It is all gone now. Fun memories for sure! Funny, l remember you. Food Giant contends that it is only a Thayer presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence. I would also go every Saturday with my dollarallowance to buy a 45 single, making a carefully considered choice from the 93 KHJ radio playlist each time. Concerts at the Long Beach auditorium? I grew up in L.B. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. if the 2 comments were talking about the one on atlantic/ the 6000 or 6100 block of altantic it was called romeos and than later changed to romes. To my recollections Scherer Park was in Bixby Knolls. I also remember your dad Bill as the appliance dept. Dave there will never be another Dooleys, right? We lived there late 66 and 67. My first job was being a box boy at Dooleys. Ls restaurant near the shopping center was a Friday night dinner out for us. I remember standing in long lines for them . Show more Show more 11 years ago. I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. if we stayed in the area. I lived at 111 W. Delamo, Apt 11, in 1969 when my husband was in the Navy. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. I dont remember the seafood grotto on Ocean, but its nice to hear from a greek reader my grandfather and grandmother came to the States from Athens through Ellis Island, and my grandfather and great-uncle George owned two ice cream parlors (parlors! He wasnt any good . Hardware Mart Dooleys. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Rights Information Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object. I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. Yes! I had a step brother that skated there. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. App. Its sad to see all these places gone. WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE! loved it! shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. This corporate entity was filed approximately sixty-seven years ago on Friday, June 8, 1956 , according to public records filed with California Secretary of State. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. I will try to find photos of Shady Acres it was a really fun minigolf park! George/Julie, please let me know if youre still out there on the net. remember at the 18th hole, windmill the ball would return to the office after you hit it through the windmill. It was on Atlantic a half a block from Jordan. : Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd, : Retail store fire, 3414 Long Beach Blvd, : Abandoned oil storage : hazard, Long Beach Blvd, : Caf, Long Beach Blvd. Love the posts on here! Unfortunately, I couldnt find a decent picture of the store with the lumberjack in front, but this is a pretty cool website that shows a state-by-state listing, with photos, of the immense and terrifying monuments that we Americans like to erect and enjoy: I love reading what you write. I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. We should all feel blessed. I remember the store seemed to be so big, I thought it would be cool to ride a mini bike up and down the isles. Date 1958-11-26. That place was interesting, it was there since the turn of the century and it was a like a museum to the old style amusement park like Coney Island. Now 71 live in montana. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. where you would sit in a spaceship box with a prong on the end and move it up and down and sideways and try to light up all the cities on the map with the prong before time ran out. About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. I used to wade in it as a kid I remember it being slimy, and also remember getting out and finding that I had cut my foot. if we've collected "Sales Lead Information" for a given company, it will be displayed on the The $16 million Lakewood renovation Dooley's Hardware Mart filed as an Articles of Incorporation in the State of California and is no longer active. Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. Actually, I think he was indicating Romeos Itanial deli and pizza/sandwich shop. I remember Dooleys. went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. I would like to ask a pretty random question. I remember Welchs! i lived on Market st next door to Lindbergh Jr Hi. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. I worked with a lady named Verlene, she was so sweet, I often wonder what happened to her? I just found this while looking for a photo of Dooleys for a story I wrote about working there and being the first checker inside the store to be robbed. 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. I should get a page like this and just free flow. Saw Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at one of them (cant remember which) with my folks. We lived on Dawson Ave across from the elementary school. I could ride it the street good enough but didnt have the talent for that old park. All before sexual harassment came along. I also got to work in the Christmas tree lot during December. There is now a facebook page Born and Raised in Long Beach where people talk about things like this, what movie theaters you went to, which library, with much reminiscing. Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. The house was built in the very early 1900s I think, and was a wonderful little house. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. Shirley Dooley Nesbitt and her husband Rod were running the place by then, but still every once and a while old man Dooley would wander the store thanking everyone for the job they were doing. Two more memories Marris Pizza on Long Beach Boulevard, and the Roller Arena on Alondra. Eating at The Prince of Wales on L.B. i loved christmas there. . I dont remember the guys name but I remember him telling me that he was the reason that they tore down Badlands and filled it in with dirt. . I remember buying a Christmas tree and a trinket box at Dooleys. They had a neat little museum. I remember going to this place twice and learned that they sold other stuff as well as hardware store here. i am now 62. i loved that place. I may have mentioned this I also remember sitting next to the lake and watching boys ride down the hill and right into it, What a treat to discover this post and all the wonderful comments. Identifier: 3455_1: Title: . Collection. *Orders placed within 3 hours of store closing (, Store Location: 1541 W Pacific Coast Hwy |, in the footer area, opens in a new window. it was 2 blocks north of atlantic theater, Hi everybody, I grew up on zane street. You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. One day in about 1966, the Greeter from Laguna Beach walked all the way to Dooleys just to get a couple of hot dogs he had heard were only 10 cents. Hi Kathy, hope youre still out there. They were unbelievably affordable, which was a real consideration for my parents. I grew up on Arbor st. 1977 to 1983. LOL! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. remember the middle building and on the top of it it a atlas of the world and above it was a gallon of sherman paint spilling paint all over the globe and it had floresent lights that glowed at night. I have the best memories of dooleys and that house as we spent all of the 80s there and part of the 90s. i was always fascinated by the conveyer belt that stock came down from above on. Johnny Rebs came later down the road. Are there still any places like this these days? I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. Crest Theatre comes to mind and there was another theatre nearby, but the name escapes me. In addition, 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. in Michigan I have a great photo of my grandfather in his apron standing behind the counter, Ill post it when I can. Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. My house was built at the same time as the school. I graduated from Jordan in 1974, I remember my girlfriend and I going to the football games and the Panthers rarely won. Im in the beginning process of writing a screenplay about growing up in Compton as a white kid, as well as living there well into my adult years (cant give too much away) and Im seeking personal testimonies about white folks living in north Long Beach (Compton and surrounding areas of course), however, for now anyway, all I can offer is to buy breakfast, or lunch for anyone who is interested in allowing me to interview them. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? Do you remember other places in and around Long Beach? (562) 437-2716. I had the best childhood. We were like 6-8 years old and we used to spy on him through the holes in the wood fence. As a kid I lived on Virginia Ave (72 83), one block behind Dooleys and two blocks from Sutter Elementary. Then just passed the pharmacy, through the doors was the hot dogs and orange julius on your right and a craft supply shop on your left. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. And I remember Dooleys too! 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. like an Egyptian Princess . 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? And the reason that they shut it down was because of a punk rocker that broke his arm in one of the bowls that was not clean enough and it had a pebble in there. With the Bizapedia Pro Search service you will get unlimited searches via our various search forms, i grew up in north long beach..my mom was the telephone operator at dooleys in the 70syeah those 10cent hot dogs are what i blame for making me fatheheh, long beach jordan 1971 I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. Sooo, unladylike. my dad (bill simpson) worked in appliances at dooleys for about 20 yrs in the 60s and 70s. It was a very interesting place. After working there 6 months . Every item on Calisphere has been contributed to the site by a California institution. if the company chooses to hide the private information on their profile from the general public. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. Then you were there when I was there. 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. 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