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EN05 wrote: clifton
the drugstore was dunningtons
cvs bought them out and move to the present location
mars was over were biglots now closed was
and next to dunningtons then cvs then autoplace was a grocery store i believe
or the a and w that was were the mechmeanmys was is now was the town line and now this other bar room establishment
Was it something after Dunningtons? That was not a Pharmacity for awhile, was it? I remember buying my Lemon Up and Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific hair products there. I do remember a grocery store, not the name. I do not remember Mars. Where Big Lots is was a Sears Outlet in the 80s/early 90s.
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Now that sounds familiar. Big G. I never would have remembered that.bc27204 wrote: The grocery store was Big G -- opened in '73. I worked as the receiver in '73 and '74. The chain was primarily in RI & Conn with a couple of Mass stores near the RI border. Brockton was as far north as it went.
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
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I remember those also -- my mother had a set obtained the same way for the same reason. Also remember small aqua cereal bowls growing up. Not sure if they were part of the BPM set or another but I think I still have one or two packed away.
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The aqua bowls may go with the set, but I also have a few that are a heavy, crackable plastic. I hesitate to even call them plastic because it is nothing like what we have today.bc27204 wrote: CH
I remember those also -- my mother had a set obtained the same way for the same reason. Also remember small aqua cereal bowls growing up. Not sure if they were part of the BPM set or another but I think I still have one or two packed away.
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yeah, i remember those days
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Yes! Back in the good ole' days the only thing you could do was write a letter to the editor of the Brockton Enterprise or the head of a company. If you wanted real information, though, the local newspaper was always lagging. It took me about 25 years to hear that, when they upped the drinking age to 21 in the 1970s there was a clause allowing those who already had the privilege to retain it. In my house, the sibling who was 21 lost the ability to drink legally because our parents did not read otherwise in the Brockton Enterprise. To put things in perspective, however, it is easy to tell The Hub brings out the worst in people. I stay away from it. People already jump on me when they hear where I live. I have thick skin.oldskool wrote: remember when facebook didn't exist, and some asshat hadn't created a page called 'the brockton hub' where local buffoons could converge and exercise their right to idiocy that would further make a city look even worse than it probably actually is?
yeah, i remember those days
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oldskool wrote: remember when facebook didn't exist, and some asshat hadn't created a page called 'the brockton hub' where local buffoons could converge and exercise their right to idiocy that would further make a city look even worse than it probably actually is?
yeah, i remember those days
They ought to just rename it "the Brockton Gofundme" page.
You can't fix stupid.
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I wonder if the land was privately owned? Or did the City take it? And what will go there, if anything?
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
Rest in peace
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
Rest in peace
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I remember living on Pleasant Street when it had dirt sidewalks along the North side of the street. Also when Johnny the Ice Cream Man would walk up the center of Pleasant street pushing his Ice Cream cart. Joe the Garbage man had one arm and a cigar and would come by and empty our swill bucket.
Back then you didn't even have to lock your home door when you went out. You could spend the whole day in the downtown movie theaters for only a quarter.
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this, in the midst of reminiscing... 'Back then you didn't even have to lock your home door when you went out'
ever wonder where precisely things took such a turn, and why they continue to get worse?
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to get the license ofr resell firearms you either had to post hours and open then or have by appt
remember when people didnt whine and complain about thigs but ran for office to help further the city along ??
also remember when you lived in glass houses and threw stones eh
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
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and so now i have to run for office, eh? .... i thought voting gave me the right to complain?
and i'll throw stones at whomever i damned well please... and i not only live in a glass house, i drive a glass car, ride a glass motorcycle and wear glass clothes
.... so suck on those apples
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