. My first job was at Wells bed and sofa on L.B. Great memory! Loved Dooleys it was one of a kind. Later, when the Paccione family purchased it, the name was changed to Romes. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. It was right next to the snack bar and I also helped Fran who was in charge of the snack bar. I didnt care to eat a hot dog for a very long time . Fun times , Yes, those were great times, and we were unaware of how great they were. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. ADDITIONAL LINKS They were unbelievably affordable, which was a real consideration for my parents. I also remember they would serve employees lunch if you worked on a Sunday. all the wheels looked like a roller coaster fast ride. Miss it sometimes being close to the water. I went to HS at Millikan. 1541 W Pacific Coast HwyLong Beach, CA 90810-4227. was in the same building upstairs. (562) 437-2716. Again Im responding years later, Im not exactly sure what made me think about Dooleys but I just Googled and came across this article, talk about a blast from the past. I remember the store seemed to be so big, I thought it would be cool to ride a mini bike up and down the isles. - Dooley's Hardware - Long Beach (yeah, I know . I cant find you. Wow! remember you didnt need bait, just throw your line in and wait couple seconds and yang it out and you would usually hook a fish. The short guy in the garden shop. Pay checks were about 20 bucks a week, but that paid for my VW gas and lift tickets at Lake Arrowhead. been rereading all the great post about north long beach and all the memories of those writing in. Title. also my favorite games were the baseball with ball bearing balls and flappers. I remember so many people there like Ruben Macli, warehouse manager North building and Bill Starr , and June Ricks and Hal in sreening, but most of I remember meeting my wife there, Vicky Peters in pullman & Bath, she was amazing. so good. I bowled my first time at Red Fox Lanes; used to cash in pop bottles at the liquor store on LB Blvd. They sold old Levis. Does anyone remember The Prince of Wales restaurant ? Had a friend named Gary Lahna who died in Vietnam, fabulous memories, how about those Good Humor trucks that played their music as they rolled through the neighborhoods. . My parents bought all the furniture from Howards , I got my first motorcycle from Long Beach Honda . Those were wonderful times. Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. Where the 91 and the 710 intersected. Been there ever since. small (250x250 max) medium (500x500 max) Large; Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. 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. I. Fridays my family would go to Lakewood Shopping Center and I remember Wallachs Music Store. Share Park? the guy was always singing Don Hos Tiny Bubbles no matter when you went. I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. Comprehensive information on any company or organization. there is a great discussion group on facebook called born and raised in long beach it has about 3000 members and they all grew up in long beach and share stories. I went to Jane Addames sutters in the gutter. Contributing Institution. I used to play video games at Redd Foxx Lanes. I worked in the garden shop, 65-67; my brother, major appliance, 64-66 & my sister, record dept. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. 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. I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. Get this Press-Telegram page for free from Saturday, December 29, 1973 Long Beach Calif Sat Dec It 1171 - --L ' : INDEPENDENT ESS-TELEGRAM B-3 buying sought ' Bra(fley'of Los Angeles . They had a neat little museum. The list goes on. Lucys restaurant L.B.Blvd. Blvd. This orginally aired on KTTV 11 in 1981. what memories. Maybe somebody else will find it and read everything. Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. Fishing for crawdads in the pond. At 10 cents they werethe best. Please, no worries whatsoever. I remember the Lumberjack and the big Sherman Williams sign covering the globe or something like that. Dehls. I started at $1.50 and then when I made lead cook, I received $1.65 per hour. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. I said, Marris pizza & By the doll collection. i loved christmas there. Deep fried halibut , it seems like dream it was sooo good . It was at Dooleys where I met my future wife. And we would do stupid things out in the parking lot on their bicycles and he would come out the door and tell us to leave. 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 WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE! the lumberjack was on the 3rd most northern building. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Rights Information Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object. Nope. Oh, and they also sold hardware. Two more memories Marris Pizza on Long Beach Boulevard, and the Roller Arena on Alondra. Lived on Eleanor near Orange Ave and then Orange Ave and 65th. I hardly spoke to her because I was too scared. . shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. What a great story! Now 71 live in montana. Great memories! We should all feel blessed. : 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. I lived in Long Beach from 66 to 76. 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. Date 1958-11-26. Still have the trinket box. 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 was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. RE: Calisphere: Request high-resolution copy of item for Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. Loved the summer programs at Sutter, arts and crafts and the traveling softball team that played the other elementary schools. You never really know you are loving your job until it is gone. What street was that on was it in Lakewood or Long Beach? Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. My Dad hated to go there because he had to stand in line for a long time. Loved our time there. He wasnt any good . especially shady acres, remember hiding clubs and balls while in elementary school. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. My Dad would sometimes take us to Dooleys for hot dogs too. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. Miss SoCal so much. 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. 2d 337. My husband and I talk about it sometimes. Oh to be back in the good ole days in Long Beach/ Compton area. Googled it and got all of these beautiful memories. Maybe they changed it over the years, but I recall that particular Long Beach store theme as, Dooleys family hardware store, theres more theres more at Dooleys!. Ls restaurant near the shopping center was a Friday night dinner out for us. Past Addresses: See available information. across from the school was the Hi Lo soda shop ran by Bob & Francis from the early fifties to late 80s. And I used to go to Cliftons almost every week and there was a guy who drove a Helms truck who lived down the street from us on Del Amo Boulevard. 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, . i lived in the trailer park next to taco bell a half block from shady acresi went there every night to play pinball..and friends and i would run around the golf course creating kid havoc and freaking out the golfershaha..the old dude who ran shady acres would run us off. does anyone remember the Big A? Note: G S A True Value Hardware is independently owned and operated. I lived in the Four Corner Block area of North Long Beach. My mom Dorothy worked in the Customer Service booth for several years (1975 1985?). Douglas burgers, Marris pizza. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images I grew up off of L.B. Prices are subject to change without notice. I loved Jordan High and I had friends that went to Star King. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/ Its been nice to find other Long Beach folks! Hi Veronica I remember you. a big greek guy owned the place. Anybody remember what those statues were? Uploaded by request and to bring some nostalgia to any Long Beach/L.A., CA residents who grew up in the late 70s-early 80s like myself. Bought my 45s there. We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message. I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. 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. I would have gone to Jordan H.S. Good memories! If you are in need of enterprise level search, please consider signing up for a Bizapedia Pro Search account as described on this page. Sponsored Learn More D&B Reports Available for Dooley's Hardware Mart What a lovely comment how nice that you are going on a road trip! Yes! if the 2 comments were talking about the one on atlantic/ the 6000 or 6100 block of altantic it was called romeos and than later changed to romes. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County Didnt remember about the mac and cheese, I probably would have been chowing on that if I worked there, too. 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. Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? 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. Any one please. You missed mentioning meI was there summer and fall 1967you must have clear at the other endI was at the south door of the south building most of the timeI didnt realize there were so many of us from the block that were there. I lived a block away from Scherer Park, and would go all the time. I went roller skating there all the time thanks, Colleen, for all of the good memories. All of a sudden something said Dooleys! Also I remember Shady Acres miniature golf which no place could compare with in my book. If you ever see it, the fellow in the cowboy hat is Richard Dooley, Charles (founder) son. I lived next door to N.B. I remember gas was about 37 cents a gallon during the latter part of the 60s, and the four gas stations would have gas wars to see who could offer the cheapest gas. Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. they used to serve a free lunch to employees on sundays (i think). That annoying daily skateboard noise was supplied by Rod and Shirley Nesbitts kid, who apparently later ironically grew up to officially close the store in the early 90s. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We were in the same class for 3 years. I dont remember the museum, but Im sure I must have gone through it thanks! Daisy Ave has a lot of similar homes that were built in a track. I dont have a lot of memories of Dooleys, but I am sure enjoying all of yours! Great times that I will never forget! See our terms of use for more tips. blvd. I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. Looks like everyone remembers the hot dogs!!!! I will try to find photos of Shady Acres it was a really fun minigolf park! But he went there anyway . She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I remember that we used to walk from there to Shady Acres and back, too. from 60 to 73. I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. Asteroids at Red Fox, yeah! 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. 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. By the parking for teachers that was chained off. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA, we're here to help. Look for pictures of Badlands skatepark. I used to wade into it, starting at the top of the hill where the little brook would flow down into it; cut my foot once from toe to heel when I came out of it, and I didnt even feel it. We hit them up at lunch from Jordan when the line was not too long! . Things are always more clear when you look in the past. We would always go at Christmas-time to get decorations, etc. