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senior citizen 01-09-2014 05:23 AM

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Giggles 01-09-2014 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 808581)
The Vidlers website was really nice to see. Glad they keep it going.
Thanks for sharing that website.

Our town in Vermont had a Fishman's when we came in 1970 and a W.T.Grant. Both now gone.

Back in N.J., as a child, besides the Woolworths, we also had a McCrory's 5 & 10 cent store.

Up until a few years ago, we enjoyed stopping at a Ben Franklin store in Randolph Vermont enroute to see our daughter's family......no longer there, unfortunately.

For nostalgia's sake, Vermont does have several Vermont Country Store's.....with lots of OLD BRANDS.
The Vermont Country Store | General Store | Classic & Hard to Find Products
The Vermont Country Store / General Store
TAKE THE COUNTRY STORE "TOUR" AT THE BOTTOM OF WEBSITE

A couple friends and I used to take day trips and, whenever we would go to VT, we HAD to go to The Vermont Country Store. (We would spend a few hours just in that store)

senior citizen 01-09-2014 08:05 AM

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jblum315 01-09-2014 08:41 AM

Don't forget South of the Border, founded in 1948 when the only accommodations for tourists were "tourist homes" and still going strong, although unrecognizable from its humble beginnings as a beer parlor.


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