Nothing else compares to it today, does it? I was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. I think I got my first bike there too! He wasnt any good . They also gave away stuff when you filled up your tank and Marris Pizza on LB Boulevard was the place to go if you wanted to write on the walls, or on the tables. 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. Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. Prices are subject to change without notice. See Hardware Mart Dooleys's age, phone number, house address, email address, social media accounts, public records, and check for criminal records on Spokeo. My Dad would sometimes take us to Dooleys for hot dogs too. You never really know you are loving your job until it is gone. Miss it sometimes being close to the water. Personally, I havent been back in the Long Beach area since 2001. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. My daughter was born 11-11-69 so that area was significant to me. 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, . ADDITIONAL LINKS also, love the popcorn machine. Of course, every time we went we had to stop to get a hotdog. . I remember the Lumberjack and the big Sherman Williams sign covering the globe or something like that. I grew up on Arbor St. My first job was at Wells Bed and Sofa working for Mr. Don Wells. I. Fridays my family would go to Lakewood Shopping Center and I remember Wallachs Music Store. I worked at Dooleys from 1981-1987. Remember Miss Buehl? Thanks! Awesome fried bean and cheese burritos. My first job in 1969 was working in the portable TV section. Ive told people about it for years but the name wouldnt come back to me until this morning. Title. Sooo, unladylike. I will use his email. I remember getting a glazed do-nut for seven cents and sharing it with my cat (she must have liked the yeast). DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART, Long Beach CA. before K-Mart went in. We recommend you include the following information in your citation. 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. 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. blvd. Get back with me. and Long Beach Blvd, https://libguides.csudh.edu/archives-home. 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. One of my neighbors was killed while she was babysitting her granddaughter and a bullet came through the window during a drive-by and killed her as she sat in her rocking chair. I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. Love the posts on here! Nice to know other remember. City Council? Current Address: QJDV Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA. whew! WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE! I never seen anything like it since. I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. Great place! I saw Raging Bull and Looking for Mr. Goodbar there, and it may even have been on the same night! Then you and I went to elementary school together. Also, does anyone remember that Charles served a term on the L.B. About $2.5 million would go to a project expanding Roosevelt The first step (screening) would be done by way of a simple telephone conversation. . I remember Dooleys!! Lucys restaurant L.B.Blvd. the guy was always singing Don Hos Tiny Bubbles no matter when you went. across from the Blue Chip Stamp redeemable store. I am glad you brought up the Sizzler, it need to be mentioned. the commercial sang this. Forgot to mention: I worked for the fine folks at Dooleys for 11 years. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. And the lake at Scherer Park we were told a body was found in it the freezer in the front of Dels where I would pick out my Sidewalk Sundae, and Tom would say, Thatll be 35 dollars, please! Red Fox lanes, where I learned how to bowl and went to league night with my parents a great time! Anyway, lots of love to you all. My first job was at Wells bed and sofa on L.B. I remember it well. Now, it's an empty building full of memories as it still stands. 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. Saw Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at one of them (cant remember which) with my folks. This orginally aired on KTTV 11 in 1981. I was very young then, first or second grade. I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. - Store information for your local hardware store in Long Beach, CA. Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. 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. Questions Post Question There are no questions yet for this company. I worked 6 days a week and ate those hot dogs for lunch every single day with a Nesbitts orange sodaeach cost a dime. i was always fascinated by the conveyer belt that stock came down from above on. I was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. 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!. 1541 W Pacific Coast HwyLong Beach, CA 90810-4227. on It didnt pay much, but some of the experiences were priceless. Made it over to the main store quite often to either pick up a floor model, or bring them an appliance from warehouse stock. She actually got me my first job at Dooleys. . Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more at Dooleys. the first multi dept store there was. I lived there around the same time. 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. We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message. Those walk-ins had character! 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. L.B. L.B. Note: G S A True Value Hardware is independently owned and operated. Then you were there when I was there. . The house was built in the very early 1900s I think, and was a wonderful little house. I grew up off of L.B. : Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd : McDonald Paint & Hardware Fire : Photograph of The Kansas Tin Shop : Rudbach Hardware Store : Gas station and hardware store : Geo. . In 81 or 82. Its nice to remember such a unique place, isnt it? I believe the town lasted longer. Awesome to know you have fond memories too! Now 71 live in montana. I had my own daughter in 1982 and thought of so many of my fellow employees as family. Anybody remember what those statues were? After my moms funeral at Sunnyside Memorial Cemetery, I really have no reason to be there. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. I lived on 49th st against the train tracks. Great memory! Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. I also got to work in the Christmas tree lot during December. It was right next to the snack bar and I also helped Fran who was in charge of the snack bar. Shady Acres was a blast, and little snackbar type place there to eat. fishing for blue gill fish in the pond. 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. Remember Miss Buehl? Great chili dogs. The record dept. Hopefully get some pictures of a place I had so much fun shopping with my Grandmother. I also remember your dad Bill as the appliance dept. My dad has a Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and accessories. Search. 