Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. App. Loved Dooleys it was one of a kind. He seemed to know many employees. My daughter was born 11-11-69 so that area was significant to me. 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. 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. That place was interesting, it was there since the turn of the century and it was a like a museum to the old style amusement park like Coney Island. 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. Rights Information. 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. That place was an interesting conceptual store. 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. Hardware Mart Dooleys. Sign above shop charred and twisted from smoke. Hey there young lady. I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). Hopefully get some pictures of a place I had so much fun shopping with my Grandmother. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. Where this was originallylocated they placed a school there and named it Dooley's. They had fiberglass statues there as well. I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. in 1969. Are there still any places like this these days? i saw you mention the boy scout park. and Roland Meckel also from down the street was the lucky one of us. i am now 62. i loved that place. Best halibut in town. See our terms of use for more tips. It looked like a neat H.S. The house was built in the very early 1900s I think, and was a wonderful little house. 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. yea mrs. Anderson was a peach of a lady my mom had a weekly credit with her she would send me to buy bread and lunch meat and peeny candy for me.and each friday i would go pay her she had a little book with how much we owed (thoose days are gone) we spent a lot of time on the railroad bridge and tracks sliding down on cardboard. Paid $75 for a 1 bedroom apartment. Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. I went to Sutter, then Hughes. I loved the 25 cent hotdodgs at Dooleys. 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. Remember Gene Barker from tools ? Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. Their Suggestion was to Contact Dooleys Hardware in Long Beach. from 60 to 73. Made it over to the main store quite often to either pick up a floor model, or bring them an appliance from warehouse stock. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. View our statement on digital primary resources. I remember buying a Christmas tree and a trinket box at Dooleys. (562) 437-2716. Born and raised in long beach. 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. Identifier: 3455_1: Title: . They were unbelievably affordable, which was a real consideration for my parents. - Dooley's Hardware - Long Beach (yeah, I know . I think I might have applied for a job there, but never followed through with it. 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. In addition, on Cherry off Market. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. served to you completely ad free and you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even and of coarse Red Fox Bowling alley across the street. I ve thought off and on about Dooleys too I remember I would go there with my dad all the time and I just love the memories of it and now Im not surprised to find a little fan site.I remember getting our trees there and how fun it was ,there seemed to be anything you could possibly want at Dooleys..these are a few more of many ancient and fond memoriesHelms bakery coming down our street with fresh donuts every Sunday, Cals bowling alley, all the drive-in theaters,MenEds Pizza (which is still there amazingly, El Patio Restraunt best mexican food (my mom worked there for at least 15-20 yrs) Trini died several years ago and Tony died just last year..,Rosas Italian sandwich shop on Paramount,Cliftons smorgasbord in the May Co. shopping center.,Welchs restraunt (I worked there for a couple years ) ,Town and Crest walk-in-theaters,We always got our milk and ice cream from Paul Lussman at Pauls dairy (he died just a couple years ago too.Does anybody remember the cool treasure hunt that the Long Beach Press Telegram, put on with a new clue everyday in the paper..winding up with a several thousand dollar cash prize down on the beach near the Queen Mary? shed talk with the ladies who were collecting and fine the things needed & wanted to fill their collections. Daisy Ave has a lot of similar homes that were built in a track. We would have all go to jail. my Grandma live around the corner from Dooleys and I love to go see the dolls. Firefighters examine damaged storage area following nighttime fire at Dooley's Hardware Store. The fellow in charge at the store wharehouse (Sarge) was a real hoot. does Anyone remember kirks corner? Went to John A Sutter elementary. the street was just south of the railroad tracks that were on long beach blvd. Those walk-ins had character! We should all feel blessed. Later a survey revealed the boundary line was actually 1 away. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. 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. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. HI Michael! Colleen I remember the giant lights in the sky! I remember that we used to walk from there to Shady Acres and back, too. Nothing like that will ever happen again. . a new school at the former Dooley's Hardware at Long Beach Boulevard and Del Amo Street. So many people, including myself, have fond memories of the store; it was a unique place to go to shop, and eat (hotdogs!) He appeared in a few commercials. They made great poorboy sandwiches. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. 63-65. Also I remember Shady Acres miniature golf which no place could compare with in my book. Login; Business Contacts & Backgrounds. I had a little square box with a handle (because you never knew when you would be invited to a slumber party, and have to bring your music) that kept my 45s safe. June 29, 1956. They had the perfect snap, The hot dogs were the best . Googled it and got all of these beautiful memories. She was quiet, refined, & upper class. Ruben was my boss. Lived on Eleanor near Orange Ave and then Orange Ave and 65th. I dont need to re-visit. George/Julie, please let me know if youre still out there on the net. My next door neighbor was general manager N.B. Great poor boy sandwiches and Pizzas. