I grew up in the Dooley house, which was right in the middle of the 4 parking lots. Also I remember Shady Acres miniature golf which no place could compare with in my book. Dooley's Hardware Mart 5000 Block, Long Beach Boulevard. The parking lot was so long that it was never full. . Spent many days at Houghton Park and during the summer, it was swimming at Jordan. I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. Romes was the best! I remember that we used to walk from there to Shady Acres and back, too. 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. I wish it were still there, I moved away from Long Beach 25 years ago and I really miss it. The list goes on. My father always took me there in the 60s and early 70s. We knew that place is the Riverbed. your daughter was so beautiful. Dooleys had cheap hotdogs and it was a great place to go. Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. They made great poorboy sandwiches. I grew up in Lakewood, in a little 3 bedroom house. We need it really bad now. thanks for letting me add my memories to yours. 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. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! Use to get our Christmas tree there every year as well! I lived there around the same time. A very nice lady named Frances worked there also a great spot, I worked at Dooleys in the 70s, I loved working there, my sister also worked there with mewe worked in the knick knacks and housewares dept. With the Bizapedia Pro Search service you will get unlimited searches via our various search forms,
yeah that was a nasty hill for skaeboards..ya had to watch out for the people down below and people popping out from the left hand bushes area goin down the hill, hey johnny, loved your post. ADDITIONAL LINKS Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. I remember going to this place twice and learned that they sold other stuff as well as hardware store here. I miss Dooleys too. I liked that store and miss it. Whether you're a pro or taking on a DIY home improvement project for the first time, we're right here in your neighborhood with the expert advice, tools, equipment and the products you need to get the job done. I am amazed with all of the customers of Dooleys and their coments about the hot dogs, christmas tree, etc. I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. She actually got me my first job at Dooleys. Again, thanks for sharing your memory. Your entire office will be able to use your search subscription. How sad it is not there anymore Thank goodness Douglas burger still is!! Hopefully get some pictures of a place I had so much fun shopping with my Grandmother. At 10 cents they werethe best. For about the same amount of years. I grew up on E. 60th (by Deforrest Park) and my father pretty much lived there. . My first job was at Wells bed and sofa on L.B. That was in Nov. 1987. My house was built at the same time as the school. 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. About $2.5 million would go to a project expanding Roosevelt Wednesday, April 10, 1957 Wad April 10 1957 DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART 5075 LONG BEACH BLVD NORTH LONG BEACH OUTDOOR LIVING and GARDENING DOOLEY'S BIG ONCE-A-YEAR EVENT! While I know it was a large facility, it seemed so ginormous to me as a small child. On that note I must mention that we had a Shakeys Pizza in town. They sold old Levis. If anyone comes across a photo taken from the South end of the store, I would very much like to have oneI mostly worked and was robbed at the south door in the main building where the offices were built up on stilts like a water tower with windows on all four sides, the building nearest Del Amo Blvd. See our terms of use for more tips. The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. I remember it well. That place was an interesting conceptual store. does Anyone remember kirks corner? I also remember a trailer park across from Shady Acres. That annoying daily skateboard noise was supplied by Rod and Shirley Nesbitts kid, who apparently later ironically grew up to officially close the store in the early 90s. I remember the name; Shady Acres, but I cant remember going there. We should all feel blessed. Sooo, unladylike. Do you guys remember the little brook that started at the top of the hill and fed into the river? My husband and I talk about it sometimes. 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! I remember it fondly. I remember Dooleys!! Large cement water way (they raced cars in them in the movie GREASE). DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART Company Number 0322111 Previous Company Numbers C0322111 Status Suspended Ftb Incorporation Date 8 June 1956 (over 66 years ago) Dissolution Date 2 January 2004 Company Type Stock Corporation - CA - General Jurisdiction California (US) Registered Address 5045 LONG BEACH BLVD LONG BEACH CA 90805 United States Agent Name There is now a facebook page Born and Raised in Long Beach where people talk about things like this, what movie theaters you went to, which library, with much reminiscing. Chuck, Hi so good to see your name here! Merchandise burned and buried beneath heaps of burnt wood and twisted metal. Maybe somebody else will find it and read everything. Its been a LONG time). I was very young then, first or second grade. I said, Marris pizza & By the doll collection. In the 60s I used to stay at my Grandmas house and I spent a lot of time hanging out at Andersons Market buying that rock candy that came in a little cloth bag . I bought my first few skateboards from that place. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. The fellow in charge at the store wharehouse (Sarge) was a real hoot. Yes! No. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. I will use his email. Dooley's Hardware Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Hello fellow Dooley's Hardware I am looking for anyone that used to work for Dooley's Hardware in Long Beach, California. served to you completely ad free and you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even