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. Hope to chat with you soon. (LogOut/ Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. Do you recall a store at Atlantic and Olive (now Alondra) called The Try-it Store? I remember that we used to walk from there to Shady Acres and back, too. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. By the parking for teachers that was chained off. Any one please. Wow. 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. My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County The funny thing is they never said anything about the little brown bags of candy, like a sandwich bag or lunch bag. Unlike my mom and sisters who would rather hit the Sears Roebuck on the other end of Long Beach Blvd, Id rather hang out at the hardware store. 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 used to go to Shady Acres later became a skate park. We have many fond memories of Dooleys and I remember the lumberjack too! HI Michael! Daisy Ave has a lot of similar homes that were built in a track. I think later, corporations caught on to the one stop shopping experience with Gemco, Target, Walmart.. Im sure that was the idea behind Dooleys. All of a sudden something said Dooleys! App. Still have the trinket box. 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. Concerts at the Long Beach auditorium? 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. Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. I never could ride a skateboard in a park. Fire gutted garden shop area of store. Really good memories. Grocers, too, are getting into the bigger-is-better act. Great spaghetti and pizza, and we could never get out of there without writing our name on the walls, like everyone else. Somebody else mentioned Scherer Park, I believe this is the correct spelling and it is in Bixby Knolls. Im 54 years old now and they will never be a time like that again. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. Miss SoCal so much. I like the memories,( The way things were). your daughter was so beautiful. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. and Lucys for dinner and drinks, with the piano bar. Went to John A Sutter elementary. 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. Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. My next door neighbor was general manager N.B. 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. Occasionally I would bag groceries down the street also. Our Boy Scout troop was sponsored by Dooleys. reminiscence. The first store was Hardware, the second was Groceries, toys, Lamps, Lighting, The next was Furniture, Appliances, tv, electonics, RECORDS, Pharmacy. 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. Hardware Mart Dooleys. I remember a kid in the mid 80s, who worked at dooleys, who used to skateboard the parking lot. Date 1958-11-26. what memories. My husband and I talk about it sometimes. I lived just north that area by Starr King Elementary School on Coolidge by Coolidge Park. Phone & Email. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. 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. Yes I was trying to remember the name of the roller arena I used to skate there too Welches was this big green cylindrical building in Long Beach I thought it was on Atlantic and Del Amo but Im not sure since it was about 35-40 yrs ago when I worked there our favorite pizza place were Men Eds, Shakeys, Fio Ritos. If you ever see it, the fellow in the cowboy hat is Richard Dooley, Charles (founder) son. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA, we're here to help. Dehls. What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) I loved Shady Acres! Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. Long Beach 77-83. On that note I must mention that we had a Shakeys Pizza in town. The lot where Dooleys was is now a grade school (Dooley Elementary, I believe), but I think the lumberjack is still there have fun! If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. across from the school was the Hi Lo soda shop ran by Bob & Francis from the early fifties to late 80s. Contributing Institution. Dooleys had cheap hotdogs and it was a great place to go. 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. I never played Golf there, but I would always play the video games they had in the arcade. 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). I worked all over the store and had so much fun. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include. I remember Dooleys. I would like to ask a pretty random question. I remember looking at it from our car when I was waiting for my dad or mom. Love, Rebecca, Dooleys Dooleys hardware store theres more theres at Dooleys I bugged out of Compton several years ago due to the takeover of the area by Crips and Bloods. Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? He lived on Sunset and Elm. How could you know. The short guy in the garden shop. It was a very interesting place. What a great story! See our terms of use for more tips. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. Sorry, went off track There was also a buffet restaurant, Cliftons I believe. They did have those great dolls I remember them, too! Pay checks were about 20 bucks a week, but that paid for my VW gas and lift tickets at Lake Arrowhead. Firefighter sprays hose around scorched remains of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. It was all good and a lot of fun. My parents bought all the furniture from Howards , I got my first motorcycle from Long Beach Honda . 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! I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). As I recall, I was making a whopping $1.90 an hour but I was happy I had my first job! Fun stuff. Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. I grew up on Arbor st. 1977 to 1983. We need it really bad now. He worked in the snack bar! 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? Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. To protect our site, we cannot process your request right now. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. There is something always kind of special about mom n pop (family owned) places that have a personal homey atmosphere to it. They sold old Levis. All Addresses (1) Family. 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 . P.S. It was my first job and I was hired by the General Mgr who was my friends father, her mother was Charles Dooleys niece. I bought my first few skateboards from that place. Oh, and they also sold hardware. Coach Bob (Mesa), playing caroms, learned how to braid key chains with the plastic colored braid material. 5045 Long Bch Blvd, Long . Great roast beef and smashed potatoes. Nope. 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. Do you guys remember the little brook that started at the top of the hill and fed into the river? I started working in the portable TV dept. Food Giant contends that it is only a Thayer presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence. ;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Emery. Come in and see us today. Please, no worries whatsoever. He did a bunch of handy work and got all of his suppies there. 