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| Post# 497537 , Reply# 1 2/19/2011 at 05:41 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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CORRECTION: 'Vintage Fun Stuff'. | ||
Post# 497547 , Reply# 2 2/19/2011 at 06:14 (4,836 days old) by 112561  (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Welcome Retromania! I have quite a fetish for the small appliances as well, fry pans, blenders, percolators, toasters, waffle irons here, with a smattering of steam irons thrown in. I love vintage major appliances as well, and aspire to turn my kitchen into GE or Frigidaire, circa 1958 through 1965 someday. I have a thing for vintage stereo consoles and components too.
Montgomery Ward was founded in 1872, and Sears Roebuck founded in 1886, just to keep it simple for the moment. One of my prized posessions is the Fall and Winter 1959 Montgomery Wards catalogue. I hope you will enjoy this site as much as the rest of us do! (kitchen appliances courtesy of Stix, Baer, & Fuller, St. Louis 1959) 
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Post# 497584 , Reply# 3 2/19/2011 at 07:53 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Don't know too much about mw, but I'm like you in that I love vintage appliances. My kitchen has a 1958 ge wall oven in pink, 1942 o'keefe and merrit gas stove in white, 1949 hotpoint refrigerator that was just recently painted pink, 1955 hotpoint dishwasher that is in pink, 1948 Youngstown Kitchen vent hood(is original to the house) that was just repainted in pink, and then the washer and dryere is a 1963 Lady Kenmore set in turquoise. Also have other appliances that are in storage. Not to mention all the small appliances displayed on the top of the cabinets (stuff like blenders, mixers, roasters, and percoluators). Also have a thing for the tube style radios and televisions. Have about 150 radios and about 50 televisions.
Oh and welcome to the club. :) | ||
| Post# 497607 , Reply# 6 2/19/2011 at 09:29 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Oh. Sorry Country Ford. You just said a '58 GE wall oven. My ADD is really kicking in this morning. Too much bourbon last night and not enough caffein yet this morning! | ||
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Post# 497618 , Reply# 7 2/19/2011 at 10:40 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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My 1961 house we moved into on 11-25-61 (!) started with a brand new '62 I guess white Frigidaire refrigerator, not frost free but had a separate door to the freezer, had it shipped in the crate from Lynchburg, VA and an apartment sized white Norge stove, from probably the mid '50s. Kitchen was white cabinets with white Formica with gold flecks and threads in it. Walls were sandalwood color, just a very lackluster look. So, for the look I want will encompass late '50s to possible mid '60s. Wish I could have grabbed the wall oven the neighbor threw out a few years back.
My kitchen appliances are less than twelve years old at present, the floor and counters have been updated within the last thirty years. It needs a complete makeover, and will get one in the near future, at least paintwise. This Ebay picture is not my cooktop. 
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| Post# 497619 , Reply# 8 2/19/2011 at 10:40 (4,836 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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I was surprised to find, while doing some Googling, that Montgomery Ward was once in the catalog house business! CLICK HERE TO GO TO cornutt's LINK | ||
| Post# 497621 , Reply# 9 2/19/2011 at 10:44 (4,836 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Hey 112561, that cooktop looks like the one that we had in our circa-1965 split level. Ours was brown, and IIRC it was mirror reversed from that one -- the controls were on the right. The GE logo lights up red when a burner is on. | ||
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Post# 497624 , Reply# 10 2/19/2011 at 11:05 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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This is NOT my kitchen A house around the corner from here has or had that GE cooktop, and wall oven, and like I say, the pic was ripped from eBay, I am surprised that it seemed to have been offered with left or right pushbuttons. Another configuration I'd like in a GE kitchen would be the buttons on the front of the cabinet under the top, or on the front edge of the vent hood. Where to find such things in my area? (River Park real estate photo) 
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| Post# 497635 , Reply# 11 2/19/2011 at 13:16 (4,836 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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And we had that same cooktop in avacado with a double P7 wall oven. The house that had these was built in 1969. So that GE stuff had a long run. | ||
| Post# 497659 , Reply# 12 2/19/2011 at 14:48 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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11/25/61: Cool GE cooktop. Love white countertop with gold flecks! | ||
| Post# 497661 , Reply# 13 2/19/2011 at 14:49 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Country Ford: would it be possible for me/us to see a picture of your vintage kitchem??? | ||
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Post# 497667 , Reply# 14 2/19/2011 at 15:11 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Hate to have left a wrong impression about my kitchen | ||
