I remember old lady grider behind the window cashing my dads checks and the son standing outside greeting all the customers....my cousin worked there loading groceries into cars and he had to wear a white shirt and tie......WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CLASSY!!
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The old man that cleaned the parking lot was a young guy when I started there. We opened that store in August of '64.......I remember working the sidewalk all night sale when I bought my '63 Impala. I couldn't believe I was having to work and the blue beast was setting in the far parking lot all alone...I remember Mr. Grider...Grider's is now a Buy for Less...Hey, stay with me on this stuff I'm having fun tonight getting rid of a Kidney stone...yee-haw.....

drink a bunch of beer it will pass!

drink a bunch of beer it will pass!

Got back out of bed......Already too many beers and a Loratab.....No good, this is now becoming a pain in the Back for me. I can't lay down hurts too much can't walk hurts too much and can't take a stiff drink because of the medication.....this should be 129 for me....I absolutely will NOT let this get the best of me but, no more coffee, chocolate, or Coca-Coal for this "Fat Boy"...
Man, that is too far off from the topic of this thread. except that sometimes TG&Y would be a pain in the back side when new executives would show and try to fix the unbroken wheel....

Got back out of bed... Already too many beers and a Loratab... No good, this
is now becoming a pain in the Back for me. I can't lay down hurts too much
can't walk hurts too much and can't take a stiff drink because of the
medication... this should be 129 for me... I absolutely will NOT let this get
the best of me but, no more coffee, chocolate, or Coca-Coal for this "Fat
Boy" ...

Man, that is too far off from the topic of this thread. except that sometimes
TG&Y would be a pain in the back side when new executives would show and
try to fix the unbroken wheel...

Good grief! You must be in a meck of a hess.

Just about this time of the year we would have the Yo-Yo Champ come by and help kick off spring toys...Hula Hoops, B-B guns, Dolls and of course the Yo-Yo....One of the guys we had one time was showing off to the little girls and was to throw the yo-yo in the air and catch it in his pocket. But, being the showman he was he threw it in the year...Smiled and then looked (mouth open) just as the yo-yo hit him in the teeth.....Dentist tried to straighten things out but he had to go....

Just about this time of the year we would have the Yo-Yo Champ come by
and help kick off spring toys...

Would he have been the Duncan Yo Yo Champ?

I found an old brown TG&Y sack in a box going through the garage today. I thought of this thread.

Anybody remember Mike Henry? He was my store manager in about '75 when I worked at the TG&Y on North May and Britton Road. I saw him years later, I think at maybe Hobby Lobby?

I found an old brown TG&Y sack in a box going through the garage today. I thought of this thread.

Anybody remember Mike Henry? He was my store manager in about '75 when I worked at the TG&Y on North May and Britton Road. I saw him years later, I think at maybe Hobby Lobby?
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MikeOKC:...........know Mike Henry very well....he is still around and is still with Hobby Lobby. The last time I saw him he was involved with the Hemisphere Stores for Hobby Lobby

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Yep:...but I considered him as the "Duncan Dummy". Gotta go to work....

Hey, Gen 64, are you talking about Bunny Martin? I know he was the Yoyo champion at some point in time. In about 1960 he was the youth director at out church. He came home with us for Sunday dinner one time and he did magic tricks right in front of our faces that I always thought had to be done at a distance so the "trick" could not be seen. He had no props and just used stuf we would get him. He was truly amazing at what he did and was a fine influence on kids. I hope it wasn't him who suffered the faux pas you mentioned.

Hey, Gen 64, are you talking about Bunny Martin? I know he was the Yoyo champion at some point in time. In about 1960 he was the youth director at out church. He came home with us for Sunday dinner one time and he did magic tricks right in front of our faces that I always thought had to be done at a distance so the "trick" could not be seen. He had no props and just used stuf we would get him. He was truly amazing at what he did and was a fine influence on kids. I hope it wasn't him who suffered the faux pas you mentioned.

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No, this guy was of oriental origin....not buck tooth anymore though...

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Number one selling item (per volume) in the Chain??????what do you think it might be?????Clackers?....winks.....size 34b bra.....Hershey Candy Bar (with nuts)...Doublemint chewing gum....Model car glue?...12 gauge shotgun.....Black shoe polish......Juicy fruit chewing gum......."D" cell batteries????what's your guess......