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. 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! & even better in high school. We were like 6-8 years old and we used to spy on him through the holes in the wood fence. Douglas burgers, Marris pizza. I worked in the garden dept from 65-67. Your right.my friend and i would sit on our skateboards (steel wheels) hook our legs to each other and go down the hill they called it (suicide hill) hit the grass at the bottom just before the pond..and yes the rec area had a bumper pool table inside we would play.and that pond had more fish in it big blue gills drop a line and it was hit then.we would walk over to Thriftys for a 5 cent scoop of ice cream remember that? i grew up in north long beach, graduated jordan 1967 and remember all those great places. My mom Dorothy worked in the Customer Service booth for several years (1975 1985?). I also remember a trailer park across from Shady Acres. Long Beach Pike Angel Images Chicago Art Film Images Bridge Building Unique Hotels Weird Creatures Aerial Photo Municipal Auditorium and Rainbow Pier Long Beach, CA D David Zach Historic Long Beach, CA . Ruben was my boss. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. 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. We were probably at Dooleys at the same time, picking out trees! 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. Steve. Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. contributor's website. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? I delivered appliances for them. from 60 to 73. Dooley "WHOLESALE DISCOUNTS . Three buildings, and all heart. 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. that was pete stathis-my grandfather. I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. I dont have a lot of memories of Dooleys, but I am sure enjoying all of yours! (A Christmas Story is one of my favorite movies; I really think my dad may have been the inspiration for Darrin McGavin, except that he wove a tapestry of obscenity while working on the family car, instead of the furnace). And did you ever eat at Marris? thanks for letting me add my memories to yours. Spent many days at Houghton Park and during the summer, it was swimming at Jordan. Dooley's Hardware Mart 5000 Block, Long Beach Boulevard. We would have all go to jail. Why were they so good? & Compton, damage from the 1933 earthquake, : Oil truck fire, Willow and Long Beach Blvd, : Market on fire, Artesia and Long Beach Blvd, : Intersection of Wardlow and Long Beach Blvd. When I think of Dooleys, I think about the hotdogs with my Mom and Dad. Paid $75 for a 1 bedroom apartment. 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. but dad hoisted them in. 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. Firefighters examine damaged storage area following nighttime fire at Dooley's Hardware Store. In addition, all pages on Bizapedia will be It is all gone now. The Dooley gang was the best. I think the average movie was rarely over an hour and a half long. I also remember they would serve employees lunch if you worked on a Sunday. Today I was using a container of lighter fluid on a grease spot on a shirt. Take care Jan Mooney now. I wish it were still there, I moved away from Long Beach 25 years ago and I really miss it. We went there in the late 50s and even into the 70sI would pay most anything for just one more of their poorboy sandwiches, not like any other Italian sandwich youve ever eatenthe bread was so good, I can still taste exactly what it was like and their meatball sandwiches were amazing too. I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. George/Julie, please let me know if youre still out there on the net. and I still dont care if I have another soda. Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments , It sounds like you have great memories of Dooleys! In the fast-food world of today I imagine kids rarely get to experience such and will not have any fond memories like these. . How sad it is not there anymore Thank goodness Douglas burger still is!! 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. I had to reply as reading about the guy who drove a Helms truck, nearly bought a tear to my eye. 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. It has been very nice to reminisce about days past. In later years I was sad to see it leave. Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. I used to play video games at Redd Foxx Lanes. OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! It was on Atlantic a half a block from Jordan. Blvd. company profile page along with the rest of the general data. Things are always more clear when you look in the past. Dooley's asserts that under the Evidence Code it is a Morgan presumption affecting the burden of proof. I went to Jane Addames sutters in the gutter. 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). Just tried to replace glass bowls for my Oster Mixer (Stand Mixer) this morning. And once in a while wed put on our Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes and our best manners to go to Cliftons. in 68. 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. Good times. The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. Man, miss North Long Beach! . Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. Identifier: 3455_1: Title: . (ah minigolf a skate park? 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. Dooley had built a concrete block wall on what he thought was or was close to the property boundary with Trigg. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! While logged in and authenticated, you will not be asked to solve any complicated Recaptcha V2 challenges. Cant believe so many good times there. And how could you ever forget Dooleys. I grew up in Bellflower/Lakewood/Long Beach and we would go to Dooleys frequently when we were young. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. got where i could win quite a few games with one dime. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Email Address: See available information. I lived next door to N.B. been rereading all the great post about north long beach and all the memories of those writing in. i remember in the middle store food, fishing gear, gifts. So many people come to mind. 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. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. Look for pictures of Badlands skatepark. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Didnt remember about the mac and cheese, I probably would have been chowing on that if I worked there, too. 2d 337. I used to walk all the way to Dooleys to just look around. I used to wade in it as a kid I remember it being slimy, and also remember getting out and finding that I had cut my foot. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. . Loved our time there. blvd and Mt View. We lived there late 66 and 67. 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