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Date Posted: 18:45:15 01/27/04 Tue
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Subject: Re: Beech Street neighborhood groceries in the 1960s
In reply to: Jonathan E. Wright 's message, "Beech Street neighborhood groceries in the 1960s" on 16:53:15 02/08/03 Sat

>Is anyone old enough to remember the neighborhood
>grocery stores on Beech Street? These were very
>important to the lives of people who lived near Paul
>Blazer Sr. High School many years ago. The three I
>remember are (1) Miller's Grocery Store, near the back
>sidewalk entrance to Poage Elementary School; the one
>at the corner of Floyd Street and Beech Street; and
>the one at the end of Beech Street near 13th Street.
>These last two I can't remember the names for. If
>anyone can help, I'd be grateful. I grew up on Ranch
>Road in the 60s and was familiar with these stores
>then. What's interesting now as I look back on them is
>the fact that three stores could make a fairly good
>living so incredibly close to each other. Nowadays, of
>course, small independent grocers have no way of
>surviving against the mammoth Wal-Marts, etc., so any
>neighborhood grocers are usually of the 7-11 variety.
>These three small groceries were an important part of
>the memories of those who grew up around Ashland---and
>lots of other places---years ago. Such memories make
>life so rich. If anyone else has memories of any or
>all of these three stores, it would be great to hear
>them!

The grocery @ corner of Floyd /Beech was calle "Tacketts" and the grocery @ end of Beech near 13th was "Midland Grocery" .........

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