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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
Yes I do remember club riffs, my best friend in school lived right behind the shopping center that club was in! There was also Dimensions in Commack Mayfair, I loved Commack back then and its still nice just a lot more crowded. Remember Edelmanns they sold hunting equiptment? Route 110 has changed so much also! Remember, Baracini candy and La Casa Dolce both candy stores? Now, even harrows is gone in Centereach, I grew up in Hauppauge, and my children laugh when i told them growing up we either had to go to Elwood or Centereach for McDonalds!!!!!Remember David Browns cookies! I cannot believe how much more simple life was then! When I go upstate it kind of reminds me of what LI was back then!!
Yes I do remember club riffs, my best friend in school lived right behind the shopping center that club was in! There was also Dimensions in Commack Mayfair, I loved Commack back then and its still nice just a lot more crowded. Remember Edelmanns they sold hunting equiptment? Route 110 has changed so much also! Remember, Baracini candy and La Casa Dolce both candy stores? Now, even harrows is gone in Centereach, I grew up in Hauppauge, and my children laugh when i told them growing up we either had to go to Elwood or Centereach for McDonalds!!!!!Remember David Browns cookies! I cannot believe how much more simple life was then! When I go upstate it kind of reminds me of what LI was back then!!
There was a McDonalds on Rt 110 in Melville. I remember when it was such a big deal to go there. Did Mc Donalds give away toys back in the 70s? I don't remember.
That reminds me...kinda off the subject but...remember the great toys we used to get in cereal boxes?
How about getting toys in other places? There was a shoe store in Huntington village that used to give out comic books and balloons. When I was very young, there was a dry cleaners that gave out hand puppets. I had the three stooges!
Does anyone else remember Hempstead (the village) back in the 1950s?
I grew up in East Meadow; my mom never learned to drive, and so we'd often take the bus into Hempstead all during the 1950s. The bus would come into the Hempstead Bus Terminal, then we'd walk to the various stores (Kress, Kresge's, Woolworths, then down to the "big stores" of A&S and Arnold Constable which bordered Garden City). Along the way my mom would stop in at a couple of dress shops where she used to work in the 1940s, before she married my dad. It was a nice village with no "safety issues".
There were several shops right inside the Hempstead Bus Terminal, and when we got there for the ride home I'd always nag unmercifully to go into one in particular which sold birds (canaries and parakeets). I'd literally have to be dragged away from standing there mesmerized listing to the canaries singing! My first canary came from there; I named him Richelieu (because I'd always wanted a Cardinal ).
At some point during the 1960s, Hempstead Village changed for the worse and then just kept going downhill. I honestly don't know what prompted the change -- maybe someone else does?? -- but I do know that I had a job during the early 1970s right across the street from the Hempstead Bus Terminal. Unfortunately the closest place where one could buy coffee and rolls, etc, for coffee-break was located inside the Terminal, which had become such an unsavory and downright dangerous place that our employer did not allow anyone to go there alone to bring back coffee, etc. --- There had to be 2 or more people, and at least one had to be a man. Scary stuff, and very sad for those of us who remember Hempstead when none of those conditions existed.
Hi Overtaxed, I used to attend Queens Beauty institute in Hempstead right in the bus terminal in the 60's . It wasn't too bad back then . I remember a great little donut shop right next to the school , very tiny but great donuts and coffee . I think it was next to a taxi stand. Also I think there was a Mcanns bar on the corner. I wonder if all that is still there.
My wife used to have the Mcdonald action figures, i believe we sold them on Ebay, but yes McDonalds and Burger King would give out toys. And some are worth some nice moola!
Ha Ha the cereal box toys back then were great! I miss the 70's.
And yes i'm now starting to recall a shoe store that did give out balloons and comics.
remember Nescott drug store in Huntington? On Jericho? That closed in the late 70's from what i remember!
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There was a McDonalds on Rt 110 in Melville. I remember when it was such a big deal to go there. Did Mc Donalds give away toys back in the 70s? I don't remember.
That reminds me...kinda off the subject but...remember the great toys we used to get in cereal boxes?
How about getting toys in other places? There was a shoe store in Huntington village that used to give out comic books and balloons. When I was very young, there was a dry cleaners that gave out hand puppets. I had the three stooges!
Holy C**p! Remember those commercials on WBLI from Grumman when they told about the history of Long Island!? How that poped in my head I don't know. Remember when the Long Island Arena had concerts! I miss the flea markets so much! REmember the little fish on the pool commercials Henny Hendon? I am really on the way back machine!
I remember when everyones Dad,Uncle neighbor worked for Grumman and Sperry! I thought my Dad was weird because he did not work for Grumman or Lilco. How about banks, Manufacturers Hanover,Key Bank, Chemical Bank!Long Island Savings Bank!
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