Before there was Toys R Us, Walmart, Kmart, there was GOLDBERG'S. How I
loved that old store! Any old timers remember walking on those creaky
wooden floors as you went Christmas shopping with Mom? Remember the
pulley conveyor they used to exchange paper from one department to the
next? Gone are the days! I have written numerous columns over these 32 years recalling Christmas shopping with my mom as a young boy. I was even much like Ralphy in "The Christmas Story," as I lusted for a Red Ryder Beebee gun. Ralphy got one. I didn't. Mom Glover was not a gun lover. I remember I did get a substitute cap gun. It was a Lone ranger white pearl handled six shooter complete with a holster and 4 SILVER bullets on the belt. I was really bad as I loaded it with a roll of caps and my buddy Don Slabicki and I took on the Butch Cavendish gang!
Tommy Remember Goldbergs well .Also,Sears,Montgomery Wards.But favorite place for Christmas shopping was the 5&10. Coming out of the cold and opening the door. First thing that hit you was the smell of those delicious hot dogs at the lunch counter.Had to be satisfied with the one that mom bought.
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Was Goldberg's the store where you could hear a full Assunpink Creek rushing underneath?
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