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. My husband and daughter are both gone but I remember pushing her stroller on our way to Dooleys, You must have lived closer to Sutter Elementary than I did do you remember in the 60s, at the intersection of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard, there were four gas stations? Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. They had the perfect snap, The hot dogs were the best . It was one of a kind. 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 too was born and raised in North Long Beach, I graduated from Jordan in 74. I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. And rollercoasters that took you right over the beachI also remember some kind of ski lift ride that took you across the park to the other end. I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. I am glad you brought up the Sizzler, it need to be mentioned. I remember Shady Acres as well. 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 was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. I think you lived on 51st street when l was a kid. Anyway, lots of love to you all. To have all of it within blocks of my house was the best . Mary. All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. We were both in the 1953 class at Jordan High School. I remember it well. 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. Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. My brother now lives on Zane. 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. My dad has a Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and accessories. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. Fun stuff. I noticed your response is several years old, so I doubt that youll read this comment (I just found this story, thanks to my sister). We lived there late 66 and 67. and Long Beach Blvd, https://libguides.csudh.edu/archives-home. contributor's website. Dooley's Family Hardware Store Warehouse Grand Opening stephdooley 17 subscribers Subscribe 2K views 11 years ago Dooley's in North Long Beach, 1981. We are sorry, but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. Wow, what a trip down memory lane! and Nautigals Subs. anyone remember the seafood grotto restaurant in the 50s on ocean 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. Great chili dogs. CA; DO; DO-2083; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. Dooleys has been torn down, and the property is now home to a magnetschool: http://www.lbschools.net/dooley/. my Grandma live around the corner from Dooleys and I love to go see the dolls. The Dooley gang was the best. UNLOCK PROFILE. I think I got my first bike there too! whew! Prices and program participation may vary. It was on Atlantic a half a block from Jordan. I think I might have filled out an application for Dooleys, but ended up flippinf burgers at Carls Jr on Atlantic and 37th Street instead. Dooley's Hardware Store, 5000 Long Beach Blvd. *Orders placed within 3 hours of store closing (, Store Location: 1541 W Pacific Coast Hwy |, in the footer area, opens in a new window. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection, Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. Rights Information. Search. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. Always crowded, full of people. and of coarse Red Fox Bowling alley across the street. like an Egyptian Princess . He was retired of course. YOu might have sold some 45s to me! but dad hoisted them in. George Land, Camp Meeker, CA. I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. He lived on Sunset and Elm. if someone put a dime in it and didnt shake the machine popcorn was left in it and we would come up and shake it and get about 1/5 of a bag for free. But I remember buying a refrigerator from Dooleys when my husband and I bought our first home out here in Lake Elsinore, CA. L.B. About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. Jordan class of 83. . Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments 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. It really makes me feel good. And how could you ever forget Dooleys. If you are experiencing technical issues, we'd request that you contact Calisphere directly. So many people, including myself, have fond memories of the store; it was a unique place to go to shop, and eat (hotdogs!) 63-65. Anyhow, I ended up googling to this site and thought I would leave some comments. Would love to hear and share memories. Thanks Julie! Dooley's Family Hardware Store 1981 TerryT1976 1.32K subscribers Subscribe Save 13K views 15 years ago Uploaded by request and to bring some nostalgia to any Long Beach/L.A., CA residents who. Great spaghetti and pizza, and we could never get out of there without writing our name on the walls, like everyone else. Good memories, I found this site many years after you all did. All before sexual harassment came along. 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. I used to love Douglas Burger French Dips, Pastrami sandwiches, Burgers, all that. the folks there were so nice. Those walk-ins had character! We were like 6-8 years old and we used to spy on him through the holes in the wood fence. Hi Richard! Too many steel fences and bars on peoples windows. Just tried to replace glass bowls for my Oster Mixer (Stand Mixer) this morning. Harry had a bike shop in his garage and he wouldnt sell his house to Dooley. L.B. Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. Do you remember other places in and around Long Beach? 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. They did have those great dolls I remember them, too! I think he used to walk around the store in a brown suit. I remember the lumber jack at Doolys and my dad saying lets go to Doolys for whatever item he needed. Fun minigolf Park block area of north Long Beach Boulevard 1981. what memories i love to go because! Dooleys commercial the other day on you Tube fun minigolf Park the way Dooleys. Mom Dorothy worked in the garden shop, 65-67 ; my brother, major appliance 64-66! 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