| Post# 497673 , Reply# 15 2/19/2011 at 15:21 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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My aunt up the street had the white mixmaster in the right. What's the one of the left, an Oster? | ||
| Post# 497674 , Reply# 16 2/19/2011 at 15:24 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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I have a big fine Kitchenaid stand mixer that I love, but when I am beating certain thnigs like certain icings I still use my mother's old chrome early 1960's Sunbeam Mixmaster. It's on it very last leg. | ||
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Post# 497675 , Reply# 17 2/19/2011 at 15:24 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Sunbeam Vista | ||
| Post# 497677 , Reply# 18 2/19/2011 at 15:27 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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I see. Don't remember that one on the left. It must have come out after the white one,right? | ||
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Post# 497678 , Reply# 19 2/19/2011 at 15:28 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 497679 , Reply# 20 2/19/2011 at 15:28 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Oh. I see now it did. The nase on it and the fact it has stainless steel mixing bowls shows it came out after the white one. | ||
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Post# 497680 , Reply# 21 2/19/2011 at 15:31 (4,836 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 497683 , Reply# 22 2/19/2011 at 15:37 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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That's like me and sewing machines. I am a middle of the road sewer. Certainly not a professional and don't need any more machines! | ||
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Post# 497738 , Reply# 23 2/19/2011 at 18:02 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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You asked for it, so here it is. Pics of my kitchen. Might be a few. But here goes. The first one is of the O'keefe and merrit gas stove and the Youngstown kitchen hood. The hood was in the house when we bought it and was original to the house. The house was built in 1948. We had the hood stripped down and painted pink. The stove we bought from a lady who's parents had bought it brand new back in 1942. It hadn't been used for sometime, but we cleaned it all up and had the valves rebuilt and it works great. You can also see the wall oven in the background. That I found at a second hand store in their as is yard. It had the matching cooktop. They wanted only $7.00 for the both. I bought them right then and there. They looked like they had hardly been used.
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Post# 497741 , Reply# 24 2/19/2011 at 18:03 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Post# 497742 , Reply# 25 2/19/2011 at 18:07 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Post# 497743 , Reply# 26 2/19/2011 at 18:09 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Last one for now. Again this is an older picture of the laundry room. This is the 1963 Lady Kenmore washer and dryer. The refrigerator in the center is a hotpoint. It is no longer in the laundry room. And we have new cabinets above the set now and all my irons displayed as well. I just cant seem to find the pictures. Anyways gives ya an idea.
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Post# 497745 , Reply# 27 2/19/2011 at 18:19 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 497753 , Reply# 28 2/19/2011 at 18:45 (4,836 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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That... kitchen.... is..... AMAZING! Wow! Each appliance looks very minty. Just incredible. Thanks for sharing! | ||
| Post# 497765 , Reply# 29 2/19/2011 at 19:33 (4,836 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Love the pictures of the kitchen and laundry. All you appliances are to die for. Those Lady Kenmore machines are especially nice. Like the iron collection too. Love anything with a cloth cord. Thank you for sharing those. | ||
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Post# 497810 , Reply# 30 2/19/2011 at 22:39 (4,836 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Post# 497840 , Reply# 31 2/20/2011 at 04:35 (4,835 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 497841 , Reply# 32 2/20/2011 at 05:41 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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What a kind offer and who knows I just might. I can see it now: KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK...or better yet...DING DONG! "Yes?!" "Hi, can I look at y'all's appliances?" "Huh?" "Your vintage appliances?! I'm one of the vintage appliances blog members!" "Oh! Yeah, uh sure!" :) | ||
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Post# 497860 , Reply# 34 2/20/2011 at 06:45 (4,835 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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My mom was from Virginia And very conservative, part of the reason for the endless string of white appliances here. They cost less, and the more time goes by, I'm gladder my parents were so careful with money. But, I have to have color in the kitchen, appliancewise, while I'm still able to enjoy it.