The number one seller in the candy dept was peanuts at 2 jars for a dollar. I figured up 1 time and if you lined up each case in all warehouses it would end up to 8 miles of cases,

DID anyone ever sell watermelons out front of their store ?

If you look rel close...Most of the old Variety (TG&Y included) had their name put in Mosaic tile coming into the building....This tradition seemed to stop when the stores started hitting suburbia. The TG&Y in Capitol still has the Tile there and the big sign is still on the back of the building......
When I worked at T.G.&Y. warehouse in Lubbock, I wrote corporate and suggested that since we carried " Golden T " products, we should change the red T in T G & Y to a gold t.
Needless to say it would have been too expensive

Sometime in the late 60's...I think the Winter of '68.......My sister-in-law and
a bunch of her friends went to some Church in Del City and got caught up in the big snow storm. My mother-in-law sent us (Father-in-law and I) out looking for them...We intended up staying in the Unit Parts building playing Poker all night. Only to find out that my Sister-in-law and her friends stayed in the TG&Y store at 44th and S.E. Bryant with the store manager....David Green (Hobby Lobby owner) since they were All snowed in......That store is now an Apache Indian Bingo Parlor.

speaking of Sunday and david greens store -- His Mardel stores are not open on Sunday:closed:

speaking of Sunday and david greens store -- His Mardel stores are not open on Sunday:closed:
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What are you doing now my fair weather friend????

The number one seller in the candy dept was peanuts at 2 jars for a dollar. I figured up 1 time and if you lined up each case in all warehouses it would end up to 8 miles of cases,

DID anyone ever sell watermelons out front of their store ?

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Yes, I did and I sat next to you at the corporate office for many years...Doublemint was the Number volume item....YOU showed me how to find out for Hubbell.......PM me if you can.....if not what are you doing Now?.....you'll know by this answer who it is.....

Not sure how to pm but I now work for Michaels Stores co. (19 years)
I live in Grapevine.
Did you also make Picante sauce ? Give me your last initial or a hint I think I know.
What have you been up to ?

Where are all our old friends ?
Don Ward , Bob Brown, charles kersten, tom danaher, gordon corson. bob herriott, etc etc
I am home recovering from a january 03 bicycle accident ( broken clavicle , punctured lung and 3 broken ribs.--- who says bicycles are healthy ? :)

Where are all our old friends ?
Don Ward , Bob Brown, charles kersten, tom danaher, gordon corson. bob herriott, etc etc
I am home recovering from a january 03 bicycle accident ( broken clavicle , punctured lung and 3 broken ribs.--- who says bicycles are healthy ? :)

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Hey, you're too old to be riding a bicycle. Danaher and his wife have both passed away. he worked for me for a while....The last I heard from Ward, he was with Ace....The others....don't know...I've sent you a PM just read and let me know...Generals64 ........... see ya next time.....

Well, it's that time of the year....Easter Baskets, Colored chicks and ducks...and Rabbits galore. the stores should be getting things in order for Easter time. Used to order Lillies by the hundreds and would get mad at myself for forgetting to pull out the little yellow tips inside so they wouldn't turn the leaves black when they touched them.... didn't know that did you??...We would begin taking orders for corsages and planning each stores Easter egg hunt....Did one one time inside the store and hid a $50.00 gift certicate (kids only under 12)...Big mistake...the kids tor the store completely apart looking for that Certificate......Always hid the certificate in the ladies panty aisle...The kids (both genders) were too embarassed to look there....Use to sell or give away 50 pounds of popcorn the Saturday before Easter.....always had the machine going...that aroma would completely entice the people into staying and shopping.....Great time of the year.....Not even Wal-Mart does those kind of promotions anymore....

I have a couple of record albums with T.G.&Y price stickers on them.

I have a couple of record albums with T.G.&Y price stickers on them.
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Back in the early sixties, the salesmen that delivered the records and magazines would most generally give us their "Pulls" I have and had so many records....I think they are still upstairs....Have to look....I remember when i was about ten or eleven years old, during the summer I would help the magazine guy with his Pulls and he would give me what ever I wanted (fronts were gone) and my first inclination was the comic books...had a bunch of them...They were good "trading material" also. Then, I ended up with a bunch of "Girly" magazines .....Man you want to talk about "Trading Material"....you could get all kinds of models and marbles with those magazines.....Hmmm how times have changed...