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. Gotta admit, Ive been outta Long Beach, North Long Beach, Lakewood and surrounding areas for some time. scherer park where you would skateboard down the hills, one long hill and then the steeper, shorter one that was fast as heck. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. 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. Dooleys really did make my life better. - Store information for your local hardware store in Long Beach, CA. In the fast-food world of today I imagine kids rarely get to experience such and will not have any fond memories like these. Dooley's Hardware, 5075 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach ( ** ): A fond memory for long time Long Beach residents, Dooley's was a three block long emporium that sold nearly. great memories there! I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. and I still dont care if I have another soda. Dooleys had cheap hotdogs and it was a great place to go. : poorly located hydrant, : Oil wells, Cameron Pl. 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. I lived on 49th st against the train tracks. . To protect our site, we cannot process your request right now. 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. Hope to chat with you soon. Oh, yes!!! all the wheels looked like a roller coaster fast ride. Date 1958-11-26. The first step (screening) would be done by way of a simple telephone conversation. We lived on Dawson Ave across from the elementary school. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. It was right next to the snack bar and I also helped Fran who was in charge of the snack bar. I remember it fondly. 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! those dolls were mrs dooleys doll collection. . Oh, and they also sold hardware. i worked in the record dept. And we ate at Lucys for special occasions I remember having Lobster Thermidor once, because I thought it was so grown-up, and I also remember thinking it was too much for me I loved going to Lucys, though; great old-school restaurant, dark and red leather booths. the first multi dept store there was. I bugged out of Compton several years ago due to the takeover of the area by Crips and Bloods. I remember Dooleys. 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. Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. Shirley Dooley Nesbitt and her husband Rod were running the place by then, but still every once and a while old man Dooley would wander the store thanking everyone for the job they were doing. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. I remember it well. loved it! 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 . what memories. Seemed like things had more of a personal human and nostalgic touch then, as opposed to now being all corporate, prefabricated and part of some impersonal national marketing scheme. All of a sudden something said Dooleys! the Battleship & the Torpedo best subs ever! especially shady acres, remember hiding clubs and balls while in elementary school. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. My parents bought all the furniture from Howards , I got my first motorcycle from Long Beach Honda . Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Miss SoCal so much. You cant . I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. 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. Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/ Its been nice to find other Long Beach folks! Thanks! Anyway, it was another Friday night family dinner place for us. With the Bizapedia Pro Search service you will get unlimited searches via our various search forms, I lived a block away from Scherer Park, and would go all the time. This orginally aired on KTTV 11 in 1981. I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. 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. Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. The list goes on. OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! 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. I worked with a lady named Verlene, she was so sweet, I often wonder what happened to her? Anybody remember what those statues were? 1541 W Pacific Coast HwyLong Beach, CA 90810-4227. My sister was very mad especially after I made the burn thumb to her. Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code, Harry had a bike shop in his garage and he wouldnt sell his house to Dooley. also, love the popcorn machine. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images And looking back those were the best days of my life. After working there 6 months . Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. Just curious, were the owners irish? Such a shame you can never go home again.. then golf till about the 16th hole and then hide the clubs and balls till next day. i think you all would enjoy it. I remember a kid in the mid 80s, who worked at dooleys, who used to skateboard the parking lot. After finishing the sundae my Mom asked if I was satisfied? Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). Very cool so you lived on the edge of North Long Beach; a couple of friends of mine lived around that area as well. Man, miss North Long Beach! Miss it sometimes being close to the water. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. I actually worked for Dooleys from 76-78, at the Warehouse at Cherry and Artesia. When I think of Dooleys, I think about the hotdogs with my Mom and Dad. Shady Acres skate park. I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. Reporter: Emery to RW Assignment:. Sooo, unladylike. 5045 Long Bch Blvd, Long . Any other Doolyites out there? Great place! tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. Used to go to Dels Liqour store and get my hair cut in the same plaza. I grew up off of L.B. Was it the Long Beach Drive-In? Great memories. 