I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. I worked all over the store and had so much fun. Thanks! michaelpoulin@dyingindowney.com Charles Hathaway faved this impact1911 14y Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. 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. I mentioned I had room for a banana split, and she let me have one! i saw you mention the boy scout park. So many people come to mind. It was one of a kind. Saw Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at one of them (cant remember which) with my folks. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more at Dooleys. i found this looking for pictures of Scheer Park from the 60s when it had the water falls. Steve. those dolls were mrs dooleys doll collection. Does anyone remember the Worn Out West? All before sexual harassment came along. The March 2 ballot measure, also supported by the Teachers Association of Long Beach, would provide roughly $20 million for a new elementary school at the site of the former Dooley's hardware store near Del Amo and Long Beach boulevards. 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. Hi Kathy, hope youre still out there. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. Good times. where you would sit in a spaceship box with a prong on the end and move it up and down and sideways and try to light up all the cities on the map with the prong before time ran out. you always had a parking spot right where you wanted to go. Their Suggestion was to Contact Dooleys Hardware in Long Beach. Still have the trinket box. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. We recommend you include the following information in your citation. I am happy for all of you. I have a very special/unique experience, not only with Shady Acres, but with all of Long Beach. wow i bet some of us knew each other. Sooo, unladylike. We have many fond memories of Dooleys and I remember the lumberjack too! I went to Scherer Park after I went to Dooleys one time and I remember a little brook area and little bridges and there were brush trails that people made leading to little hideouts and stuff. He wasnt any good . company profile page along with the rest of the general data. I grew up in Bellflower/Lakewood/Long Beach and we would go to Dooleys frequently when we were young. LOL! I loved the 25 cent hotdodgs at Dooleys. Look for pictures of Badlands skatepark. I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Calisphere California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Image / Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Im in the beginning process of writing a screenplay about growing up in Compton as a white kid, as well as living there well into my adult years (cant give too much away) and Im seeking personal testimonies about white folks living in north Long Beach (Compton and surrounding areas of course), however, for now anyway, all I can offer is to buy breakfast, or lunch for anyone who is interested in allowing me to interview them. His real name was Forrest. Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. While logged in and authenticated, you will not be asked to solve any complicated Recaptcha V2 challenges. i grew up in north long beach..my mom was the telephone operator at dooleys in the 70syeah those 10cent hot dogs are what i blame for making me fatheheh, long beach jordan 1971 Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection. the folks there were so nice. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. Jordan class of 83. I went to sutter K- 5th grade, then we moved to San Diego. Romas Italian deli on Atlantic was a place my whole family enjoyed. Funny you mentioned your birthday party at Shady Acres. City Council? They had a neat little museum. I cant find you. and Long Beach Blvd, https://libguides.csudh.edu/archives-home. across from the Blue Chip Stamp redeemable store. After my moms funeral at Sunnyside Memorial Cemetery, I really have no reason to be there. After finishing the sundae my Mom asked if I was satisfied? Douglas Burger was a huge fave of mine, also , would you believe I was thinking about Dooleys this morning and looked it up on Google. I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. Great chili dogs. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. And once in a while wed put on our Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes and our best manners to go to Cliftons. George Land, Camp Meeker, CA. Please, no worries whatsoever. The Long Beach Drive-In was at the 710 and 405 Freeways, I think. I cant remember what exactly these were named/called. I will try to find photos of Shady Acres it was a really fun minigolf park! Used the internet to contact the Distributor. Identifier: 3455_1: Title: . I also remember a trailer park across from Shady Acres. man i miss those days..and last year coming from work in torrance i got off for the first time to drive by Jordan high, i thought i was looking at a prison yard a fence so high bars on windows in my days 73-75 it was open just walk in..wow that area has changed from the good old days of our times..and most dont remember this but there was a swimming pool we called scout pool it was at a boys scout area about 2 miles from dooleys would pay 50 cents to swim all day there..glad to see some of the old kids are still around and going and remember thoses days and lets not forget the pike in long beach.have a nice day < <, scherer park? Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. but dad hoisted them in. He and his sister Shirley pretty much ran it during the time I worked there. - Store information for your local hardware store in Long Beach, CA. My brother and I loved the Jell-O cubes in the parfait glasses with the dollop of whip cream; under the lights of the buffet line the cubes looked like shimmering jewels. The short guy in the garden shop. 