that was pete stathis-my grandfather. Franks 5-10, Dons Liquor, Stopn Go, Grants, Houten Park, Joes Market, Iceland Ice rink, Roller rink, Mexico City Resturant, Chicken Delight, The May Fair, . The parking lot was so long that it was never full. He was retired of course. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/ Its been nice to find other Long Beach folks! Anyhow, I ended up googling to this site and thought I would leave some comments. Again Im responding years later, Im not exactly sure what made me think about Dooleys but I just Googled and came across this article, talk about a blast from the past. 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. Hi Richard! We were in the same class for 3 years. I grew up in L.B. It really resonated with me. There also was this great Italian Delicatessin near Kentucky Fried Chicken, (I cant remember exactly what street it was on).They were called Roma Italian or something. I must have gone to the Prince of Wales, what was it near? The entire area is a sea of memories. Its funny everybody has a different spelling for what thought was Cheer park we used to make little fishing nets out of my moms nylons and a coat hanger and catch pollywogs ( we also referred to it as pollywog park then we would take them home and keep them in a jar but didnt know how to keep them so they died and the water got smelly quick. I lived on 49th st against the train tracks. Where the 91 and the 710 intersected. My house was built at the same time as the school. if we've collected "Sales Lead Information" for a given company, it will be displayed on the
I think I might have applied for a job there, but never followed through with it. I loved Andersons market! Googled it and got all of these beautiful memories. . They made great poorboy sandwiches. Yes I was trying to remember the name of the roller arena I used to skate there too Welches was this big green cylindrical building in Long Beach I thought it was on Atlantic and Del Amo but Im not sure since it was about 35-40 yrs ago when I worked there our favorite pizza place were Men Eds, Shakeys, Fio Ritos. YOu might have sold some 45s to me! He lived on Sunset and Elm. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Later a survey revealed the boundary line was actually 1 away. I will try to find photos of Shady Acres it was a really fun minigolf park! before K-Mart went in. My dad has a Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and accessories. Once my brother went wading in the pond and cut his foot pretty badly on some broken glass; ruined our afternoon picnic, stupid brother. Dooleys was one of my favorite places to go as a child I dont know of any place that compares today. At least he tried. Good post kathy lowery. Who is your brother? yea mrs. Anderson was a peach of a lady my mom had a weekly credit with her she would send me to buy bread and lunch meat and peeny candy for me.and each friday i would go pay her she had a little book with how much we owed (thoose days are gone) we spent a lot of time on the railroad bridge and tracks sliding down on cardboard. Too bad since the area when I grew up seemed to be reasonably safe considering the size of the city. and arbor st. I used to wade into it, starting at the top of the hill where the little brook would flow down into it; cut my foot once from toe to heel when I came out of it, and I didnt even feel it. Still have the trinket box. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). Love, Rebecca, Dooleys Dooleys hardware store theres more theres at Dooleys Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. I saw Raging Bull and Looking for Mr. Goodbar there, and it may even have been on the same night! Hi Veronica I remember you. 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. I went to Sutter, then Hughes. She was pretty . Years later I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! Well today, April 15, 2012 I celebrate 30 years sobriety and who knows what would have happened had I never found my way to Dooleys where I got a chance to start over. I went to sutter K- 5th grade, then we moved to San Diego. Contact Us. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. One of my neighbors was killed while she was babysitting her granddaughter and a bullet came through the window during a drive-by and killed her as she sat in her rocking chair. Dooleys had cheap hotdogs and it was a great place to go. I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. I too was born and raised in North Long Beach, I graduated from Jordan in 74. Anyway, lots of love to you all. Anyway, it was another Friday night family dinner place for us. i worked in the record dept. The projects are funded separately from the school district's operating budget. I remember a kid in the mid 80s, who worked at dooleys, who used to skateboard the parking lot. It is a shame we can never go home. One of the best days was Sunday, when they served lunch in the kitchen upstairs. There was a Taco Bell in that area. Any other Doolyites out there? Two more memories Marris Pizza on Long Beach Boulevard, and the Roller Arena on Alondra. Miss it sometimes being close to the water. Firefighters examine damaged storage area following nighttime fire at Dooley's Hardware Store. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include. 