Omg I got dragged to Rickels on Long Island many times when I was a kid in the 80s. I hated it so much. BUT they had coin operated little rides in the front of the checkout and I was always allowed to ride while they checked out, so that was the upside!
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Reply to A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy
Omg I got dragged to Rickels on Long Island many times when I was a kid in the 80s. I hated it so much. BUT they had coin operated little rides in the front of the checkout and I was always allowed to ride while they checked out, so that was the upside!