much lived there. We need it really bad now. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. Great poor boy sandwiches and Pizzas. I had to reply as reading about the guy who drove a Helms truck, nearly bought a tear to my eye. Great times that I will never forget! contributor's website. Dooleys was one of my favorite places to go as a child I dont know of any place that compares today. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. I noticed your response is several years old, so I doubt that youll read this comment (I just found this story, thanks to my sister). Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. Im not mad about that, he was in the right. I remember getting a Disney Songtape of Goin' Quackers here in 1986 and eating at the snack bar. While logged in and authenticated, you will not be asked to solve any complicated Recaptcha V2 challenges. I think I try to use face book like a blogI always have too much to say for the little boxand have to edit it down. The subs were the best. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA, we're here to help. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more at Dooleys. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. Long Beach Pike Angel Images Chicago Art Film Images Bridge Building Unique Hotels Weird Creatures Aerial Photo Municipal Auditorium and Rainbow Pier Long Beach, CA D David Zach Historic Long Beach, CA . Chuck, Hi so good to see your name here! Went there with my folks every chance we got. I grew up on Zane st i remember eating chili dogs under the lumberjack when i was a kid i have many fond memories of Dooleys it makes me sad that its gone.I dont live out there anymore so whenever i get a chance to go out there its nice to see Douglas burger is still there down the street. It was one of a kind. My husband and I talk about it sometimes. I will try to find photos of Shady Acres it was a really fun minigolf park! By the parking for teachers that was chained off. I got to work the tree lot. Contributing Institution. 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