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. Good post kathy lowery. Your entire office will be able to use your search subscription. blvd and Mt View. Born and raised in long beach. i grew up in north long beach, graduated jordan 1967 and remember all those great places. Was it the Long Beach Drive-In? I grew up in Compton. He seemed to know many employees. My parents bought all the furniture from Howards , I got my first motorcycle from Long Beach Honda . We were cashiers in paint building also. Do you remember other places in and around Long Beach? Ruben was my boss. what memories. I grew up on Arbor st. 1977 to 1983. The sweet little ol lady in the upstairs would sneak me 2 hamburgers with my drink and a slice of that fantastic chocolate cream pie (with the shavings on top). Years later from 60 to 73. My sister is 4 years older than me and one Friday evening when I was about 8, I told my Mom I wasnt too hungry. I had my own daughter in 1982 and thought of so many of my fellow employees as family. My Dad hated to go there because he had to stand in line for a long time. Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. I didnt think anybody remembered like I do. (LogOut/ so good. her collection of dolls & tea cups were exquisite. Awesome to know you have fond memories too! Shady Acres was a blast, and little snackbar type place there to eat. Visited NLB 7-8 yrs ago, grew up there and Paramount, Lakewood, Bellflower. I grew up off of L.B. That stuff like Laff in the Dark and the Voodoo Hut, House of Mirrors, The Rotor , The Scrambler. We should all feel blessed. We lived on Dawson Ave across from the elementary school. Left Jordan in 75. We hit them up at lunch from Jordan when the line was not too long! I believe that pond was built with concrete and bowl shaped that made it a dangerous treacherous pond when algae slime would build up in it and if you even stepped out in it for example to net some pollywogs with a (coat hanger/ nylon stocking net your mom made) you could easily slide down in and have a very hard time getting outI dont know if that was the case with the woman you speak ofOne time I saw a child start sliding in then her brother came to give her a hand and he started sliding in, then mom and before you knew it they looked like a paper doll cut- out. That was in Nov. 1987. Whenever she said she had to go to the hardware store, Id pretty much attach myself to her leg insisting she take me with her. Who is your brother? We went to Shady Acres frequently and also went to the horse stables to rent horses for riding for an hour, someone mentioned the name earlier but I forget.One of the things I miss from those days is the drive-in theatersLakewood,Circle,Los Altos,and I think there was one other we used to go to. RE: Calisphere: Request high-resolution copy of item for Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Are there still any places like this these days? Past Addresses: See available information. I worked at Dooleys (Door 4) from 1979-1981 then again from 1983-1984. 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, . was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? And looking back those were the best days of my life. I went to Sutter and graduated 6th grade in 1962; lived on Pacific Ave. maybe a block from the school. There is now a facebook page Born and Raised in Long Beach where people talk about things like this, what movie theaters you went to, which library, with much reminiscing. Reporter: Emery to RW Assignment:. the street was just south of the railroad tracks that were on long beach blvd. Besides playing catch in the driveway (or Poison, which was a game where our friend Kathy would be a baserunner, and my brother and I would try to tag her out when she would run from one base to the other), and trying not to get hit by a car if the ball went into the street, one of our main sources of entertainment was to go down the street to Dooleys Hardware, where the giant lumberjack stood,overlooking Long Beach Boulevard. That skatepark was called Badlands. Wednesday, April 10, 1957 Wad April 10 1957 DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART 5075 LONG BEACH BLVD NORTH LONG BEACH OUTDOOR LIVING and GARDENING DOOLEY'S BIG ONCE-A-YEAR EVENT! in 68. This is awesome. If you ever see it, the fellow in the cowboy hat is Richard Dooley, Charles (founder) son. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. S. Jeffery Hardware Store, Chico, Calif : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware with people, Main Street They were unbelievably affordable, which was a real consideration for my parents. I am born and raised here too, so love hearing your memories of the town we both grew up in. Use to get our Christmas tree there every year as well! remember at the 18th hole, windmill the ball would return to the office after you hit it through the windmill. 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. Firefighter sprays hose around scorched remains of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. Hot dogs at Dooleys I went to Hughes Junior High, and walked home through Scherer Park every day. Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. North long beach was so fun in the late 60s and thru the 70s Red Fox lanes, Shady Acres, Town and Crest theatres , play in the jungle at Scherer park , houghton park , bixby knolls center ,lbt no 7 bus the streaker, went downtown on the 7 fwy before it was 710 , get to the pike and beach fast ,jump on long beach blvd inbetween del amo and market where the bus turned r to Dairy st turned l went to south st turned r to the cerritos mall then turn around back downtown.i lived at 146 e 55th st what great fun and memories, We would eat dime hotdogs and look at all the stamps on the walls then go play in the store get chased out one in another run upstairs dive in the bean bag pile and hide, my grandmother would cash her retirement check, buy grocerys.buy me a toy we walk a block to her single apartment there was a pensoil gas pump in her parking lot the next store was an antique store with a life size wood indian statue in front next door was douglas burgers, yes i work there 1979 i know all the news everyone talking about good old days. I delivered appliances for them. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. You guys should check out Born and Raised in Long Beach. My name is Jan Mooney but you would have know me by Jan Horton. ADDITIONAL LINKS I have the best memories of dooleys and that house as we spent all of the 80s there and part of the 90s. I dont have a lot of memories of Dooleys, but I am sure enjoying all of yours! and of coarse Red Fox Bowling alley across the street. Fire gutted garden shop area of store. I lived on del amo also about two blocks before you got to the train bridge.does anyone remember the little market in the neighborhodd called anderson market they had peeny candy and old lady and her husband they had a meat counter in the back of the store to slice meat for you..i went to sutter elm school form from about 1966 then to lindbergh jr high then grad.from Jordan high in 1975 use to hang aout at Redfox bowling lanes in front of Dooleys..got all my fishing stuff there to fish at scheer park down the street..and the 10cent hot dogs my mom would send me down there on my sting ray baike to buy 10 or 12 for dinner..man that was the days im 54 now and still remember that how about shady acres mini golf who remembers that place? Also remember the gas wars on LB Blvd and Del Amo Blvd (I lived a block away from the intersection) I wrote a bit about the drive-ins, I think I called it Halloween at the drive-in. There are some old photos that I found and posted as well. I went to HS at Millikan. 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. Awesome memories. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. Thank Whether you're a pro or taking on a DIY home improvement project for the first time, we're right here in your neighborhood with the expert advice, tools, equipment and the products you need to get the job done. Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. With the Bizapedia Pro Search service you will get unlimited searches via our various search forms, 1980 1985, Paint Dept., 1986 1991 Garden Dept. My first job was at Wells bed and sofa on L.B. Share Park? We knew that place is the Riverbed. One of the best days was Sunday, when they served lunch in the kitchen upstairs. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. hi to you i work there to you storys are great. Remember Miss Buehl? Anyway I got a few things from old Harry too. Maybe somebody else will find it and read everything. I remember it well. Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code, : Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd, : Retail store fire, 3414 Long Beach Blvd, : Abandoned oil storage : hazard, Long Beach Blvd, : Caf, Long Beach Blvd. 2d 337. Personally, I havent been back in the Long Beach area since 2001. Thank you for taking me back. What street was that on was it in Lakewood or Long Beach? You must remember Norma the manager of your dept. My sister was very mad especially after I made the burn thumb to her. we would start on the 3rd hole so we wouldnt be seen. All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. Its so sad to see that my old house is gone, and dooleys, but Douglas is still there and still as delicious as I remember! Get back with me. Richard. Date . And here it is and here you are! App. All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. Such a shame you can never go home again.. Man, miss North Long Beach! I remember going walking and skate boarding with my brother along and down inside of what my mom called the Wash. Large storm drains similar to a levy. After working there 6 months . 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. I loved that place! if we stayed in the area. Nope. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. Now, it's an empty building full of memories as it still stands. Dooley's of Long Beach newspaper ad This place was a huge hardware department store in Long Beach. Dooley's Hardware Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Hello fellow Dooley's Hardware I am looking for anyone that used to work for Dooley's Hardware in Long Beach, California. Firefighters examine damaged storage area following nighttime fire at Dooley's Hardware Store. And the reason that they shut it down was because of a punk rocker that broke his arm in one of the bowls that was not clean enough and it had a pebble in there. 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 a fun place to work and the best thing was I helped in the snack bar area and crammed my face with chili dogs and mac n cheese when I worked there. Hey neighbor, I must have left (working at the Garden Dept.) The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. Later a survey revealed the boundary line was actually 1 away. (LogOut/ In 81 or 82. I hardly spoke to her because I was too scared. Dooleys really did make my life better. . Contact Us. i was always fascinated by the conveyer belt that stock came down from above on. I tell these fast food places to sell chili cheese dogs, you cant find a very good chili dog. i am now 62. i loved that place. I never could ride a skateboard in a park. In addition, all pages on Bizapedia will be Congratulations on your milestone; Dooleys played a huge part in your life, and Im sure that I must have bumped into you at some point. Dooleys has been torn down, and the property is now home to a magnetschool: http://www.lbschools.net/dooley/. I came here out of interest in Dooleys after reading a published California Court of Appeals opinion and ruling in Dooleys Hardware Mart v. Trigg, 03/03/1969, 270 Cal. The playlists were free to take home, so I would have a new one each week, and track my favorite songs to see how popular they were. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. I lived at 111 W. Delamo, Apt 11, in 1969 when my husband was in the Navy. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. The projects are funded separately from the school district's operating budget. I worked there in 1982, I ended up in a rehab in Comptom just north of Dooleys and after 90 days, I took the bus south and got a job in the plumbing dept. Dels Liquors on L.B.Blvd. They made great poorboy sandwiches. My mom Dorothy worked in the Customer Service booth for several years (1975 1985?). does Anyone remember kirks corner? Im not mad about that, he was in the right. Item Description. Been there ever since. It really makes me feel good. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. I havent been out that way in years. Concerts at the Long Beach auditorium? tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. and Lucys for dinner and drinks, with the piano bar. I saw Raging Bull and Looking for Mr. Goodbar there, and it may even have been on the same night! I remember Welchs! All of a sudden something said Dooleys! Somebody else mentioned Scherer Park, I believe this is the correct spelling and it is in Bixby Knolls. Thanks for the write up. Are there really NO photos of it (still, in 2015)? Hardware Mart Dooleys Resides in Long Beach, CA Includes Address (1) See Results Hardware Mart Dooleys Resides in Long Beach, CA Includes Address (1) See Results Statistics for all 7 Hardware Dooleys results: 100% OTHER Our ethnicity data indicates the majority is Other. was just across the isle. My husband and I talk about it sometimes. My husband said that body at the park was a lady that lived next door to him, they called her aunt Dot her husbands name was Brownie, this site has brought back many memories for him. I think I was allowed to go buy them in 1970 they were 89 cents. That place was an interesting conceptual store. Dooley won a Pyrrhic victory in that the boundary was found to not be established at the block wall but Trigg has an easement over her 1 of concrete driveway which was built up to the wall. While I know it was a large facility, it seemed so ginormous to me as a small child. I loved reading these comments. I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART Company Number 0322111 Previous Company Numbers C0322111 Status Suspended Ftb Incorporation Date 8 June 1956 (over 66 years ago) Dissolution Date 2 January 2004 Company Type Stock Corporation - CA - General Jurisdiction California (US) Registered Address 5045 LONG BEACH BLVD LONG BEACH CA 90805 United States Agent Name I remember it fondly. I live in San Luis Obispo now and have not been down that way in over 25 years + . contributor's website. But we have our memories. Phone Number: See available information. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. Dooley's Hardware consisted of three buildings that were spread over three blocks - you could get anything there, from ten-cent hot dogs to eighty-nine cent 45rpm records to a new living room set. Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. Nice to know other remember. Show more Show more 11 years ago. 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! Company Profile, Contact information, Current and former Employee directory, Corporate history, state/tax IDs. She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. 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. Good memories, I found this site many years after you all did. served to you completely ad free and you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even Those walk-ins had character! L.B. I had a step brother that skated there. I would also go every Saturday with my dollarallowance to buy a 45 single, making a carefully considered choice from the 93 KHJ radio playlist each time. I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. It has changed a lot when I was a kid, I used to sit by the pond, and watch boys ride their bikes down the hill and right into it in the summer. We need it really bad now. 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. Wow, what a trip down memory lane! remember the middle building and on the top of it it a atlas of the world and above it was a gallon of sherman paint spilling paint all over the globe and it had floresent lights that glowed at night. . Dooleys Hardware consisted of three buildings that were spread over three blocks you could get anything there, from ten-cent hot dogs to eighty-nine cent 45rpm records to a new living room set. . Del Amo is a six-lane highway, and our house was about thirty feet away from thousands of cars rushing by day and night, either on their way to or from the Long Beach Freeway, which was about a mile away. Hi Veronica I remember you. the romeo family sold it to the paccione family in mid 60s and they dropped the o in the name so it went from romeos to romes. Also loved those burgers, but, it wasnt enough, so I would go the snack bar afterwards and get a couple of hot dogs, served by Roland Meckel. contributor's website. Really good memories. 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. Long Beach 77-83. i worked in the record dept. 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