remember the middle building and on the top of it it a atlas of the world and above it was a gallon of sherman paint spilling paint all over the globe and it had floresent lights that glowed at night. I lived in the Four Corner Block area of North Long Beach. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? Hey neighbor, I must have left (working at the Garden Dept.) Please, no worries whatsoever. Those were wonderful times. And I used to go to Cliftons almost every week and there was a guy who drove a Helms truck who lived down the street from us on Del Amo Boulevard. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. We were cashiers in paint building also. . Its sad to see all these places gone. Dooley had built a concrete block wall on what he thought was or was close to the property boundary with Trigg. Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. Rights Information. I really miss Dooleys great memories of the place, and really nothing like it today, at least not around here. I went to sutter K- 5th grade, then we moved to San Diego. I was class of 78, we just missed each other! I loved reading these comments. I worked at Dooleys in the 80s. One particular game (might have been against Lakewood, they had a big brass bell theyd ring every time they scored a touchdown, boy we hated that d**n clang-clang) I remember we sat in the rain, our bleachers were nearly empty but we stuck it out to the bitter end, we sort of pat ourselves on the back for being true-blue, loyal Rowdy Rooters. 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 . Great memories. (ah minigolf a skate park? remember at the 18th hole, windmill the ball would return to the office after you hit it through the windmill. Oh and the Long Beach Pike! Dooleys was one of my favorite places to go as a child I dont know of any place that compares today. Oh, yes!!! yea mrs. Anderson was a peach of a lady my mom had a weekly credit with her she would send me to buy bread and lunch meat and peeny candy for me.and each friday i would go pay her she had a little book with how much we owed (thoose days are gone) we spent a lot of time on the railroad bridge and tracks sliding down on cardboard. . WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE! anyone remember the seafood grotto restaurant in the 50s on ocean blvd? Jan Horton. the lumberjack was on the 3rd most northern building. My next door neighbor was general manager N.B. I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. 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. That skatepark was called Badlands. like an Egyptian Princess . Does anyone remember The Prince of Wales restaurant ? I also remember your dad Bill as the appliance dept. Does anyone out there remember the Crest and Towne theaters on Atlantic Ave.? It would be great to remember some fun and crazy times we had at Dooleys! Thanks Julie! I never played Golf there, but I would always play the video games they had in the arcade. I think I was allowed to go buy them in 1970 they were 89 cents. my mom bought one of the first microwave ovens from there after we seen a demonstration in the mid store. I started as a cashier in the north building (garden, paint, hardware) and ended up in the south building, first in the radio dept, then upstairs in the furniture dept office. The container has a sticker that said Dooleys. Somebody else mentioned Scherer Park, I believe this is the correct spelling and it is in Bixby Knolls. If you are experiencing technical issues, we'd request that you contact Calisphere directly. the Battleship & the Torpedo best subs ever! I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. Dooley's Family Hardware Store Warehouse Grand Opening stephdooley 17 subscribers Subscribe 2K views 11 years ago Dooley's in North Long Beach, 1981. also the around the world game. You can find me on face book. Great chili dogs. I too was born and raised in North Long Beach, I graduated from Jordan in 74. All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. Awesome memories. Actually, I think he was indicating Romeos Itanial deli and pizza/sandwich shop. 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. Been there ever since. before K-Mart went in. Went there with my folks every chance we got. - Dooley's Hardware - Long Beach (yeah, I know . Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. Pay checks were about 20 bucks a week, but that paid for my VW gas and lift tickets at Lake Arrowhead. Dooley's asserts that under the Evidence Code it is a Morgan presumption affecting the burden of proof. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. if we stayed in the area. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. Are there really NO photos of it (still, in 2015)? And once in a while wed put on our Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes and our best manners to go to Cliftons. 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. 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. The March 2 ballot measure, also supported by the Teachers Association of Long Beach, would provide roughly $20 million for a new elementary school at the site of the former Dooley's hardware store near Del Amo and Long Beach boulevards. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Those were some great times. I loved Andersons market! I remember standing in long lines for them . Love the posts on here! Date . She was pretty . wow i bet some of us knew each other. also my favorite games were the baseball with ball bearing balls and flappers. Badlands skatepark was directly behind Shady Acres. . Those walk-ins had character! Their Suggestion was to Contact Dooleys Hardware in Long Beach. Remember Gene Barker from tools ? We lived there late 66 and 67. It was my first job and I was hired by the General Mgr who was my friends father, her mother was Charles Dooleys niece. the Lindbergh Jr. Market ran by Cecil (meat counter) & Bessie (front candy counter) Farrington ran it. Oh, and they also sold hardware. on Cherry off Market. Visited NLB 7-8 yrs ago, grew up there and Paramount, Lakewood, Bellflower. All of a sudden something said Dooleys! I used to love going there and getting the franks and beans and the what kids wasnt mesmerized by the Lumberjack?! I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. 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. Now, it's an empty building full of memories as it still stands. Great place! : 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. Then you and I went to elementary school together. i know where your coming from califorinabean, i went to jane addams, lindbergh and then jordan/ class 1967 and to have all those great places to go to growing up was fantastic. Contributing Institution. Such a shame you can never go home again.. Playing Asteroids at Red Fox Lanes. I think I got my first bike there too! Hi Richard! My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. Still have the trinket box. He wasnt any good . I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. Funny, l remember you. I remember buying a Christmas tree and a trinket box at Dooleys. I would like to ask a pretty random question. Hey there young lady. . I played as a child in the back rooms and attic of the orginal hardware store. 