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Bustalacklusta t1_j0078ze wrote

If we are going to be reminiscing about Jamesway we should probably give a shout out to Hechinger too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hechinger

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hugh_jass_719 t1_j01bc1w wrote

I remember going to Hechinger all the time with my dad when I was a kid. I still find random older things around his house with their price tag.

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Ok-Dare-9268 t1_j01swby wrote

Ha ha me too. He would always say it’s time to go to Hechy baby

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Aircooled2088 t1_j01zg0d wrote

My father has wrench’s that have Montgomery Wards stamped on them. JC Penny’s used to sell tools also.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j007ade wrote

Hechinger

>The Hechinger Company was an American chain of home-improvement centers headquartered in Landover, Maryland, on the immediate outskirts of Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1999. It was also an online retailer owned by Home Decor Products from 2004 to 2009.

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Silverbugsixtyeight t1_j0151r2 wrote

Drywalled a couple rooms ,and MANY projects as first time homeowner,with products from Hechingers

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Real_Comfortable3467 t1_j002wtu wrote

I remember the one by me (southeast PA) and when Ames moved in all they did was take the J and the way of the sign. Clever folks.

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Opinionsare t1_j004071 wrote

Let's reminisce about Hill's department store, that was bought out by Ames also.

I knew Ames wasn't going to last. They picked up a load for western PA, the next week the trailer hit my dock, with the load still in the nose. They had a second order that we added behind the first load. No idea when they would get the product on store shelves, but you cannot have a supply chain that does get merchandise of the store shelves ASAP.

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awesomesauceitch t1_j015v83 wrote

As a kid my mom would take me to the one in Hazleton specifically to get me M.U.S.C.L.E. men.

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Accurate_Ad_8114 t1_j00ap4x wrote

There use to be a Jamesway in Franklin PA what use to be a Quality Farm and Fleet as well for a few years after Jamesway went out. Most of the building there is still empty except for a sliver of building which has been A and C Chinese and Asian buffet restaurant now for 17 years. I remember Ames as well out at the cranberry mall where a Hills department store once was.

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calebnf t1_j005nhq wrote

I went with my mom as a kid to the one in the South Mall in Allentown. We also went to Bradlees, which also went bankrupt.

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Ecstatic-Dog4021 t1_j00civy wrote

Yes, this. Remember Laneco?

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spoon7777 t1_j01j2y5 wrote

As hard as I try to forget Laneco I can't. Spent 21 years working there until the bitter end.

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AvoCunto t1_j0ax1nv wrote

Yes I was a bagger there briefly in high school. Lol red suspenders and bow tie. Good grief

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librarianjenn t1_j006wh9 wrote

The Jamesway store in Beaver Falls was hit by the 1985 tornado

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Danz322 t1_j009hu0 wrote

I still remember this from my childhood. My friend told me his dad went after the tornado and loaded his car up with “free stuff” that had been blown out of the store. I didn’t realize until I was older that his dad was a thieving looting asshole.

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Jasole37 t1_j01a5f0 wrote

There was one about 10 miles away from where I live. It closed in the late 90's. Then it was a recreational entertainment/sports place (idk what to call it, it had trampolines and rock climbing walls), then it was a Church assembly hall, then it was a skate park, now it's been closed for almost 20 years.

Yes, it was all that crap in the span of about 5 years.

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89GTAWS6 t1_j021y0o wrote

Dairyland Square in Red Lion? lol

I remember that, they had local WWE wannabe wrestling matches and things in there for a while, building still stands...empty. That entire shopping center is pretty much dead today other than the beer store and grocery store.

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FyrestarOmega t1_j003sif wrote

We had one of each locally. The Jamesway was turned into a local grocery store and the ames building changed hands a few times before becoming the Aldi it is now. What I remember from them are price stickers, the last stores I remember before shopping was entirely computerized. Iirc, they died around the time we got a walmart

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Mrmdn333 t1_j00608l wrote

I think we had one in the Reading area.

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SlowPhilosopher8783 t1_j006kdg wrote

Yes! My mom worked at one during the Trivial Pursuit phenom in the 80’s. Even had a teacher ask me to ask my mom for that game…And then yes - Ames opened up…

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Deacon_Blues1 t1_j00gxwx wrote

There is an office in Etters, PA that was an old James Way store.

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awesomesauceitch t1_j015qh4 wrote

I'm surprised Jamesway is closed that long. I ate at the pizza shop around 3 years ago.

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wh0_RU t1_j01qtoc wrote

Ames was sweet. It was like Kmart only worse yet somehow better...

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Yelloeisok t1_j01w4bf wrote

Anyone remember Gee Bees?

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Odd_Shirt_3556 t1_j0230cv wrote

Let’s add McCrory’s Ben Franklin, and JJ Newberry’s … All were 5 and 10 type stores. I think Newberry’ s and McCrory’s were started in PA.

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GoSBadBish t1_j024g7k wrote

Yes my father worked at the one in culpeper Virginia until it closed down

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LostinNothing35 t1_j026ni6 wrote

Used to get dragged to the Jamesway in Kennett Square, as a kid, all the time.

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vogelsyn t1_j02j8pf wrote

Ames is in the news, making a come back.

Hills is where the toys are.

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robin_terrae t1_j09vhe0 wrote

My first job was at an Ames in NJ. My mom worked at Jamesway and then got hired at the Ames that replaced it.

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AvoCunto t1_j0ax3oq wrote

Grande was some good ass pizza too

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