You Know You're From Long Island When... (Harrison, Massapequa: kitchen, studio)

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Originally Posted by OvertaxedOnLI

McCrorys, YES! Thank you, Check!

What an incredible trip down Memory Lane this is turning into... gotta love it!

John's Bargain Stores, now how could I forget that? We practically lived in that place as kids and teens. If the closest "candy store" didn't have the replacement Spaldeen you needed (probably because yours ended up in one of the neighbor's gutters because you were playing tennis in the street with that instead of a "proper" tennis ball), John's Bargain Store was the place you went to.

Speaking of shopping memories, how about S&H Green Stamps, Plaid Stamps and Blue Stamps? And the books we pasted them into (my mother had shoeboxes full of them). Hills' Supermarkets, A&P, and the gas stations were the best sources for the stamps (gas stations... 19 cents a gallon, and wasn't that for high-test?).

Wetson's Hamburgers.. that was the other place I was trying to think of; didn't Big Steer take them over in the late 60s?

Ah yes, EJ Korvettes and Lerner Shops (which is still around, just called LernerNY now). That's one of the places where you could buy your love beads, Nehru jacket, bellbottoms, granny dresses, Huk-a-poo shirts and colored-lens eyeglasses.

momix, the two Ed's Tropical Aquariums I knew of were the one on Hempstead Tpke in Farmingdale, and the one inside Roosevelt Field (was it right outside Gertz - another store from the past! - or outside Penney's?). Guppies... the rabbits of the fish world! I once bought six pair of fancy-tailed guppies at Ed's, with dreams of breeding hundreds. Ended up with 3 guppies and two extremely large and fat angelfish.

what about IGA food stores, uncle Charlies in Smithtown, Fravoli's,
Hilltop diner jericho tpke Smithtown, Glenda Lynns on main st, King george on main st smithtown, david brown hardware, NY ave junior high,Smithtown
general hospital is now demolished

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Originally Posted by momix5

I remember my parents moved to Hickville from Queens in like 1958, and my Mom used to tell me how her and her friend did all there Christmas shopping there and how nice it was. A&S was her favorite. I also remember when we moved to Hauppauge, all the neighbors would talk on and on about shopping in Hempstead Village

wow, you have a great memory, i must be older than you.Did you go to
hauppauge schools or smithtown- My mom loved the A&S in hempstead too.
we went there alot when I was young. What about Orbachs on Hempstead Tpke? So many wonderful memories of growing up on long island- after living there all my life i am now in florida.
oh how I would love to be living on long island again-It is truly a wonderful place to live, raise your family-

[bunster]

Originally Posted by Joe L

..Blackbeard, Speaks, Hammerheads, MFP....played all those. Loon Governor changed the drinking age to 21 killed them all overnight!!

How about Chaucers Ale House, Chesters (great reggae), Gallery Pub, and the only "head shop" around, Different Strokes in the Smithhaven Mall.

[ellasnana]

I remember Aardvark's and the Glass Onion! How about Lums with the hotdogs in the beer batter? Anyone remember Wicker's on Old Country Rd., or the Dublin Pub in New Hyde Park, I think? How about the Village Green's? I grew up on the border of Levittown and Hicksville, used to hang out at the West Village Green, and learned to swim at that pool.

[ellasnana]

Anyone remember:
Jolly Roger's
Lums with the hot dogs in the beer batter
Wickers on Old Country Road
The Dublin Pub in New Hyde Park (I think)
the Village Greens?

[ellasnana]

Originally Posted by Rock0324

anyone remember Aardvark in Levittown, just east of where May's was. Also a bar on Merrick Road in Bellmore The Kobblers Knob or Sargent Peppers Pub?
How about the Glass Onion "head Shop" in Levittown?

I remember Aardvark's and the Glass Onion! How about Lums with the hotdogs in the beer batter? Anyone remember Wicker's on Old Country Rd., or the Dublin Pub in New Hyde Park, I think? How about the Village Green's? I grew up on the border of Levittown and Hicksville, used to hang out at the West Village Green, and learned to swim at that pool.

[Mr.G]

OK, here's one I haven't seen posted yet...

Does anyone remember the mountain with all the monkees living in it? I think it was on Montauk Hwy in Massapequa.

[headendtech]

hi all remember corvettes in lake grove???how about time out in the smithaven mall,also the mall had laffette ,jack lalane,different strokes, and a+s ahh the memories anyoneelese remember them????i seem to remember corvetts had a cafteria in it??

[nancy thereader]

I think that you mean McCrory's. Korvettes was another kind of store (like an old stand-alone Caldor). McCrory's was more like Woolworths and a lot more fun. I miss those old kinds of five and dime stores.
Target is just not the same.

[momix5]

I used to love McCrorys and remember Grants that had a lunch place in it too!I think at one time AandS had a cafeteria also.