Alan: (knock knock knock ding dong bAm BAM......) Countryford: (after fifteen minutes)Wha...who..... Alan: I'mheretoseeyourappliancesIwassoexcitedtogettheinvitationIdrovefortenhourstogethereIloveturquoiseandpinkcanIco meinandseeeverything Countryford(fully awake) But it's TWO O'CLOCK in the MORNING!! Alan: WELL!!! BE that WAY!! (stomps back to car and leaves in a huff) 
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| Post# 497864 , Reply# 35 2/20/2011 at 07:22 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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LOL....and Oh WOW Fridaire made a 30 range with a swing out door?!!!!! How cool is that! Wonder why it didn't catch on? Don't think I've ever seen a 30 inch from that time period!!! | ||
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Post# 497867 , Reply# 36 2/20/2011 at 07:35 (4,835 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Retromania - welcome to AW! You will be amazed by the vast knowledge of the members here. I've learned so much about my appliances since I joined this fun and supportive group!
Yes, Frigidaire made ranges with "french doors" - I have one (1956 model - I think). It's still sitting in a storage locker, but I have plans to install it one of these days. Here's a photo: 
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| Post# 497870 , Reply# 37 2/20/2011 at 07:41 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Oh....my.....GOD!!!!! BOY were appliances fun back then!!!!! So I take it this is one still in use by you today? | ||
| Post# 497871 , Reply# 38 2/20/2011 at 07:43 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Ok now. My mothe's 40 inch Frigidaire which was sort of similar in appearance, the oven would actually pull out and rest on the door for easy cleaning. My mother being a dedicated housewife had that thing pulled out all the time. Wait, that sounded kind of well you know. She cleaned the oven all the time. | ||
| Post# 497872 , Reply# 39 2/20/2011 at 07:47 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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On your french-door oven stove in the phot, were'nt those wide calrod units exclusive to Frigidaire? did any other mfr use those? | ||
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Post# 497880 , Reply# 40 2/20/2011 at 08:58 (4,835 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 497889 , Reply# 41 2/20/2011 at 09:26 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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You're too hot with all those vintage goodies!!! :) | ||
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Post# 497988 , Reply# 42 2/20/2011 at 14:32 (4,835 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 497996 , Reply# 43 2/20/2011 at 14:55 (4,835 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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In the old t.v. series Bewitched, they had a Frigidaire refrigerator in their kitchen with the push button automatic open feature. I think it was a pale yellow. Kind of hard to tell. Anyway, it was tough. I don't remember any vintage appliances of the period in almond. Had a childhood friend who's parents had the same frige, but in chocolate. | ||
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Post# 498018 , Reply# 44 2/20/2011 at 17:42 (4,835 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 498149 , Reply# 46 2/21/2011 at 05:23 (4,834 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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So, MW is... ...only by catalogue now! I thought they were gone for good. The nearest one here was 30 minutes from here in Greenville, SC at the Greenville Mall. | ||
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Post# 498152 , Reply# 47 2/21/2011 at 05:36 (4,834 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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J. C. Penneys | ||
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Post# 498170 , Reply# 49 2/21/2011 at 08:21 (4,834 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Look for a site called Deadmalls | ||
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Post# 498174 , Reply# 50 2/21/2011 at 08:27 (4,834 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Dixie Square Mall | ||
| Post# 498214 , Reply# 51 2/21/2011 at 11:16 (4,834 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
My favorite pic of DSM Before and after, to a new level--check the pics at the top of the thread. CLICK HERE TO GO TO roto204's LINK | ||
| Post# 498412 , Reply# 52 2/21/2011 at 20:44 (4,834 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Palm Beach Mall Is that a glycerin fountain in the background (the cone-shaped thing)? A mall here had a glycerin fountain in the early '70s. | ||
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Post# 498426 , Reply# 53 2/21/2011 at 21:53 (4,834 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 498428 , Reply# 54 2/21/2011 at 21:56 (4,834 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 498430 , Reply# 55 2/21/2011 at 21:59 (4,834 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 498470 , Reply# 56 2/22/2011 at 07:43 (4,833 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Cornnut regarding Palm Beach Mall fountain Unfortunately, I don't personally recall the fountain, it is likely a glycerin type though. They had a fantastic record store, and the Salon Of Music, the Magnavox dealer. I wish I could remember anything more about the place, and I don't remember when we stopped making the trips down there. CLICK HERE TO GO TO 112561's LINK This post was last edited 02/22/2011 at 08:02 | ||
