He did a bunch of handy work and got all of his suppies there. I lived over by Sutter. whew! Romes was the best! I think I got my first bike there too! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Light and dark, self and other, la-dee-da and all. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/. Date Created and/or Issued. Loved our time there. In 81 or 82. the street was just south of the railroad tracks that were on long beach blvd. We have been together ever since (30 Years this November). Whenever she said she had to go to the hardware store, Id pretty much attach myself to her leg insisting she take me with her. I went to Sutter and graduated 6th grade in 1962; lived on Pacific Ave. maybe a block from the school. got where i could win quite a few games with one dime. great memories there! That skatepark was called Badlands. That place was interesting, it was there since the turn of the century and it was a like a museum to the old style amusement park like Coney Island. Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. 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. hi to you i work there to you storys are great. I remember going walking and skate boarding with my brother along and down inside of what my mom called the Wash. Large storm drains similar to a levy. Two more memories Marris Pizza on Long Beach Boulevard, and the Roller Arena on Alondra. Use to get our Christmas tree there every year as well! . I used to get my baseball cards there, and bring back my soda bottles for ten cents a piece; Shady Acres was a great place for mini golf, I had my sixth grade birthday party there. Funny, l remember you. 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? Those were some great times. Ruben was my boss. I grew up in Bellflower/Lakewood/Long Beach and we would go to Dooleys frequently when we were young. 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! Playing Asteroids at Red Fox Lanes. was in the same building upstairs. Does anyone out there remember the Crest and Towne theaters on Atlantic Ave.? All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. The record dept. RE: Calisphere: Request high-resolution copy of item for Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Oh and the Long Beach Pike! After finishing the sundae my Mom asked if I was satisfied? There is something always kind of special about mom n pop (family owned) places that have a personal homey atmosphere to it. Great memory! I remember gas was about 37 cents a gallon during the latter part of the 60s, and the four gas stations would have gas wars to see who could offer the cheapest gas. I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. 2d 337. Really good memories. DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART, Long Beach CA. Hi Richard! I grew up on E. 60th (by Deforrest Park) and my father pretty much lived there. And the lake at Scherer Park we were told a body was found in it the freezer in the front of Dels where I would pick out my Sidewalk Sundae, and Tom would say, Thatll be 35 dollars, please! Red Fox lanes, where I learned how to bowl and went to league night with my parents a great time! Good post kathy lowery. Comprehensive information on any company or organization. Good memories, I found this site many years after you all did. and of coarse Red Fox Bowling alley across the street. Rights Information. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. On that note I must mention that we had a Shakeys Pizza in town. Now site of Dooley's Elementary School. I lived next door to N.B. and Roland Meckel also from down the street was the lucky one of us. I remember the lumber jack at Doolys and my dad saying lets go to Doolys for whatever item he needed. To my recollections Scherer Park was in Bixby Knolls. Prices and program participation may vary. so good. ADDITIONAL LINKS Dooley's Family Hardware Store Warehouse Grand Opening stephdooley 17 subscribers Subscribe 2K views 11 years ago Dooley's in North Long Beach, 1981. Dooley's hardware mart in Long Beach, CA | Company Info & Reviews Company Information Sponsored Links Company Contacts SHIRLEY J NISBET Chief Executive Officer 4350 Olive St Long Beach, CA 90807 Reviews Write Review There are no reviews yet for this company. View our statement on digital primary resources. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. Somebody else mentioned Scherer Park, I believe this is the correct spelling and it is in Bixby Knolls. Hope to chat with you soon. Date . I lived there around the same time. loved it! California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Does anyone remember Shady Acres Miniature Golf? Julie, I doubt there will be anything like Dooleys again. went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. Great chili dogs. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! I also remember a trailer park across from Shady Acres. . Cheers! Just curious, were the owners irish? We would have all go to jail. I also remember your dad Bill as the appliance dept. I didnt care to eat a hot dog for a very long time . We are sorry, but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. Awesome memories. 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. I remember the Lumberjack and the big Sherman Williams sign covering the globe or something like that. 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! I never seen anything like it since. We went there in the late 50s and even into the 70sI would pay most anything for just one more of their poorboy sandwiches, not like any other Italian sandwich youve ever eatenthe bread was so good, I can still taste exactly what it was like and their meatball sandwiches were amazing too. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more, at Dooleys! Thank you SO much for finding that and sharing it what a treat to remember. I wish it were still there, I moved away from Long Beach 25 years ago and I really miss it. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. I was watching a Dooleys commercial the other day on You Tube. Dooleys was the only place we had for a one stop shop. