The list goes on. 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. 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 had to reply as reading about the guy who drove a Helms truck, nearly bought a tear to my eye. Food Giant contends that it is only a Thayer presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence. I was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. It really makes me feel good. right before you started. 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. My house was built at the same time as the school. While I know it was a large facility, it seemed so ginormous to me as a small child. I am amazed with all of the customers of Dooleys and their coments about the hot dogs, christmas tree, etc. 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. i know where your coming from califorinabean, i went to jane addams, lindbergh and then jordan/ class 1967 and to have all those great places to go to growing up was fantastic. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. 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, . with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. (LogOut/ He wasnt any good . Sponsored Learn More D&B Reports Available for Dooley's Hardware Mart Romas Italian deli on Atlantic was a place my whole family enjoyed. 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. That skatepark was called Badlands. I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. Why were they so good? I also have a fond memory of going to Welchs for my thirteenth birthday and feeling very grown-up and special being in such a posh place (linen table cloth and napkins), we didnt have a lot of money so dining out like that was a rare treat. I remember so many people there like Ruben Macli, warehouse manager North building and Bill Starr , and June Ricks and Hal in sreening, but most of I remember meeting my wife there, Vicky Peters in pullman & Bath, she was amazing. On that note I must mention that we had a Shakeys Pizza in town. Hey neighbor, I must have left (working at the Garden Dept.) Nice to know other remember. from 60 to 73. That place was an interesting conceptual store. We're proud to be a member of the True Value family, and we're here to serve our community. also the around the world game. I used to get my baseball cards there, and bring back my soda bottles for ten cents a piece; Shady Acres was a great place for mini golf, I had my sixth grade birthday party there. He worked in the snack bar! hi to you i work there to you storys are great. By the parking for teachers that was chained off. I remember the lumber jack at Doolys and my dad saying lets go to Doolys for whatever item he needed. In later years I was sad to see it leave. She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Awesome fried bean and cheese burritos. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. Great memory! I was very young then, first or second grade. Does anyone remember the Worn Out West? Date 1958-11-26. Yes I can taste Doolys hot dogs now. Loved the summer programs at Sutter, arts and crafts and the traveling softball team that played the other elementary schools. I live in San Luis Obispo now and have not been down that way in over 25 years + . Daisy Ave has a lot of similar homes that were built in a track. remember you didnt need bait, just throw your line in and wait couple seconds and yang it out and you would usually hook a fish. The Big As parking lot was so big that Kmart was built in front of the the Big A store, and there was still ample parking. 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. About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. I think later, corporations caught on to the one stop shopping experience with Gemco, Target, Walmart.. Im sure that was the idea behind Dooleys. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. In addition, all pages on Bizapedia will be Then just passed that was a Levi store on the right. The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. It is a shame we can never go home. Use to get our Christmas tree there every year as well! I remember going to this place twice and learned that they sold other stuff as well as hardware store here. . Its been a LONG time). and Long Beach Blvd, https://libguides.csudh.edu/archives-home. I started as a cashier in the north building (garden, paint, hardware) and ended up in the south building, first in the radio dept, then upstairs in the furniture dept office. Used the internet to contact the Distributor. I lived on 49th st against the train tracks. If you ever see it, the fellow in the cowboy hat is Richard Dooley, Charles (founder) son. reminiscence. I worked in the garden shop, 65-67; my brother, major appliance, 64-66 & my sister, record dept. Sooo, unladylike. I hardly spoke to her because I was too scared. I remember it well. in 68. like an Egyptian Princess . her collection of dolls & tea cups were exquisite. The uptown area was fairly popular during the heydays of such businesses as Lou's Books on Atlantic and, of course, Dooley's Hardware on Long Beach Boulevard, but it was most commonly thought of as a rather drab working-class neighborhood that, while growing in population, hadn't evolved much from its hardscrabble roots. OMG!!! Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. I dont remember the museum, but Im sure I must have gone through it thanks! Look for pictures of Badlands skatepark. on 63-65. Where this was originallylocated they placed a school there and named it Dooley's. They had fiberglass statues there as well. I was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! 1541 W Pacific Coast HwyLong Beach, CA 90810-4227. 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. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. I used to eat 6-10 hot dogs a day and pick up a $1.99 monural record every week after pay day. it was on long beach blvd and market on the south/west corner, across the street from the old band of america, I do remember Kirks Corner! His real name was Forrest. 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. 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. the first multi dept store there was. that was pete stathis-my grandfather. Playing Asteroids at Red Fox Lanes. Does anyone remember Shady Acres Miniature Golf? Never hear that word anymore!) (ah minigolf a skate park? My family lived on Mountain View from 72 till 83. remember kirks corner, went there for years. Lived on Eleanor near Orange Ave and then Orange Ave and 65th. As a kid I lived on Virginia Ave (72 83), one block behind Dooleys and two blocks from Sutter Elementary. I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. and I still dont care if I have another soda. 