I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. I was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. I found the site because I was looking for a picture of old man Dooley. My next door neighbor was general manager N.B. also the around the world game. I grew up on Arbor St. My first job was at Wells Bed and Sofa working for Mr. Don Wells. In later years I was sad to see it leave. Made it over to the main store quite often to either pick up a floor model, or bring them an appliance from warehouse stock. The Long Beach Drive-In was at the 710 and 405 Freeways, I think. Thank you for sharing, also. I also remember a trailer park across from Shady Acres. Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. View our statement on digital primary resources. Your entire office will be able to use your search subscription. L.B. For about the same amount of years. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. I do believe that since Ive read of so many of the changes made in the area. Show more Show more 11 years ago. 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. Now 71 live in montana. 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. The hot dogs at Dooleys were the best and I remember being at Scherer Park and watching boys ride down the hill and right into the pond. If you are experiencing technical issues, we'd request that you contact Calisphere directly. I remember the Lumberjack and the big Sherman Williams sign covering the globe or something like that. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. : 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. Chuck, Hi so good to see your name here! . All of a sudden something said Dooleys! Never hear that word anymore!) 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 remember buying a Christmas tree and a trinket box at Dooleys. you always had a parking spot right where you wanted to go. in 3 years there we won one football gameit was against number one polydamn were they pissed. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. 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. Yes I can taste Doolys hot dogs now. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. I remember the name; Shady Acres, but I cant remember going there. To have all of it within blocks of my house was the best . My house was built at the same time as the school. 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. My Dad hated to go there because he had to stand in line for a long time. Was it the Long Beach Drive-In? Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. the first multi dept store there was. Does anyone out there remember the Crest and Towne theaters on Atlantic Ave.? I also remember they would serve employees lunch if you worked on a Sunday. All before sexual harassment came along. we would start on the 3rd hole so we wouldnt be seen. I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). Change). Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. The subs were the best. Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. 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. on I remember standing in long lines for them . I loved that place! The funny thing is they never said anything about the little brown bags of candy, like a sandwich bag or lunch bag. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. It was all good and a lot of fun. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include. I just found this while looking for a photo of Dooleys for a story I wrote about working there and being the first checker inside the store to be robbed. Really good memories. I went to Sutter, then Hughes. Dave there will never be another Dooleys, right? I cant remember what exactly these were named/called. While logged in and authenticated, you will not be asked to solve any complicated Recaptcha V2 challenges. the Battleship & the Torpedo best subs ever! Im going to see if I can find a photo I took ballet and tap from Dorothy Castle on Market, and we used to get burgers from the Hi-Lo on Market, across from Lindbergh Junior HIgh. a big greek guy owned the place. . & even better in high school. How could you know. 1980 1985, Paint Dept., 1986 1991 Garden Dept. there was a boy scout park called will j. reed park that was about 4 or 5 blocks south of del amo and then about 3 blocks west of long beach blvd. Those were wonderful times. . Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. Great place! You are absolutely correct, the layout was just like what you remember. went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. I went to Sutter School and Lindbergh Junior High and I went to Jordan. Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum: Repository: CSUDH Archives: Rights: My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. Firefighter sprays hose around scorched remains of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. . 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? My brother now lives on Zane. 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. And I remember Dooleys too! 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. 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. The Dooley gang was the best. does Anyone remember kirks corner? Then just passed the pharmacy, through the doors was the hot dogs and orange julius on your right and a craft supply shop on your left. Any other Doolyites out there? Get back with me. I grew up in Lakewood, in a little 3 bedroom house. 2d 337. And looking back those were the best days of my life. Where this was originallylocated they placed a school there and named it Dooley's. They had fiberglass statues there as well. Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code, She was pretty . I was a little kid & it seemed very small to me. I dont have a lot of memories of Dooleys, but I am sure enjoying all of yours! I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. they used to serve a free lunch to employees on sundays (i think). He appeared in a few commercials. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. My family lived on Mountain View from 72 till 83. remember kirks corner, went there for years. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. I mentioned I had room for a banana split, and she let me have one! We lived there late 66 and 67. I didnt think anybody remembered like I do. also, love the popcorn machine. Look for pictures of Badlands skatepark. They did have those great dolls I remember them, too! Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. I bought my first few skateboards from that place. Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. Sorry, went off track There was also a buffet restaurant, Cliftons I believe. Hopefully get some pictures of a place I had so much fun shopping with my Grandmother. I was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. The projects are funded separately from the school district's operating budget. Those walk-ins had character! I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. Years later My Grandma lived a half a block from Andersons Market in the 60s early 70s and I lived in California Heights in the mid 70s . Left Jordan in 75. Loved article. Thanks so much for reading, and dropping in; I have to tell you that Ive been writing here for a couple of years now, and my post on Dooleys Hardware has gotten the most number of comments. 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. my Grandma live around the corner from Dooleys and I love to go see the dolls. The entire area is a sea of memories. 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. I went to Sutter and graduated 6th grade in 1962; lived on Pacific Ave. maybe a block from the school. scherer park where you would skateboard down the hills, one long hill and then the steeper, shorter one that was fast as heck. 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. Somebody else mentioned Scherer Park, I believe this is the correct spelling and it is in Bixby Knolls. and Roland Meckel also from down the street was the lucky one of us. Comprehensive information on any company or organization. Dooley's Hardware Mart filed as an Articles of Incorporation in the State of California and is no longer active. