RevCo, Famous Fashions, L&S Discount, Wes Freedman, Service Merchandise... (Scranton: theater, live)

[Magritte25]

How about the Jean King on 309 in Wilkes Barre Twp? It was next to the Kmart as far as I remember.

[johnqpublic]

Originally Posted by rickytone

I remember the 50 King Boutique. You had to walk down below the sidewalk to enter. Very exotique with Asian antiques and vintage clothes. It was run by an equally exotic woman named Alma. My friend Tom and I used to ditch classes at Scranton Prep and visit in the 60's . She even burned incense and sold the round rimless glasses that John Lennon wore. We would buy incense and then go have lunch at the Charl-Mont @ the Globe department store!

Great memories. !!! How bout Mostly Books?? AKA Scratches Head Shop??

[Wells5]

The Castle Restaurant (Scranton); Marin's Restaurant, Fanny's Diner, The Sunset Diner, The Piedmont Tavern, The Continental Restaurant, Lakeway Hotel (all in Luzerne); The Embassy, Hart and Spa Restaurants (Wilkes-Barre); The Top Hat Diner, The Red Rooster Diner, McClean's (all in Kingston), The Forty-Fort Theater; Stull Brothers, City Chevrolet, Superior Motors, Harris Hardware (Kingston); Barry Motors, Roscoe Miller Cadillac (Wilkes-Barre); Hotel Hart, Durkee Hotel (Wilkes-Barre); Hotel Casey (Scranton); Comerford Theaters (WB & Scranton); The State Theater w/vaudeville (WB); The Bennett Building, The Central Building, Schooley Apartment Building (WB); The Public House at the Hotel Magee (Bloomsburg). Memory is where these places exist but only temporarily.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

I know I'm young but I remember:

Zayre's
Rea and Derrick
Fay's Drugs
Sugarman's
Stroud's
Hills
Old River Road Bakery
The old Acme on Academy St. WB

Hills doesn't really belong in that list at least in the Wyoming Valley, I think they came in mid 80's in Edwardsville but that is a guess.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Wells5

The Forty-Fort Theater;

I was only there once, my father wasn't much for taking us to movies but I vividly remember that one. It was last week for ET, probably half price. It was snowing like a motherfudger and we were the only ones in the theater.

First movie I ever saw in a theater that I remember was Rocky at the American Theater in Pittston. I also remember seeing a magic show there, proabaly not a whole lot of people out there have been to the American Theater when it was still operating as a theater. If I recall by the early 80's it was closed.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by tammydb

grablicks,

Getting rid of that place was a crime, if it were still open today they could make mint. You can't recreate the atmosphere of that place unless you wanted to spend 6 gazillion dollars.

[johnqpublic]

ok, Scranton... Jeans and Dreams.. Huds Hut...Stanges Market.. Louden Hill Dairy... Burshells Dairy... Kostyks... Tandy Leather... S& H Green Stamps.. Ramas Grocery...Marias Pizza, Pettnatos Pizza... Maronis Pizza..Kellys Drugstore.. Billus grocery/ butcher shop....Kellys Drugstore, Brunos Restaurant...Angie The Barber...

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by johnqpublic

ok, Scranton... Louden Hill Dairy...

That was more than Scranton. I think that was like precursor to the convenient store, If I recall correctly the old Turkey Hill in Plymouth was a Louden Hill.

[weluvpa]

Prepped Out in Greenridge corners..

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Hills doesn't really belong in that list at least in the Wyoming Valley, I think they came in mid 80's in Edwardsville but that is a guess.

There was a Hills in Wilkes-Barre Twp. too. That's a store from my childhood that I remember so that's why I included it.