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. I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). (LogOut/ 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. P.S. We knew that place is the Riverbed. Things are always more clear when you look in the past. L.B. I do believe that since Ive read of so many of the changes made in the area. Lived on Eleanor near Orange Ave and then Orange Ave and 65th. I liked that store and miss it. App. I lived in N LB from 1985-1990. This orginally aired on KTTV 11 in 1981. He worked in the snack bar! You cant . My sister was very mad especially after I made the burn thumb to her. I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. My name is Jan Mooney but you would have know me by Jan Horton. use to camp there on weekends when i was a boy scout. Great spaghetti and pizza, and we could never get out of there without writing our name on the walls, like everyone else. there is a great discussion group on facebook called born and raised in long beach it has about 3000 members and they all grew up in long beach and share stories. i lived on Market st next door to Lindbergh Jr Hi. George Land, Camp Meeker, CA. to go to at the time. Very cool so you lived on the edge of North Long Beach; a couple of friends of mine lived around that area as well. If the distributor for Oster Appliances hadnt brought up the Dooleys Name, Id have had no reason to check it out. Wow. Going down suicide hill at Scherer park. I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. Went to Grant, Hamilton and Jordan. Date Created and/or Issued. Dooley's Hardware Mart filed as an Articles of Incorporation in the State of California and is no longer active. I dont remember the museum, but Im sure I must have gone through it thanks! 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. Collection. anyone remember the seafood grotto restaurant in the 50s on ocean blvd? Company Profile, Contact information, Current and former Employee directory, Corporate history, state/tax IDs. Sign above shop charred and twisted from smoke. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. 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? Would love to hear and share memories. Loved our time there. Im not sure if Tony Alva ever skated there but I think he did at least show up a few times. Jan Horton. Miss SoCal so much. Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. That place was an interesting conceptual store. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. Went there with my folks every chance we got. across from the school was the Hi Lo soda shop ran by Bob & Francis from the early fifties to late 80s. . She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. in 1969. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. . Sure wish someone would find a picture of it. 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 was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. I remember Welchs! Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. *Orders placed within 3 hours of store closing (, Store Location: 1541 W Pacific Coast Hwy |, in the footer area, opens in a new window. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. Dooley's asserts that under the Evidence Code it is a Morgan presumption affecting the burden of proof. As a kid I lived on Virginia Ave (72 83), one block behind Dooleys and two blocks from Sutter Elementary. It was on Atlantic a half a block from Jordan. I am born and raised here too, so love hearing your memories of the town we both grew up in. Dooley had built a concrete block wall on what he thought was or was close to the property boundary with Trigg. You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. and Nautigals Subs. For about the same amount of years. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. Those were wonderful times. & Compton, damage from the 1933 earthquake, : Oil truck fire, Willow and Long Beach Blvd, : Market on fire, Artesia and Long Beach Blvd, : Intersection of Wardlow and Long Beach Blvd. Search this record. I didnt care to eat a hot dog for a very long time . shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. 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 My Dad would sometimes take us to Dooleys for hot dogs too. As I grow older, Im so thankful for those experiences, because they give me an appreciation for small, sweet events, like piling into the carall six of us kidswith my Mom and Dad, to be treated to a hot dog at Dooleys. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. Made it over to the main store quite often to either pick up a floor model, or bring them an appliance from warehouse stock. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. . We were like 6-8 years old and we used to spy on him through the holes in the wood fence. Whether you're a pro or taking on a DIY home improvement project for the first time, we're right here in your neighborhood with the expert advice, tools, equipment and the products you need to get the job done. I lived in Long Beach from 66 to 76. Nice to know other remember. Went to John A Sutter elementary. Personally, I havent been back in the Long Beach area since 2001. You guys should check out Born and Raised in Long Beach. Large cement water way (they raced cars in them in the movie GREASE). We were probably at Dooleys at the same time, picking out trees! Date 1958-11-26. was in the same building upstairs. also, love the popcorn machine. I never played Golf there, but I would always play the video games they had in the arcade. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. Also remember the gas wars on LB Blvd and Del Amo Blvd (I lived a block away from the intersection) I wrote a bit about the drive-ins, I think I called it Halloween at the drive-in. There are some old photos that I found and posted as well. if we stayed in the area. you always had a parking spot right where you wanted to go. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. Merchandise burned and buried beneath heaps of burnt wood and twisted metal. 