I have not thought of TG&Y in years.
When i was a mere lad of 5 and up to 10yrs.
My family would go to Woolsworth in Ardmore, we had a saturday meal of hot dogs or a burger there.
Go to TG&Y, got one item for each of us.
Went grocery shopping at Safeway.
Came home, and got as dirty as possiable, so mom can be mom and yell at us.
I sometimes wonder if the kids today the ones who cry, and carry on, if they never been out before and not taught to behave in public.
Of course my maternal granddad and grandmother- knew how to make a switch slice thru air, just enough to get ya attention.lol
Lordy, i feel ancient.

I sometimes wonder if the kids today the ones who cry, and carry on, if they
never been out before and not taught to behave in public.

Of course my maternal granddad and grandmother- knew how to make a
switch slice thru air, just enough to get ya attention.lol Lordy, i feel ancient.


The first real spanking I remember was in a TG&Y. I learned how to behave
in public real fast.

Where exactly was/is the old TG&Y store in Capitol Hill?

There used to be a TG&Y in Yukon my parents would take us too...first time I ever bought a poster ( women in bikini ) was a TG&Y!

I have not thought of TG&Y in years.
When i was a mere lad of 5 and up to 10yrs.
My family would go to Woolsworth in Ardmore, we had a saturday meal of hot dogs or a burger there.
Go to TG&Y, got one item for each of us.
Went grocery shopping at Safeway.
Came home, and got as dirty as possiable, so mom can be mom and yell at us.
I sometimes wonder if the kids today the ones who cry, and carry on, if they never been out before and not taught to behave in public.
Of course my maternal granddad and grandmother- knew how to make a switch slice thru air, just enough to get ya attention.lol
Lordy, i feel ancient.
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I was born and raised in Ardmore....Remember Woolwoth/SH Kress and Duke & Ayers....I helped establish the TG&Y Store in Ardmore, 1967...July and August....Used to be a pretty good store...

Where exactly was/is the old TG&Y store in Capitol Hill?
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Right next to the bank on the South Side of Commerce. The name TG&Y is stillin the tile in the front door area. If you go around to 26th st. the old TG&Y Stores sign is still showing....That was a fun store to work in....

Anyone on this thread remember the TG&Y Store on 29/Agnew????One night the store was broken into and instead of blowing the safe or picking the compination the crooks tied a chain on to and jerked it through the outside wall. You could see where they drug it down Agnew.....Cuts and Scrapes Yee Haw.....Store probably didn't have 400.00 dollars in the safe.....

TG&Y was probably my favorite store growing up. The toy department was pretty awesome, I bought many a Star Wars and GIJoe figure there.

Anyone on this thread remember the TG&Y Store on 29/Agnew????One night the store was broken into and instead of blowing the safe or picking the compination the crooks tied a chain on to and jerked it through the outside wall. You could see where they drug it down Agnew.....Cuts and Scrapes Yee Haw.....Store probably didn't have 400.00 dollars in the safe.....

A faint memory, didn't it close mid 60's or so? maybe replaced
by the one at 29th & kentucky?

Where exactly was/is the old TG&Y store in Capitol Hill?

TG&Y in Capitol Hill was east of the bank and south of the Yale theater. Funny! It was the only business that has burned on Commerce St. for as long as I can remember.

Does anybody know the cross streets it is near? Is the bank a white building.

Does anybody know the cross streets it is near? Is the bank a white building.

Just east of Commerce and Harvey. the coney island is on the south east corner. go east just past the alley. the Yale is on the north side of Commerce. TG&Y stood in what is now a gap between bldgs. CONFUSED???

Just east of Commerce and Harvey. the coney island is on the south east corner. go east just past the alley. the Yale is on the north side of Commerce. TG&Y stood in what is now a gap between bldgs. CONFUSED???
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Love ya PapaOU...But, TG&Y's building is still there.....I think the adddress is 310 West Commerce....But, it is right next door to the Bank. A blood plasma donation place.....the old sign is still on the back of the building....The building that burned was something like a Mode O'day or some kind of ladies shop. As a matter fact, the name TG&Y is done in the entrance tile.....The tile is a Gray and Turquoise/white....

Does anybody know the cross streets it is near? Is the bank a white building.
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Just east of Harvey ....the bank sits on an alley where they had a drive-in window...yes, it's (or was) a white building...TG&Y is right next door to the east...

