I've got a large quantity of Wizard brand tools my dad gave me when I was 12. And they were his tools when he was young. Not trying to high-jack the thread but this has me heading down memory lane. Hopefully I'll hit a detour.
Sears & Robuck House......
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I've got a large quantity of Wizard brand tools my dad gave me when I was 12. And they were his tools when he was young. Not trying to high-jack the thread but this has me heading down memory lane. Hopefully I'll hit a detour.
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
When my son was young he used to ask how big the box was that our house came in.............
Now I wonder how many boxes a S&R house came in and who put it together.
Tbar
You get to assemble it.
My Gramma had a S&R catalog from 1900 something, I usta like sitting and leaf'n/read'n thru it... I remember 4 or 5 houses that could be ordered.. Barns & Sheds too. Also remember a statement in the back pages that said something like: If you can't find something in our catalog, write or telegram us.. we will find, order and ship it to you.
Anyone remember WOOLWORTHS ? How bout KRESS'S (K-mart now, I think) W.T. GRANTS ??
Anyone remember WOOLWORTHS ? How bout KRESS'S (K-mart now, I think) W.T. GRANTS ??
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
Woolworth and Grants. I was a little rug rat then.
Well.. I wasn't a Rug Rat, but I Was a Teenager with un-cool parents that didn't know anything.. I'm proud of them these dayz tho... they both pulled through their mental illness's and are real fine peopole..
my grandfather owned a Western Auto store. my mother worked the register as a kid. my father and i both have and still use a lot of old Wizard hand tools. Dad still has the testing stand for the old TV/audio vacuum tubes. i have a lazy-susan type rack and jars labeled with touch-up paint from the 50s, my grandpa used them to sort nails and screws.
i use the Wizard box and open end wrench sets all the time. good quality stuff.
powerboatr
living well in Texas
that is one great looking house
WOW
WOW
Teah, me too. We had a place called John's bargain Store, a shop called the 5+10, and a big Place called "Two Guys". Also remember a place called "Great Eastern". Don't know if anyone else had these.
W4RLR
High Tech Hillbilly
W.T. Grants had a great snack bar, with grilled hot dogs and grilled buns. Two of those and a Coke, when I was a kid, that was fine eating! We didn't know we were poor, when Dad took us to Grants for dinner, we thought we were dining at the Ritz!