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. Please, no worries whatsoever. I miss Dooleys too. Dehls. I went to Jane Addames sutters in the gutter. Hardware Mart Dooleys. Anybody remember what those statues were? Awesome to know you have fond memories too! You can find me on face book. Uploaded by request and to bring some nostalgia to any Long Beach/L.A., CA residents who grew up in the late 70s-early 80s like myself. Then just passed that was a Levi store on the right. we would start on the 3rd hole so we wouldnt be seen. Im 54 years old now and they will never be a time like that again. 5045 Long Bch Blvd, Long . Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. Unlike my mom and sisters who would rather hit the Sears Roebuck on the other end of Long Beach Blvd, Id rather hang out at the hardware store. What a lovely comment how nice that you are going on a road trip! So many people, including myself, have fond memories of the store; it was a unique place to go to shop, and eat (hotdogs!) Do you recall a store at Atlantic and Olive (now Alondra) called The Try-it Store? I believe that pond was built with concrete and bowl shaped that made it a dangerous treacherous pond when algae slime would build up in it and if you even stepped out in it for example to net some pollywogs with a (coat hanger/ nylon stocking net your mom made) you could easily slide down in and have a very hard time getting outI dont know if that was the case with the woman you speak ofOne time I saw a child start sliding in then her brother came to give her a hand and he started sliding in, then mom and before you knew it they looked like a paper doll cut- out. Im sure I must have. Forgot to mention: I worked for the fine folks at Dooleys for 11 years. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember my mom dropping me off in a long Cadillac that had fins on the back. . By the parking for teachers that was chained off. Great poor boy sandwiches and Pizzas. Jordan c/o 83. I used to eat 6-10 hot dogs a day and pick up a $1.99 monural record every week after pay day. Show more Show more 11 years ago. I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Used to go to Dels Liqour store and get my hair cut in the same plaza. from 60 to 73. Thanks for the write up. Douglas burgers, Marris pizza. And how could you ever forget Dooleys. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. Deep fried halibut , it seems like dream it was sooo good . I loved Jordan High and I had friends that went to Star King. went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. We were cashiers in paint building also. Steve Hampton from down the street worked in the toy dept. wow i bet some of us knew each other. We need it really bad now. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. Just curious, were the owners irish? So many memories from my childhood over in that area. I used to play video games at Redd Foxx Lanes. Are there still any places like this these days? Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. They had the perfect snap, The hot dogs were the best . Does anyone remember The Prince of Wales restaurant ? My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County . Thank you for sharing, also. Current Address: QJDV Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA. got where i could win quite a few games with one dime. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. 2d 337. The fellow in charge at the store wharehouse (Sarge) was a real hoot. I grew up off of L.B. I grew up in North Long Beach, living in a little house ($13,000.00 for a two-bedroom house in the 60s) on Del Amo Boulevard, between Long Beach Boulevard and Atlantic Boulevard. man i miss those days..and last year coming from work in torrance i got off for the first time to drive by Jordan high, i thought i was looking at a prison yard a fence so high bars on windows in my days 73-75 it was open just walk in..wow that area has changed from the good old days of our times..and most dont remember this but there was a swimming pool we called scout pool it was at a boys scout area about 2 miles from dooleys would pay 50 cents to swim all day there..glad to see some of the old kids are still around and going and remember thoses days and lets not forget the pike in long beach.have a nice day < <, scherer park? All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. and Long Beach Blvd, https://libguides.csudh.edu/archives-home. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. It really makes me feel good. See our terms of use for more tips. I lived a block away from Scherer Park, and would go all the time. 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! Why were they so good? We used to shop at Dooleys. contributor's website. Also I remember Shady Acres miniature golf which no place could compare with in my book. across from the Blue Chip Stamp redeemable store. Romas Italian deli on Atlantic was a place my whole family enjoyed. LOL! 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. If you are in need of enterprise level search, please consider signing up for a Bizapedia Pro Search account as described on this page. Reporter: Emery to RW Assignment:. Shady Acres skate park. 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. 63-65. it was 2 blocks north of atlantic theater, Hi everybody, I grew up on zane street. contributor's website. I remember getting a glazed do-nut for seven cents and sharing it with my cat (she must have liked the yeast). Good times. I graduated from Jordan in 1974, I remember my girlfriend and I going to the football games and the Panthers rarely won. 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