Anyone on this thread remember the TG&Y Store on 29/Agnew? One night
the store was broken into and instead of blowing the safe or picking the
combination the crooks tied a chain on to and jerked it through the outside
wall. You could see where they drug it down Agnew... Cuts and Scrapes Yee
Haw... Store probably didn't have 400.00 dollars in the safe...

There was only $117.34 in it. I mean that's what I heard! Where was the
store from the corner? NW SW NE SE? How far from the corner? Address?

There was only $117.34 in it. I mean that's what I heard! Where was the
store from the corner? NW SW NE SE? How far from the corner? Address?
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Southeast Corner right next to (east) of Mac's Drug...29th/Agnew.....

Southeast Corner right next to (east) of Mac's Drug... 29th/Agnew...

I don't suppose there are any rusty Renault parts in the alley? Part of a
bumper, rear windshield when the chain broke... so I hear...

I don't suppose there are any rusty Renault parts in the alley? Part of a
bumper, rear windshield when the chain broke... so I hear...
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You would probably have been part of it except you would have been about 7 years old at the time...Maybe a Big Wheel????

You would probably have been part of it except you would have been about 7
years old at the time...Maybe a Big Wheel?

Wow! I didn't know TG&Y had stores in the 20's. This is exciting!

Wow! I didn't know TG&Y had stores in the 20's. This is exciting!
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Serious business now....History time....TG&Y started in 1936 and ended in 1986. Ray Young , Les Gosselin, Mr. Tomlinson...he died in 1938....

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Love ya PapaOU...But, TG&Y's building is still there.....I think the adddress is 310 West Commerce....But, it is right next door to the Bank. A blood plasma donation place.....the old sign is still on the back of the building....The building that burned was something like a Mode O'day or some kind of ladies shop. As a matter fact, the name TG&Y is done in the entrance tile.....The tile is a Gray and Turquoise/white....

I stand corrected. Thanks.

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Gen64 showed me the tile on the sidewalk that said TG&Y! Of course we'd
just eaten 'dogs at Coney Island. We may have been hallucinating. In fact
I know we were. I had this hallucination that this blond cheerleader from
S.E. was cruising Commerce by herself and asked us for directions...

I think I'm going to go eat a few more of those 'dogs :LolLolLol

I stand corrected. Thanks.

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I checked it out and that building was a CR Anthony Store in it's hey day....The one that burned....

Gen64 showed me the tile on the sidewalk that said TG&Y! Of course we'd
just eaten 'dogs at Coney Island. We may have been hallucinating. In fact
I know we were. I had this hallucination that this blond cheerleader from
S.E. was cruising Commerce by herself and asked us for directions...

I think I'm going to go eat a few more of those 'dogs :LolLolLol
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Yeah, the Chick with the Blue 1968 S.E. Corsage still on was completely lost wasn't she????And, true to form a Southeast Girl attempting to "Pick-up" two (notice two) grant boys....Things don't really change on the South side of OKC.....Huh Soonergirl????

Gen/64 are you glad TG&Y is gone? If not, explain yourself and compare it to the low prices we have from Wal Mart and Sam's!! I actually have one main thing against them and that is they have destroyed the "Mom and Pop" stores in your small communities! But then again, I believe that's called "Progress." You have to admit, TG&Y was a weeeee bit on the pricy side, not exactly a "Five and Dime Store" right? Don't be prejudice just because you worked there either! Only Kidding!!

