The "Supermarket!" In our neighborhood it was on Hamilton Avenue between South Olden and South Logan Avenue. Red Circle, Bokar and 8 O'Clock coffee was ground while we waited. Let's see, there was "Sylvan Seal" milk, Jane Parker baked goods....and uhhh, any others I forgot? Oh, by the way, this one is a closeup view of the Prospect Street A&P.
Don't forget Ann Page and Snow Crop Frozen Condensed Orange Juice. I was delighted when my three year old tongue would freeze to the metal end cap of the container. We pried it off with a bottlle opener and squeezed the lum into a pitcher. The coffees you mentioned were ground fresh, but it was a lonng time since they had been roasted.
Our A&P was on BEatty and Adeline St., just a short walk from home. I amused myself by pounding on he cardboard endcap of a Quaker Oats container past the Wineberg's and the Winowicz Funeral Home. YEs, all us kids used pencils for drumsticks.
Tom: Our A&P was on Hermitage Avenue in West Trenton. My mother and I would lug the groceries home three blocks. Or I would ride my bike there when she needed a few items that fit in my little wicker basket. Great times. Regards
Tom: Back in the 30's, I delivered groceries to the neighborhood ladies for our local "Little" A&P neighborhood store on So. Warren St. a few doors from my street; Fall St. Tom Bland was the manager. This was before the Supermarkets like the one here, and at Adeline & Beatty. The mention of Bokar, Red Circle, and Eight o clock, reminds me how the young girls of that period would curl their hair with the stiff ties for the coffee bags. What a sight!!!
Tommy Our A&P was on south Broad street across Holy Angles church around the corner of our house on Genesee street. Nice place to shop and buy tasty cakes. Lee
There was an A&P on the corner of Broad and Park in Hamilton. I remember walking home from Rowan School with my mom and have to wait inside the store during an air raid drill - the scary siren going off.
The A&P we used was on Hamilton down from St Francis. We were in there often as my family supplied the restaurant we had right from the A&P. No deliveries from gigantic suppliers. Fresh meat from the butcher, bread from the bakery next door, etc.
A common meme in your blog is how folks have changed over the years. Example: the woman leaving the market has a lovely dress, is wearing heels and a hat. You won't see **that** at Walmart these days.
In all fairness, we have a nearby market where most folks do appear well-dressed (for our times), and it sells rather wonderful foods for a bit of a premium.
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Don't forget Ann Page and Snow Crop Frozen Condensed Orange Juice. I was delighted when my three year old tongue would freeze to the metal end cap of the container. We pried it off with a bottlle opener and squeezed the lum into a pitcher.
The coffees you mentioned were ground fresh, but it was a lonng time since they had been roasted.
Our A&P was on BEatty and Adeline St., just a short walk from home. I amused myself by pounding on he cardboard endcap of a Quaker Oats container past the Wineberg's and the Winowicz Funeral Home. YEs, all us kids used pencils for drumsticks.
Tom: Our A&P was on Hermitage Avenue in West Trenton. My mother and I would lug the groceries home three blocks. Or I would ride my bike there when she needed a few items that fit in my little wicker basket. Great times. Regards
Tom:
Back in the 30's, I delivered groceries to the neighborhood ladies for our local "Little" A&P neighborhood store on So. Warren St. a few doors from my street; Fall St.
Tom Bland was the manager. This was before the Supermarkets like the one here, and at Adeline & Beatty.
The mention of Bokar, Red Circle, and Eight o clock, reminds me how the young girls of that period would curl their hair with the stiff ties for the coffee bags.
What a sight!!!
Mike Kuzma
Tommy
Our A&P was on south Broad street
across Holy Angles church around the corner of our house on Genesee street. Nice place to shop and buy tasty cakes.
Lee
There was an A&P in Mercerville, at the five points, next to the firehouse. Steinert's gas station was across the street.
Candy Frenking Jens
I remember something like this opening on Chambers St around Cedar Lane.
There was an A&P on the corner of Broad and Park in Hamilton. I remember walking home from Rowan School with my mom and have to wait inside the store during an air raid drill - the scary siren going off.
The A&P we used was on Hamilton down from St Francis. We were in there often as my family supplied the restaurant we had right from the A&P. No deliveries from gigantic suppliers. Fresh meat from the butcher, bread from the bakery next door, etc.
A common meme in your blog is how folks have changed over the years. Example: the woman leaving the market has a lovely dress, is wearing heels and a hat. You won't see **that** at Walmart these days.
In all fairness, we have a nearby market where most folks do appear well-dressed (for our times), and it sells rather wonderful foods for a bit of a premium.
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