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. Food Giant contends that it is only a Thayer presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence. the Lindbergh Jr. Market ran by Cecil (meat counter) & Bessie (front candy counter) Farrington ran it. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include. He wasnt any good . if we've collected "Sales Lead Information" for a given company, it will be displayed on the I lived over by Sutter. 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. 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. To my recollections Scherer Park was in Bixby Knolls. City Council? Sizzler was a treat. I delivered appliances for them. 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. I used to play caroms and do crafts at the little rec center there and they had great swings! I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. Loved our time there. Grocers, too, are getting into the bigger-is-better act. on At 10 cents they werethe best. You guys should check out Born and Raised in Long Beach. I havent been out that way in years. You must remember Norma the manager of your dept. Im sure I must have. . She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Then just passed that was a Levi store on the right. I used to go to Shady Acres later became a skate park. Dooleys was the only place we had for a one stop shop. Fishing for crawdads in the pond. I was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. It really resonated with me. I am born and raised here too, so love hearing your memories of the town we both grew up in. Its good that we remember these places and the times. 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. Then my brother would buy our two tickets and we would go into the movie theater with our little brown bags of candy that Mom packed and go find a place and sit down. Just tried to replace glass bowls for my Oster Mixer (Stand Mixer) this morning. 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. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. The improvements and new facilities are paid for by Measure A school bonds approved in 1999 by local voters along with state match-ing funds. I remember the Lumberjack and the big Sherman Williams sign covering the globe or something like that. Dooleys has been torn down, and the property is now home to a magnetschool: http://www.lbschools.net/dooley/. I think he used to walk around the store in a brown suit. I went to sutter K- 5th grade, then we moved to San Diego. I went roller skating there all the time thanks, Colleen, for all of the good memories. 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! I think later, corporations caught on to the one stop shopping experience with Gemco, Target, Walmart.. Im sure that was the idea behind Dooleys. also my favorite games were the baseball with ball bearing balls and flappers. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. 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. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA is your locally owned hardware store. Fun stuff. 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. If you are experiencing technical issues, we'd request that you contact Calisphere directly. 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. You can find me on face book. I grew up in Bellflower/Lakewood/Long Beach and we would go to Dooleys frequently when we were young. I never played Golf there, but I would always play the video games they had in the arcade. . I have a very special/unique experience, not only with Shady Acres, but with all of Long Beach. Dave there will never be another Dooleys, right? It is all gone now. About $2.5 million would go to a project expanding Roosevelt I graduated from Jordan in 1974, I remember my girlfriend and I going to the football games and the Panthers rarely won. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. Anyway, lots of love to you all. I worked all over the store and had so much fun. I started working in the portable TV dept. I will use his email. CA; DO; DO-2083; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART. Great chili dogs. I was very young then, first or second grade. My house was built at the same time as the school. like an Egyptian Princess . 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. Left Jordan in 75. Im not mad about that, he was in the right. Dooley had built a concrete block wall on what he thought was or was close to the property boundary with Trigg. Lucys restaurant L.B.Blvd. I went to Sutter and graduated 6th grade in 1962; lived on Pacific Ave. maybe a block from the school. Remember Miss Buehl? I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. 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. I worked in the garden shop, 65-67; my brother, major appliance, 64-66 & my sister, record dept. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. michaelpoulin@dyingindowney.com Charles Hathaway faved this impact1911 14y Long Beach 77-83. got where i could win quite a few games with one dime. Those were some great times. Pay checks were about 20 bucks a week, but that paid for my VW gas and lift tickets at Lake Arrowhead. the commercial sang this. Thank you for taking me back. Still have the trinket box. I lived just north that area by Starr King Elementary School on Coolidge by Coolidge Park. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. Oh and the Long Beach Pike! Martins pizza, Douglas burgers, and the chili cheese dogs at Dooleys. By the parking for teachers that was chained off. Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. Colleen, I do remember a painted wall on the side of the deli, that had a big sandwich. you all for the comments and stories. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? Hi Veronica I remember you. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. We were probably at Dooleys at the same time, picking out trees! 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? 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. Too many steel fences and bars on peoples windows. S. Jeffery Hardware Store, Chico, Calif : Franzen Bros. 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