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. What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) Oh, and they also sold hardware. I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. I had to reply as reading about the guy who drove a Helms truck, nearly bought a tear to my eye. I believe it was Richard Dooley that lived across the street from the long parking lot behind the hardware building. Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. Does anybody remember Harrys bike shop. Sorry, went off track There was also a buffet restaurant, Cliftons I believe. I ve thought off and on about Dooleys too I remember I would go there with my dad all the time and I just love the memories of it and now Im not surprised to find a little fan site.I remember getting our trees there and how fun it was ,there seemed to be anything you could possibly want at Dooleys..these are a few more of many ancient and fond memoriesHelms bakery coming down our street with fresh donuts every Sunday, Cals bowling alley, all the drive-in theaters,MenEds Pizza (which is still there amazingly, El Patio Restraunt best mexican food (my mom worked there for at least 15-20 yrs) Trini died several years ago and Tony died just last year..,Rosas Italian sandwich shop on Paramount,Cliftons smorgasbord in the May Co. shopping center.,Welchs restraunt (I worked there for a couple years ) ,Town and Crest walk-in-theaters,We always got our milk and ice cream from Paul Lussman at Pauls dairy (he died just a couple years ago too.Does anybody remember the cool treasure hunt that the Long Beach Press Telegram, put on with a new clue everyday in the paper..winding up with a several thousand dollar cash prize down on the beach near the Queen Mary? I was a little kid & it seemed very small to me. I never could ride a skateboard in a park. One of you mentioned something that we didnt even know. I lived over by Sutter. Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum: Repository: CSUDH Archives: Rights: Left Jordan in 75. I am happy for all of you. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. Crest Theatre comes to mind and there was another theatre nearby, but the name escapes me. I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. This is awesome. My daughter was born 11-11-69 so that area was significant to me. I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. Dooleys really did make my life better. Well today, April 15, 2012 I celebrate 30 years sobriety and who knows what would have happened had I never found my way to Dooleys where I got a chance to start over. I worked in the garden shop, 65-67; my brother, major appliance, 64-66 & my sister, record dept. Steve. Its nice to remember such a unique place, isnt it? OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! I went to Sutter from kindergarten through 6th grade (1966 through 1972 or so)! We lived on Dawson Ave across from the elementary school. I lived next door to N.B. That stuff like Laff in the Dark and the Voodoo Hut, House of Mirrors, The Rotor , The Scrambler. We were in the same class for 3 years. What a great story! was just across the isle. I recall the original Hardware store. I remember getting a Disney Songtape of Goin' Quackers here in 1986 and eating at the snack bar. : poorly located hydrant, : Oil wells, Cameron Pl. And here it is and here you are! About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. 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. What a great place it was to be a kid. You must remember Norma the manager of your dept. Johnny I went to Sutter from about 1965, then Hughes, then Jordan (graduated in 78) you might have known my brother, he graduated in 75. I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). 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. man i miss those days..and last year coming from work in torrance i got off for the first time to drive by Jordan high, i thought i was looking at a prison yard a fence so high bars on windows in my days 73-75 it was open just walk in..wow that area has changed from the good old days of our times..and most dont remember this but there was a swimming pool we called scout pool it was at a boys scout area about 2 miles from dooleys would pay 50 cents to swim all day there..glad to see some of the old kids are still around and going and remember thoses days and lets not forget the pike in long beach.have a nice day < <, scherer park? Anybody remember what those statues were? . Dels Liquors on L.B.Blvd. I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. Login; Business Contacts & Backgrounds. Identifier: 3455_1: Title: . 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. My Dad hated to go there because he had to stand in line for a long time. Im not sure if Tony Alva ever skated there but I think he did at least show up a few times. loved it! Get back with me. in Michigan I have a great photo of my grandfather in his apron standing behind the counter, Ill post it when I can. But I remember buying a refrigerator from Dooleys when my husband and I bought our first home out here in Lake Elsinore, CA. Title. All before sexual harassment came along. Johnny Rebs came later down the road. i saw you mention the boy scout park. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. I could ride it the street good enough but didnt have the talent for that old park. if the company chooses to hide the private information on their profile from the general public. only one thing i found wrong on all the comments and that was on the italian deli. To have all of it within blocks of my house was the best . Dooley's Hardware Store, 5000 Long Beach Blvd. Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. I delivered appliances for them. i grew up in north long beach, graduated jordan 1967 and remember all those great places. From Red Fox Lanes to Shady Acres. I worked at Dooleys from 1981-1987. I remember the lumber jack at Doolys and my dad saying lets go to Doolys for whatever item he needed. My mom Dorothy worked in the Customer Service booth for several years (1975 1985?). It looked like a neat H.S. Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. I went to Sutter, then Hughes. we would start on the 3rd hole so we wouldnt be seen. contributor's website. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. 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. Great spaghetti and pizza, and we could never get out of there without writing our name on the walls, like everyone else. The hot dogs at Dooleys were the best and I remember being at Scherer Park and watching boys ride down the hill and right into the pond. 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. Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? 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