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection, Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. That was in Nov. 1987. Wow. I attended one of my friends birthday parties there in 75. Do you guys remember the little brook that started at the top of the hill and fed into the river? i lived on Market st next door to Lindbergh Jr Hi. Phone & Email. Loved the summer programs at Sutter, arts and crafts and the traveling softball team that played the other elementary schools. Oh, and they also sold hardware. I loved Shady Acres! At 10 cents they werethe best. Firefighters examine damaged storage area following nighttime fire at Dooley's Hardware Store. Hi Veronica I remember you. I used to go to John Sutter Elementary and would go to Dooleys after school. I lived at 147 w 52 during the sixties. Del Amo is a six-lane highway, and our house was about thirty feet away from thousands of cars rushing by day and night, either on their way to or from the Long Beach Freeway, which was about a mile away. Love the posts on here! I lived in Long Beach from 66 to 76. 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 grew up off of L.B. I lived on 49th st against the train tracks. i was always fascinated by the conveyer belt that stock came down from above on. 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. (ah minigolf a skate park? does anyone remember the Big A? Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. Chuck, Hi so good to see your name here! My brothers and I use to ride the river trail to Shady Acres skate park (1977 I think) and I would go down to Dooleys to get 45s as well. She was always getting tools or gardening supplies from there. Shirley Dooley Nesbitt and her husband Rod were running the place by then, but still every once and a while old man Dooley would wander the store thanking everyone for the job they were doing. We knew that place is the Riverbed. I used to love going there and getting the franks and beans and the what kids wasnt mesmerized by the Lumberjack?! shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. i worked in the record dept. . Maybe they changed it over the years, but I recall that particular Long Beach store theme as, Dooleys family hardware store, theres more theres more at Dooleys!. RIP, Dooleys!\r\r(ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED.) Shady Acres was a blast, and little snackbar type place there to eat. Login; Business Contacts & Backgrounds. Nothing else compares to it today, does it? Years later Current Address: QJDV Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA. : 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. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. One of the best days was Sunday, when they served lunch in the kitchen upstairs. We were in the same class for 3 years. See our terms of use for more tips. Douglas Burger on L.B. I am glad you brought up the Sizzler, it need to be mentioned. But we have our memories. Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. I think I might have filled out an application for Dooleys, but ended up flippinf burgers at Carls Jr on Atlantic and 37th Street instead. My name is Jan Mooney but you would have know me by Jan Horton. I grew up in Lakewood, in a little 3 bedroom house. Now, it's an empty building full of memories as it still stands. Sorry, went off track There was also a buffet restaurant, Cliftons I believe. Nothing like that will ever happen again. If you are in need of enterprise level search, please consider signing up for a Bizapedia Pro Search account as described on this page. Contact Us. Sponsored Learn More D&B Reports Available for Dooley's Hardware Mart Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. Miss SoCal so much. I loved the 25 cent hotdodgs at Dooleys. My dad has a Lionel train and we would get track and train cars and accessories. My husband said that body at the park was a lady that lived next door to him, they called her aunt Dot her husbands name was Brownie, this site has brought back many memories for him. Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. if the company chooses to hide the private information on their profile from the general public. 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. Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I loved Jordan High and I had friends that went to Star King. And just for the record, my friends and I used to play hide-and-seek upstairs buy the doll collection and the furniture. They had a neat little museum. I am amazed with all of the customers of Dooleys and their coments about the hot dogs, christmas tree, etc. Show more Show more 11 years ago. FLEMING, J. Dooley's Hardware Mart (personified here as Dooley), the owner of Lot 5, obtained judgment and $40 damages against Dorice Trigg, the owner of Lot 6, enjoining her from using a strip of Lot 5, 94 feet long and one foot wide. Colleen I remember the giant lights in the sky! Any other Doolyites out there? There also was this great Italian Delicatessin near Kentucky Fried Chicken, (I cant remember exactly what street it was on).They were called Roma Italian or something. Large cement water way (they raced cars in them in the movie GREASE). I got to work the tree lot. Deep fried halibut , it seems like dream it was sooo good . We're proud to be a member of the True Value family, and we're here to serve our community. I loved Andersons market! My Grandma lived a half a block from Andersons Market in the 60s early 70s and I lived in California Heights in the mid 70s . They did have those great dolls I remember them, too! your daughter was so beautiful. My brother now lives on Zane. I remember getting a Disney Songtape of Goin' Quackers here in 1986 and eating at the snack bar. I think I try to use face book like a blogI always have too much to say for the little boxand have to edit it down. Hi Kathy, hope youre still out there. (A Christmas Story is one of my favorite movies; I really think my dad may have been the inspiration for Darrin McGavin, except that he wove a tapestry of obscenity while working on the family car, instead of the furnace). (LogOut/ The subs were the best. Today I was using a container of lighter fluid on a grease spot on a shirt. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA, we're here to help. And I remember Dooleys too! remember you didnt need bait, just throw your line in and wait couple seconds and yang it out and you would usually hook a fish. Does anyone remember the Worn Out West? They made great poorboy sandwiches. 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. if someone put a dime in it and didnt shake the machine popcorn was left in it and we would come up and shake it and get about 1/5 of a bag for free. . That was the summer and fall of 1967. Sooo, unladylike. been rereading all the great post about north long beach and all the memories of those writing in. We used to shop at Dooleys. Then you were there when I was there. Anyway, it was another Friday night family dinner place for us. Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. The Long Beach Drive-In was at the 710 and 405 Freeways, I think. in 1969. Hey, Jan Horton, I certainly remember you (and your darling daughter who looked just like you). I worked there in 1982, I ended up in a rehab in Comptom just north of Dooleys and after 90 days, I took the bus south and got a job in the plumbing dept. As a kid in Torrance, I was not even sure where this was, just that my father would take me often; but you all have filled out in that image in my mind, Thanx. especially shady acres, remember hiding clubs and balls while in elementary school. . : Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd, : Retail store fire, 3414 Long Beach Blvd, : Abandoned oil storage : hazard, Long Beach Blvd, : Caf, Long Beach Blvd. He seemed to know many employees. Take care Jan Mooney now. My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. At least he tried. Then just passed the pharmacy, through the doors was the hot dogs and orange julius on your right and a craft supply shop on your left. I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. One day in about 1966, the Greeter from Laguna Beach walked all the way to Dooleys just to get a couple of hot dogs he had heard were only 10 cents. served to you completely ad free and you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even Besides playing catch in the driveway (or Poison, which was a game where our friend Kathy would be a baserunner, and my brother and I would try to tag her out when she would run from one base to the other), and trying not to get hit by a car if the ball went into the street, one of our main sources of entertainment was to go down the street to Dooleys Hardware, where the giant lumberjack stood,overlooking Long Beach Boulevard. Yes I can taste Doolys hot dogs now. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. Get this Press-Telegram page for free from Friday, October 5, 1973 ch Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 ' f Dooley s Hardware Mart 5075 Long Beach Blvd Long Beach 428-1212 RCA Model ES475 The IRVINGTON . Now my sister was really mad!!! I believe that pond was built with concrete and bowl shaped that made it a dangerous treacherous pond when algae slime would build up in it and if you even stepped out in it for example to net some pollywogs with a (coat hanger/ nylon stocking net your mom made) you could easily slide down in and have a very hard time getting outI dont know if that was the case with the woman you speak ofOne time I saw a child start sliding in then her brother came to give her a hand and he started sliding in, then mom and before you knew it they looked like a paper doll cut- out. . Loved article. I remember Dooleys. (LogOut/ The lumberjack, the drive-ins. Just tried to replace glass bowls for my Oster Mixer (Stand Mixer) this morning. CA; DO; DO-2083; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART; DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART. I grew up in the Dooley house, which was right in the middle of the 4 parking lots. LOL! the lumberjack was on the 3rd most northern building. It would be great to remember some fun and crazy times we had at Dooleys! my Grandma live around the corner from Dooleys and I love to go see the dolls. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. Fun stuff. Steve Hampton from down the street worked in the toy dept. One of my neighbors was killed while she was babysitting her granddaughter and a bullet came through the window during a drive-by and killed her as she sat in her rocking chair. also, love the popcorn machine. After working there 6 months . 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. He and his sister Shirley pretty much ran it during the time I worked there. Those walk-ins had character! Dooleys really did make my life better. His real name was Forrest. I remember it well. thanks for letting me add my memories to yours. It was one of a kind. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. then golf till about the 16th hole and then hide the clubs and balls till next day. The parking lot was so long that it was never full. I cant remember what exactly these were named/called. I must have gone to the Prince of Wales, what was it near? Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. Please, no worries whatsoever. I worked all over the store and had so much fun. Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. I am sure it makes him feel as good as it does for me to read these comments. Search this record. I lived in N LB from 1985-1990. I dont need to re-visit. He was retired of course. Your entire office will be able to use your search subscription. S. Jeffery Hardware Store, Chico, Calif : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware : Franzen Bros. Hardware with people, Main Street i remember in the middle store food, fishing gear, gifts. Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. Where this was originallylocated they placed a school there and named it Dooley's. They had fiberglass statues there as well. Your right.my friend and i would sit on our skateboards (steel wheels) hook our legs to each other and go down the hill they called it (suicide hill) hit the grass at the bottom just before the pond..and yes the rec area had a bumper pool table inside we would play.and that pond had more fish in it big blue gills drop a line and it was hit then.we would walk over to Thriftys for a 5 cent scoop of ice cream remember that? I think I might have applied for a job there, but never followed through with it. Fun times , Yes, those were great times, and we were unaware of how great they were. Miss them. I worked with a lady named Verlene, she was so sweet, I often wonder what happened to her? You guys should check out Born and Raised in Long Beach. Dooleys Family Hardware Store, theres more, theres more at Dooleys. Been there ever since. And did you ever eat at Marris? Still have the trinket box. Hey there young lady. i am now 62. i loved that place. Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. I noticed your response is several years old, so I doubt that youll read this comment (I just found this story, thanks to my sister). Its sad to see all these places gone. Grocers, too, are getting into the bigger-is-better act. Dooleys had cheap hotdogs and it was a great place to go. 1980 1985, Paint Dept., 1986 1991 Garden Dept. Daughter who looked just like you ) treat to remember some fun and crazy times we had a Pizza. 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