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Post# 498475 , Reply# 57 2/22/2011 at 08:13 (4,833 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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More Palm Beach Mall Goodness Only two pictures!! It was a grand place to shop for at least thirty years. (mall picture of Detroit Hudson's etc.) CLICK HERE TO GO TO 112561's LINK 
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| Post# 498486 , Reply# 58 2/22/2011 at 09:08 (4,833 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
MW Houses | ||
| Post# 498530 , Reply# 60 2/22/2011 at 12:33 (4,833 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Franksdad: What malls do you recall living so close to Greenville other than McAlister Square Mall, Greenville Mall and the Haywood Mall? What were the popular shopping center including strip malls in the 1960's? | ||
| Post# 498757 , Reply# 61 2/23/2011 at 13:47 (4,832 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Malls
Do you remember the Bell Tower Mall? They had a Woolco and an Edwards Department Store. Edwards was phased out when Wal-Mart came to the Upstate. I don't remember the other stores and it wasn't as nice as McAlister Square. Bell Tower Mall was located on the old Furman University campus (before they moved the university to North Greenville). Since Bell Tower Mall was in a bad neighborhood there were a lot of robberies, purse snatches, and rapes at Bell Tower Mall so it fizzled out quickly. Greenville County remodeled Bell Tower Mall and moved all Greenville County offices there in the late 80's. Wade Hampton Mall on Wade Hampton Blvd. was really swanky back in the late 50's and early 60's. There was a Grant's, Belk-Simpson, and other stores. It was made just like the Richland Mall in Columbia with all the stores around a central plaza and the sidewalks were all covered. The construction company my dad worked for built the Mall Cinema theatre there at Wade Hampton Mall. All the men who worked for Reese Construction (where my dad worked) got free passes for themselves and thier families to go to the opening night of the theatre in 1965. The movie, The Yellow Rolls Royce was the first movie played there. I don't remember the movie as I was just 10 but I remember going and feeling like a big shot! "My daddy built this theatre!" For years the Mall Cinema showed $1.00 movies and I went to tons of them when I was young, dating, and in college. A bunch of us would drive over from Clemson to go to moives at the Mall Cinema. It was fun. McAlister Square was the demise of Wade Hampton Mall. Now Bob Jones University uses the mall for a bible school and office complex. Lewis Plaza was on Augusta Road. Mama used to go there to that Belk-Simpson store and the Plaza Drug Store. The closing of the Plaza Lunch Counter closed several years ago made all the local print and television news. There used to be an A&P at Lewis Plaza also. There is still the Plaza Hardware Store there facing Augusta Road It is either an Ace or True Value Hardware store now.
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| Post# 498759 , Reply# 62 2/23/2011 at 13:54 (4,832 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Bell Tower Mall
Let me share this.... since there were a lot of purse snatchings, package stealing, etc. at Bell Tower Mall one of the ledgends that floated around Greenville when Bell Tower Mall was open was a woman went into the ladie's room at Woolco, had a miscarriage, placed the fetus in a Woolco bag, and placed the bag in the parking lot. A man ran up to grab the bag, looked inside, screamed and fainted and was still passed out cold when the police arrived. Truth or ledgend? Either way I always thought that was a great story!
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| Post# 498827 , Reply# 63 2/23/2011 at 17:38 (4,832 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Wow. Dear diary stuff! | ||
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Post# 499158 , Reply# 64 2/25/2011 at 06:11 (4,830 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 499179 , Reply# 65 2/25/2011 at 08:32 (4,830 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Post# 499186 , Reply# 66 2/25/2011 at 08:52 (4,830 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Uhhh.........no................. | ||
| Post# 499246 , Reply# 67 2/25/2011 at 14:29 (4,830 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Litter box cake
It really is...and it's good too! I don't know why I can't post anything today. Google "litterbox cake" and you'll find all versions and pictures of the recipe for litter box cake. You can also find recipes for dirt cake which you serve in a sanitized flower pot with gummy worms. My sister used to make dirt cake for our family dinners years ago. I begged my sister to make a litter box cake because my brother had a very "weak" stomach and I wanted to laugh at him when he would run outside and start throwing up thinking we were stupid enough to serve Callie and Big Baby's litter box for dessert. I would have caught "heck" for that but it would have been worth it!
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| Post# 499277 , Reply# 68 2/25/2011 at 16:53 (4,830 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Oh Jim, You're so bad! I have had any litterbox cake, but it sounds like a hoot. Maybe we should make one for the office next time we have a fuunction! | ||
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Post# 499285 , Reply# 69 2/25/2011 at 17:25 (4,830 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Litter Box Cake | ||
| Post# 499288 , Reply# 70 2/25/2011 at 17:31 (4,830 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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That looks too real! LOL | ||
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