tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post8555887868082927852..comments2024-03-28T15:26:12.621-04:00Comments on Blue Country Magic: HillsCountryDewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-27522130680762729112010-04-27T06:59:28.484-04:002010-04-27T06:59:28.484-04:00What great memories!
I think about this a lot. We ...What great memories!<br />I think about this a lot. We had Joy's and of course Woolworth's. If we needed something really big, we went to Montgomery Ward. I see you use the word "depress" in describing your Walmart visit. That's exactly how it makes me feel when I go in.Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701518822526054010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-78394671867772014272010-04-27T06:06:19.276-04:002010-04-27T06:06:19.276-04:00Ginger, I think it is hard to stick by your princi...Ginger, I think it is hard to stick by your principles where money is concerned. You have to do what you have to do to survive.<br /><br />Elena, I remember the Cave Spring Hills too. It did not come to Roanoke until the 1980s. It was a much better store than the Ames that it turned into and I wasn't sorry when it went away, although it never "charmed" me like the Hills of my youth.<br /><br />Top Champ, I appreciate your comparison of department stores with your country!CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-2364295176718383072010-04-27T01:53:27.938-04:002010-04-27T01:53:27.938-04:00You really do do department stores in a way we can...You really do do department stores in a way we cannot replicate! It struck me actually that this must be a size/population thing, because we couldn't in the UK get anywhere near the prices that you can in the USA - presumably because the big stores can buy in bigger volume, bringing costs down. Can't say I am overly sad about it.<br /><br />Of course - we do have Asda - so Walmart has a presence here too.TopChamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377737494575644509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-68308862941161882322010-04-26T20:51:43.150-04:002010-04-26T20:51:43.150-04:00For me, that magical store was Katz in Kansas City...For me, that magical store was Katz in Kansas City. Oh my goodness, if someone gave me five dollars, that's where I wanted to go.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-81527452935613165412010-04-26T19:17:47.794-04:002010-04-26T19:17:47.794-04:00It sounds like Hill's to you when you were you...It sounds like Hill's to you when you were young was like EJ Korvettes in Brooklyn to me when I was young.<br /><br />There was a Hill's in Cave Spring Corners when I first moved here. I liked Hill's but to me it was pretty much the same as Walmart, only smaller. Then it changed to Ames which was a grungier Hill's that carried cheaply made inferior products and really tacky clothes. Now it's a Kroger. All in all I'd prefer it was Hills again or some other discount department store since there's another Kroger one block away.Elena DeRosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070488432007287857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-18894695661730900262010-04-26T18:43:11.084-04:002010-04-26T18:43:11.084-04:00I remember shopping in the local hardware store of...I remember shopping in the local hardware store of my early childhood home of Prague, OK. I can still smell the smell of the hardwood floors, see the big bins of seeds, the pink corn, the beans, and the marvelous aisles of wondrous stuff. My sisters and I saved for months to buy a set of steak knives for my parents from that store. Then there was Gibson's, in Lampasas, TX. Gibsons had the most amazing paper dolls. It went out of business when the Wal Mart came to the edge of town. The hardware store in Prague went out of business when the Wal Mart made it to the town 15 miles down the road. <br /><br />Principles. I just had a friend buy my labels at Sam's because (hypocrite, me), I won't step foot in the store, but realized I couldn't afford to buy them anywhere else.gingerhillery@mac.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058818226976530765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-41042427573991320752010-04-26T16:28:09.551-04:002010-04-26T16:28:09.551-04:00I've been here long enough to remember shoppin...I've been here long enough to remember shopping at the Hills in Christiansburg....before Walmart! There was a drive-inn movie across the street. It may be still there. A holdout. So I still say "near where Hills used to be?" whenever I get directions for that part of town. A ghostly landmark now.colleenhttp://looseleafnotes.comnoreply@blogger.com