Gen/64 are you glad TG&Y is gone? If not, explain yourself and compare it to the low prices we have from Wal Mart and Sam's!! I actually have one main thing against them and that is they have destroyed the "Mom and Pop" stores in your small communities! But then again, I believe that's called "Progress." You have to admit, TG&Y was a weeeee bit on the pricy side, not exactly a "Five and Dime Store" right? Don't be prejudice just because you worked there either! Only Kidding!!
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You know, Progress was a Beer made on the North side of OKC a long time ago....Yes, I miss TG&Y Variety Stores. Not the dollar type stores as we see today. I hope everyone reading these threads realize that we have had a jabbing war with each other for years...ALL IN JEST HOWEVER....Wal-Mart and Sam's:....Hmmm...Even Sam Walton agreed to the Family Center concept that was perfected by TG&Y....The other large chains started trying to make their on way of doing things and it caused the to go kapoot....Target Howeve attempted (successfully) to have a little beter class of clothing and items but, None of the big boys have yet to maintain the basic Variety Store mix in them. Sam was a Ben Franklin Franchisee and he understood the importance of the Merchandise Mix....Take the food onslaught by Wal-mart...Complete after thought....Their prices are not Really always the cheapest...Crest food beats them by a mile....Convenience and Greed is what they were and are after....Ray Young TG&Y....Specialized in what the people in the neighborhood needed....Not wanted.....He himself told me that we all want things but what did we really need????Do you really need a 60W light bulb for your lamp or do you want a 100W bulb just because it's cheaper????
If TG&Y had stay in the Variety store business they would probably be the largest chain of Stores in America right now. But, the people that let the demise of TG&Y, S.H. Kress, Ben Franklin, McCrory, McClellen & Green,Otasco, Woolworth's and every other True Variety Store is the Customer themselves.....Not being Harsh but, Wal-Mart etc. Tell exactly what we the consumer wants to hear.....Do you remember Agnew Hardware??? Up until the day they closed they had what you need...and at a price you could live with....And last but not least....Quality....I was called in to try and buy the inventory but it was too far intellectually over my head....I knew that a 12 oz....(that's right) was a better seller than a 16 oz. hammer.....But you need a 20 oz hammer to Frame and Lay roofs.....None of the big guys train their employees to be people friendly...don't take me wrong the customer is not always right....Except in their own mind......
Answer your Question...Yes I miss TG&Y as I knew it....Manly the Variety Stores....Most of the people reading these threads remember better times in the small stores...59th/Penn..59th/May..44/Shields...Capitol Hill:..29th/Agnew..29th Kentucky...44th and Walker...Reding...Moore...44th/May...Airline Shopping Center....By the way, there were of 50 stores in Okc at one time.....Come to one of the meetings and I will bore you to death about the long lost Story of TG&Y....Your store...

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You know, Progress was a Beer made on the North side of OKC a long time ago....Yes, I miss TG&Y Variety Stores. Not the dollar type stores as we see today. I hope everyone reading these threads realize that we have had a jabbing war with each other for years...ALL IN JEST HOWEVER....Wal-Mart and Sam's:....Hmmm...Even Sam Walton agreed to the Family Center concept that was perfected by TG&Y....The other large chains started trying to make their on way of doing things and it caused the to go kapoot....Target Howeve attempted (successfully) to have a little beter class of clothing and items but, None of the big boys have yet to maintain the basic Variety Store mix in them. Sam was a Ben Franklin Franchisee and he understood the importance of the Merchandise Mix....Take the food onslaught by Wal-mart...Complete after thought....Their prices are not Really always the cheapest...Crest food beats them by a mile....Convenience and Greed is what they were and are after....Ray Young TG&Y....Specialized in what the people in the neighborhood needed....Not wanted.....He himself told me that we all want things but what did we really need????Do you really need a 60W light bulb for your lamp or do you want a 100W bulb just because it's cheaper????
If TG&Y had stay in the Variety store business they would probably be the largest chain of Stores in America right now. But, the people that let the demise of TG&Y, S.H. Kress, Ben Franklin, McCrory, McClellen & Green,Otasco, Woolworth's and every other True Variety Store is the Customer themselves.....Not being Harsh but, Wal-Mart etc. Tell exactly what we the consumer wants to hear.....Do you remember Agnew Hardware??? Up until the day they closed they had what you need...and at a price you could live with....And last but not least....Quality....I was called in to try and buy the inventory but it was too far intellectually over my head....I knew that a 12 oz....(that's right) was a better seller than a 16 oz. hammer.....But you need a 20 oz hammer to Frame and Lay roofs.....None of the big guys train their employees to be people friendly...don't take me wrong the customer is not always right....Except in their own mind......
Answer your Question...Yes I miss TG&Y as I knew it....Manly the Variety Stores....Most of the people reading these threads remember better times in the small stores...59th/Penn..59th/May..44/Shields...Capitol Hill:..29th/Agnew..29th Kentucky...44th and Walker...Reding...Moore...44th/May...Airline Shopping Center....By the way, there were of 50 stores in Okc at one time.....Come to one of the meetings and I will bore you to death about the long lost Story of TG&Y....Your store...
So from that short little speech I take it that you would have preferred TG&Y to have stayed in business and Wal Mart to have never appeared? I won't voice an opinion on that one way or the other. I will say this though, you would not be where you are today financially if you hadn't went out on your own after the demise of TG&Y. Not to say that it was a good thing or a bad thing, just a fact. You were forced into self employment which you did well at it and still are I'm sure. I'm putting TG&Y to bed, good night and good day TG&Y, and Gen/64 says nite nite also!!!

