her collection of dolls & tea cups were exquisite. Anyway, lots of love to you all. Why were they so good? all the wheels looked like a roller coaster fast ride. Lived on Eleanor near Orange Ave and then Orange Ave and 65th. I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. Harry had a bike shop in his garage and he wouldnt sell his house to Dooley. I grew up in Lakewood, in a little 3 bedroom house. That was the summer and fall of 1967. I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. I tell people that I had a orange tree in my backyard, how I used to run from the helicopters, and ride my motorcycle is in the Los Angeles River. We were both in the 1953 class at Jordan High School. They had a neat little museum. Does anyone remember the Worn Out West? I used to love going there and getting the franks and beans and the what kids wasnt mesmerized by the Lumberjack?! I found the site because I was looking for a picture of old man Dooley. . See Hardware Mart Dooleys's age, phone number, house address, email address, social media accounts, public records, and check for criminal records on Spokeo. I think he used to walk around the store in a brown suit. It has been very nice to reminisce about days past. OMG!!! By the parking for teachers that was chained off. The record dept. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? And how could you ever forget Dooleys. Used the internet to contact the Distributor. Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code,
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. Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. And I remember Dooleys too! She was always getting tools or gardening supplies from there. michaelpoulin@dyingindowney.com Charles Hathaway faved this impact1911 14y Reporter: Emery to RW Assignment:. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. i know where your coming from califorinabean, i went to jane addams, lindbergh and then jordan/ class 1967 and to have all those great places to go to growing up was fantastic. He was retired of course. I lived there around the same time. . You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. You guys should check out Born and Raised in Long Beach. 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 I grew up on Zane st i remember eating chili dogs under the lumberjack when i was a kid i have many fond memories of Dooleys it makes me sad that its gone.I dont live out there anymore so whenever i get a chance to go out there its nice to see Douglas burger is still there down the street. We're proud to be a member of the True Value family, and we're here to serve our community. Dooleys was one of my favorite places to go as a child I dont know of any place that compares today. Get this Press-Telegram page for free from Friday, October 5, 1973 ch Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 ' f Dooley s Hardware Mart 5075 Long Beach Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 RCA Model ES475 The IRVINGTON . My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. 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. 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. shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. I lived over by Sutter. I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/857, Fires; Retail Stores; Fire Fighters; Smoke, Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. It was one of a kind. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. contributor's website. Where this was originallylocated they placed a school there and named it Dooley's. They had fiberglass statues there as well. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. One particular game (might have been against Lakewood, they had a big brass bell theyd ring every time they scored a touchdown, boy we hated that d**n clang-clang) I remember we sat in the rain, our bleachers were nearly empty but we stuck it out to the bitter end, we sort of pat ourselves on the back for being true-blue, loyal Rowdy Rooters. Mary. 63-65. L.B. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more, at Dooleys! Thank you SO much for finding that and sharing it what a treat to remember. Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum: Repository: CSUDH Archives: Rights: Does anyone remember Shady Acres Miniature Golf? those dolls were mrs dooleys doll collection. Miss them. Funny, l remember you. Hey neighbor, I must have left (working at the Garden Dept.) I remember Dooleys. RIP, Dooleys!\r\r(ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED.) I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. Thank you for taking me back. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Pay checks were about 20 bucks a week, but that paid for my VW gas and lift tickets at Lake Arrowhead. What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. My first job was being a box boy at Dooleys. I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. . Great poor boy sandwiches and Pizzas. Its been a LONG time). Lucys restaurant L.B.Blvd. There is something always kind of special about mom n pop (family owned) places that have a personal homey atmosphere to it. Its good that we remember these places and the times. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 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 I used to play caroms and do crafts at the little rec center there and they had great swings! Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. As a kid I lived on Virginia Ave (72 83), one block behind Dooleys and two blocks from Sutter Elementary. I grew up off of L.B. He and I talked on the phone sometimes about the past and he tells me to just talk about rock and roll and the bands. Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. We would always go at Christmas-time to get decorations, etc. I grew up in the Dooley house, which was right in the middle of the 4 parking lots. The institution can answer questions about this item, assit you with obtaining a hi-res copy, and gather additional information you may have about it. Phone & Email. She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Fun memories for sure! Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. Gotta admit, Ive been outta Long Beach, North Long Beach, Lakewood and surrounding areas for some time. After my moms funeral at Sunnyside Memorial Cemetery, I really have no reason to be there. I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. 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? the Lindbergh Jr. Market ran by Cecil (meat counter) & Bessie (front candy counter) Farrington ran it. I know its year later but I just came across this article after Goggleing Dooleys Hardware and the Iowa Pork Shop Grocery store; places we went to when I was growing up in North Long Beach, I have fond memories of all these places. My brother now lives on Zane. I think I got my first bike there too! And once in a while wed put on our Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes and our best manners to go to Cliftons. I grew up in Bellflower/Lakewood/Long Beach and we would go to Dooleys frequently when we were young. One more memory the gas wars they used to have those were the days one station would lower their price then one across the corner would lower theirs in response and sometimes that would go on until gas got rediculously cheap ..and they would put out those huge spotlights that would rove around the sky and sometimes cross each other I remember when gas was about .40 c a gallon that must have been about the time I first started driving I think maybe why that price sticks. We used to buy our Christmas trees in the parking lot of Dooleys every year; my father would tie the tree to the roof of our 66 Impala, and curse for the whole block and a half ride home, while he and my mother would hold the tree down so it wouldnt fly off and cause any major accidents. Thanks! Didnt remember about the mac and cheese, I probably would have been chowing on that if I worked there, too. I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. i loved christmas there. 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 Its nice to remember such a unique place, isnt it? Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. If you are experiencing technical issues, we'd request that you contact Calisphere directly. Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments (ah minigolf a skate park? I was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. She would let me and my older brother out of the car and tell the Usher at the front ( who was wearing a nice uniform and standing in the front of the building ) we would be there until she picked us up after the movie. Nothing like that will ever happen again. Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. Jan Horton. 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. Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. Crest Theatre comes to mind and there was another theatre nearby, but the name escapes me. I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. Comprehensive information on any company or organization. He appeared in a few commercials. Good post kathy lowery. that was pete stathis-my grandfather. Thank you for sharing, also. 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. My brothers and I use to ride the river trail to Shady Acres skate park (1977 I think) and I would go down to Dooleys to get 45s as well. great memories there! I would like to ask a pretty random question. I can still hear the toot-toot of the whistle as he slowly drove down the street; sometimes my mom would put the little Helms H placard in the window if we wanted him to stop. Filing Jurisdiction, Entity Type, Registered Agent, File Number, Filing Status, and Business Category. that place had it all we lived in lakewood on candlewood by the tracks 1956, Dooleys was cool work there in the late 1970s love there hot dogs and ice cream first job out of high school. 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. Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. Would love to hear and share memories. I hardly spoke to her because I was too scared. I saw Raging Bull and Looking for Mr. Goodbar there, and it may even have been on the same night! Thanks Julie! Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I remember buying a Christmas tree and a trinket box at Dooleys. All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. Now my sister was really mad!!! Three buildings, and all heart. Fire gutted garden shop area of store. Share Park? He seemed to know many employees. There was a Taco Bell in that area. contributor's website. One day in about 1966, the Greeter from Laguna Beach walked all the way to Dooleys just to get a couple of hot dogs he had heard were only 10 cents. Very cool so you lived on the edge of North Long Beach; a couple of friends of mine lived around that area as well. 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. Does anyone out there remember the Crest and Towne theaters on Atlantic Ave.?
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