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! Shady Acres skate park. company profile page along with the rest of the general data. I wish it were still there, I moved away from Long Beach 25 years ago and I really miss it. (LogOut/ Unfortunately, I couldnt find a decent picture of the store with the lumberjack in front, but this is a pretty cool website that shows a state-by-state listing, with photos, of the immense and terrifying monuments that we Americans like to erect and enjoy: I love reading what you write. It was at Dooleys where I met my future wife. Even though I know this is a great and necessary development for North Long Beach, which has become a pretty sad place for me (more on that later), its hard to drive by without thinking of the giant lumberjack keeping watch over good, cheap hotdogs, and everything else you could ask for in a hardware store. then golf till about the 16th hole and then hide the clubs and balls till next day. View source image 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 Mart (personified here as Dooley), the owner of Lot 5, obtained judgment and $40 damages against Dorice Trigg, the owner of Lot 6, enjoining her from using a strip of Lot 5, 94 feet long and one foot wide. I bowled my first time at Red Fox Lanes; used to cash in pop bottles at the liquor store on LB Blvd. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. . before K-Mart went in. My daughter was born 11-11-69 so that area was significant to me. Then you and I went to elementary school together. i lived on Market st next door to Lindbergh Jr Hi. use to camp there on weekends when i was a boy scout. shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. (LogOut/ In addition, 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. Paid $75 for a 1 bedroom apartment. Just curious, were the owners irish? the commercial sang this. Merchandise burned and buried beneath heaps of burnt wood and twisted metal. 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! Still have the trinket box. Sizzler was a treat. That place was an interesting conceptual store. 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. 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 Nothing like that will ever happen again. My dad has a Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and accessories. Colleen I remember the giant lights in the sky! (ah minigolf a skate park? I had a step brother that skated there. Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. 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. I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. In the 60s I used to stay at my Grandmas house and I spent a lot of time hanging out at Andersons Market buying that rock candy that came in a little cloth bag . S. Jeffery Hardware Store, Chico, Calif : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware with people, Main Street I grew up off of L.B. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. It really makes me feel good. 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. Anyhow, I ended up googling to this site and thought I would leave some comments. My father always took me there in the 60s and early 70s. only one thing i found wrong on all the comments and that was on the italian deli. It was on Atlantic a half a block from Jordan. . 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 . Bought my 45s there. I dont remember the seafood grotto on Ocean, but its nice to hear from a greek reader my grandfather and grandmother came to the States from Athens through Ellis Island, and my grandfather and great-uncle George owned two ice cream parlors (parlors! 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. My first job was being a box boy at Dooleys. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. . My first job was at Wells bed and sofa on L.B. Im sure I must have. I never played Golf there, but I would always play the video games they had in the arcade. so good. Martins pizza, Douglas burgers, and the chili cheese dogs at Dooleys. 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. i saw you mention the boy scout park. OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! Title. 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. Every item on Calisphere has been contributed to the site by a California institution. They were unbelievably affordable, which was a real consideration for my parents. I will use his email. About $2.5 million would go to a project expanding Roosevelt Gotta admit, Ive been outta Long Beach, North Long Beach, Lakewood and surrounding areas for some time. Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). 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. I think the average movie was rarely over an hour and a half long. Miss them. Great memories! Johnny I went to Sutter from about 1965, then Hughes, then Jordan (graduated in 78) you might have known my brother, he graduated in 75. There were some great employees there, Charlie! Colleen, I do remember a painted wall on the side of the deli, that had a big sandwich. 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. As I grow older, Im so thankful for those experiences, because they give me an appreciation for small, sweet events, like piling into the carall six of us kidswith my Mom and Dad, to be treated to a hot dog at Dooleys. Clearly many people remember like I do. All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. Jan Horton. Douglas burgers, Marris pizza. One of you mentioned something that we didnt even know. Then just passed that was a Levi store on the right. Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. Sure wish someone would find a picture of it. Why were they so good? . 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 miss Dooleys too. You cant . After finishing the sundae my Mom asked if I was satisfied? I think he used to walk around the store in a brown suit. Great times that I will never forget! 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. How sad it is not there anymore Thank goodness Douglas burger still is!! All Addresses (1) Family. Im 54 years old now and they will never be a time like that again. loved it! Item Description. . 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. blvd. They had a neat little museum. 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. Jordan class of 83. Wow! OMG!!! It didnt pay much, but some of the experiences were priceless. Questions Post Question There are no questions yet for this company. We would have all go to jail. Its good that we remember these places and the times. Date Created and/or Issued. 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. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. the italian deli was Mama Rosas on Paramount one block south of South st. Cherris Can Can was on the corner S & P. next was Muldoons Saloon. Such a shame you can never go home again.. Still one of the most fun jobs I ever had. Love, Rebecca, Dooleys Dooleys hardware store theres more theres at Dooleys Patrick I think the Italian Deli you refer to is Rosas we used to go there frequently to get their poorboys It was on Paramount near Downey at that time for may years and may have moved at some point in time but dont know..they also had the greatest meatball sandwiches.We also had a StopNGo at Paramount near Candlewood.In my memory it was the first of its kind.We also went to what we called Cheer park but I can see now it must have been spelled Scherer Park we went pollywog hunting with nylons tied to coat hangers lol that pond must have been pretty slick because one day we saw a child slip in then a brother went to get his hand to help and he slipped in and then two more family members did the same thing each one doing the same thing until it looked like cutout dolls going into the pond but they all got out went and cold. A Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and.. 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