When you say "Mom and Pop" stores, I think of Brandt's Grocery and West-side Grocery. I had two Mom and Pops within one block of my home. If they didn't have go one extra block to Humpty Dumpty's. Keisperts (spelling?) was 5 blocks! Easy walking distance.
Talk about a locally owned store that took care of their customers, Burger Brothers. Best meat dept in town.

When you say "Mom and Pop" stores, I think of Brandt's Grocery and West-side Grocery. I had two Mom and Pops within one block of my home. If they didn't have go one extra block to Humpty Dumpty's. Keisperts (spelling?) was 5 blocks! Easy walking distance.
Talk about a locally owned store that took care of their customers, Burger Brothers. Best meat dept in town.
Lawrence Grocery, S.E. corner of S.W. 34th and Klein, the living room was a grocery store when I was growing up and living on 34th!! Now that's a "Mom and Pop" store wouldn't you say!! I drove by recently and it's just a house! Sold everything from Milk and soup to ground meat! You notice I did't say beef!! LOL Around the corner at 32nd and McKinley was Walsers Grocery, which has been gone for decades!! I think at one time it became Cinderella Cake Shop!! I must be OLD!!!!!

59th and S. Penn because my friends and I would sit on the magazine rack and read comic books for hours. Every month we would read every comic book on the rack. This went on for two or three years. The store manager only said something to us a couple times about buying the comics.

I don't remember the one at 59th and Penn. When did it go out?

I don't remember the one at 59th and Penn. When did it go out?

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I don't remember the one at 59th and Penn. When did it go out?

If you can't remember the one at 59th and Penn. what makes you think it was ever there???????????????????:bright_id

For some reason the display of the album "Monkey's Headquarters". Sticks in my mind when I think of the Hillcrest Tg&y. 64' I bet you built that display.

For some reason the display of the album "Monkey's Headquarters". Sticks in my mind when I think of the Hillcrest Tg&y. 64' I bet you built that display.

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I rest my case.....TG&Y still lives in the minds of most people that live in Oklahoma Right??????

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I rest my case.....TG&Y still lives in the minds of most people that live in Oklahoma Right??????

Does in mine!! I dated a cashier.............

Does in mine!! I dated a cashier.............
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you know, I dated a girl who became a cheerleader who became a Cashier at TG&Y who became a college student who became my wife and then became a teacher who is still my wife after 43 years...Yee-Haw...TG&Y Still lives....Right?????

Because of this thread I seem to look more at the Dollar Store, Dollar General...........

Compared to TG&Y and S.H. Kress these new savings stores have almost nothing but junk. It goes to show what a throwaway society we have become.

I used to shop at Dollar General on limited occasions. Ladies read no further especially Southside Girl. I don't want to ruin the unstained image you have of me.

After work some of us went to "happy hour" in one bar or restaurant or another. If we decided to go out to some place afterwards in order to keep from going home, I would stop at Dollar General, purchase a $5 pair of jeans and a $3 shirt. In doing this I delayed the hell I was going to catch from my wife...............

At one time I lived a rough life!! Glad that crap was finished years ago.

Because of this thread I seem to look more at the Dollar Store, Dollar General...........

Compared to TG&Y and S.H. Kress these new savings stores have almost nothing but junk. It goes to show what a throwaway society we have become.

I used to shop at Dollar General on limited occasions. Ladies read no further especially Southside Girl. I don't want to ruin the unstained image you have of me.

After work some of us went to "happy hour" in one bar or restaurant or another. If we decided to go out to some place afterwards in order to keep from going home, I would stop at Dollar General, purchase a $5 pair of jeans and a $3 shirt. In doing this I delayed the hell I was going to catch from my wife...............

At one time I lived a rough life!! Glad that crap was finished years ago.

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About right now, we would be building displays of inflatable rafts, receiving fertilizer and bedding plants...Remember putting B-B's in the Punch-O balls that we sold. good gosh they made a lot of noise and it's a wonder someone didn't get an eye put out when they would burst.....Huh Bulldog?????