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. The subs were the best. . My father always took me there in the 60s and early 70s. Man, miss North Long Beach! also, love the popcorn machine. i lived in the trailer park next to taco bell a half block from shady acresi went there every night to play pinball..and friends and i would run around the golf course creating kid havoc and freaking out the golfershaha..the old dude who ran shady acres would run us off. Went to John A Sutter elementary. I think you lived on 51st street when l was a kid. Three buildings, and all heart. there was a boy scout park called will j. reed park that was about 4 or 5 blocks south of del amo and then about 3 blocks west of long beach blvd. in 3 years there we won one football gameit was against number one polydamn were they pissed. Long Beach 77-83. I like the memories,( The way things were). i loved christmas there. I grew up on E. 60th (by Deforrest Park) and my father pretty much lived there. . I lived over by Sutter. Those walk-ins had character! was just across the isle. we would start on the 3rd hole so we wouldnt be seen. the guy was always singing Don Hos Tiny Bubbles no matter when you went. Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. UNLOCK PROFILE. Dooley's of Long Beach newspaper ad This place was a huge hardware department store in Long Beach. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. whew! 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. Take care Jan Mooney now. and arbor st. All Addresses (1) Family. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. From Red Fox Lanes to Shady Acres. We used to buy our Christmas trees in the parking lot of Dooleys every year; my father would tie the tree to the roof of our 66 Impala, and curse for the whole block and a half ride home, while he and my mother would hold the tree down so it wouldnt fly off and cause any major accidents. Dels Liquors on L.B.Blvd. As a kid in Torrance, I was not even sure where this was, just that my father would take me often; but you all have filled out in that image in my mind, Thanx. 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. 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. I lived there around the same time. Clearly many people remember like I do. Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. I must say this was a cool little topic! Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. I bugged out of Compton several years ago due to the takeover of the area by Crips and Bloods. Oh the memories I lived in Lakewood where half my family still lives what a great place to grow up! I. Fridays my family would go to Lakewood Shopping Center and I remember Wallachs Music Store. Blvd. and Roland Meckel also from down the street was the lucky one of us. Now 71 live in montana. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. Its sad to see all these places gone. Later, when the Paccione family purchased it, the name was changed to Romes. Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). 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. Douglas Burger on L.B. He appeared in a few commercials. : poorly located hydrant, : Oil wells, Cameron Pl. Two more memories Marris Pizza on Long Beach Boulevard, and the Roller Arena on Alondra. To protect our site, we cannot process your request right now. And we would do stupid things out in the parking lot on their bicycles and he would come out the door and tell us to leave. We hit them up at lunch from Jordan when the line was not too long! great memories there! What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) He was retired of course. I am glad you brought up the Sizzler, it need to be mentioned. so good. i worked in the record dept. a new school at the former Dooley's Hardware at Long Beach Boulevard and Del Amo Street. Prices are subject to change without notice. I noticed your response is several years old, so I doubt that youll read this comment (I just found this story, thanks to my sister). before K-Mart went in. . I think I try to use face book like a blogI always have too much to say for the little boxand have to edit it down. company profile page along with the rest of the general data. Martins pizza, Douglas burgers, and the chili cheese dogs at Dooleys. Funny, l remember you. That was a lot of fun. Very cool so you lived on the edge of North Long Beach; a couple of friends of mine lived around that area as well. Even though we moved in 1970, Ive been back to see my old elementary school, Star King and the house I lived in on Butler Street. If the distributor for Oster Appliances hadnt brought up the Dooleys Name, Id have had no reason to check it out. on Cherry off Market. What a lovely comment how nice that you are going on a road trip! 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. We went there in the late 50s and even into the 70sI would pay most anything for just one more of their poorboy sandwiches, not like any other Italian sandwich youve ever eatenthe bread was so good, I can still taste exactly what it was like and their meatball sandwiches were amazing too. Crest Theatre comes to mind and there was another theatre nearby, but the name escapes me. Of course, every time we went we had to stop to get a hotdog. Please, no worries whatsoever. We are sorry, but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. Jan Horton. L.B. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. I grew up on Zane st i remember eating chili dogs under the lumberjack when i was a kid i have many fond memories of Dooleys it makes me sad that its gone.I dont live out there anymore so whenever i get a chance to go out there its nice to see Douglas burger is still there down the street. 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! George Land, Camp Meeker, CA. My daughter was born 11-11-69 so that area was significant to me. The Dooley gang was the best. Yes! i was always fascinated by the conveyer belt that stock came down from above on. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. They made great poorboy sandwiches. It really resonated with me. Just tried to replace glass bowls for my Oster Mixer (Stand Mixer) this morning. I never seen anything like it since. The $16 million Lakewood renovation I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. We lived on Dawson Ave across from the elementary school. Jordan class of 83. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. in Michigan I have a great photo of my grandfather in his apron standing behind the counter, Ill post it when I can. Again, thanks for sharing your memory. And here it is and here you are! I worked at Dooleys from 1981-1987. Im not mad about that, he was in the right. Email Address: See available information. Questions Post Question There are no questions yet for this company. Firefighter sprays hose around scorched remains of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. Fun memories for sure! Great place! 5045 Long Bch Blvd, Long . I had a step brother that skated there. Fun stuff. Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. Anyway, lots of love to you all. I grew up off of L.B. Loved Dooleys it was one of a kind. you always had a parking spot right where you wanted to go. You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. 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