Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 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. What a great story! I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. I loved that place! I remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). before K-Mart went in. Its good that we remember these places and the times. My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County I grew up off of L.B. i lived on Market st next door to Lindbergh Jr Hi. 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. I lived over by Sutter. I delivered appliances for them. He did a bunch of handy work and got all of his suppies there. . Dont know if the buildings are still there but Im packing up the dog for a road trip. 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. He and his sister Shirley pretty much ran it during the time I worked there. I miss Dooleys too. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. that place had it all we lived in lakewood on candlewood by the tracks 1956, Dooleys was cool work there in the late 1970s love there hot dogs and ice cream first job out of high school. I believe it was Richard Dooley that lived across the street from the long parking lot behind the hardware building. The Dooley gang was the best. Mrs Dooley always chose the glasswares like tea cups and saucers for the ladies collections. Hardware Mart Dooleys. Those were some great times. 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. hi to you i work there to you storys are great. The funny thing is they never said anything about the little brown bags of candy, like a sandwich bag or lunch bag. 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! 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. You are a good writer, Jules. It was family owned right? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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. tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. and I still dont care if I have another soda. Search. Merchandise burned and buried beneath heaps of burnt wood and twisted metal. We have been together ever since (30 Years this November). That was a lot of fun. And just for the record, my friends and I used to play hide-and-seek upstairs buy the doll collection and the furniture. There was a Taco Bell in that area. I also have a fond memory of going to Welchs for my thirteenth birthday and feeling very grown-up and special being in such a posh place (linen table cloth and napkins), we didnt have a lot of money so dining out like that was a rare treat. I lived a block away from Scherer Park, and would go all the time. the Battleship & the Torpedo best subs ever! It has changed a lot when I was a kid, I used to sit by the pond, and watch boys ride their bikes down the hill and right into it in the summer. 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. I wish it were still there, I moved away from Long Beach 25 years ago and I really miss it. Shady Acres skate park. We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message. (ah minigolf a skate park? I think you lived on 51st street when l was a kid. . Mrs. Trigg appealed, claiming title to the one-foot strip by adverse possession, estoppel, and agreed boundary. Miss them. Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments Years later Good post kathy lowery. Does anyone remember The Prince of Wales restaurant ? across from the school was the Hi Lo soda shop ran by Bob & Francis from the early fifties to late 80s. Oh the memories I lived in Lakewood where half my family still lives what a great place to grow up! I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. Hot dogs at Dooleys I went to Hughes Junior High, and walked home through Scherer Park every day. Blvd. He lived on Sunset and Elm. Collection. Steve Hampton from down the street worked in the toy dept. Loved the summer programs at Sutter, arts and crafts and the traveling softball team that played the other elementary schools. I bought my first few skateboards from that place. As I grow older, Im so thankful for those experiences, because they give me an appreciation for small, sweet events, like piling into the carall six of us kidswith my Mom and Dad, to be treated to a hot dog at Dooleys. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. Anyhow, I ended up googling to this site and thought I would leave some comments. company profile page along with the rest of the general data. Douglas Burgers was my favorite, next to Dooleys hot dogs, of course. Sooo, unladylike. Chuck, Hi so good to see your name here! My house was built at the same time as the school. today our lives are filled with a lot of places that all look alike, no matter where we go, and I am glad that I grew up with Dooleys down the block. . use to camp there on weekends when i was a boy scout. Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum: Repository: CSUDH Archives: Rights: To protect our site, we cannot process your request right now. Its so sad to see that my old house is gone, and dooleys, but Douglas is still there and still as delicious as I remember! Im not sure if Tony Alva ever skated there but I think he did at least show up a few times. 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. Rights Information. Login; Business Contacts & Backgrounds. My name is Jan Mooney but you would have know me by Jan Horton. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. At 10 cents they werethe best. 63-65. Company Profile, Contact information, Current and former Employee directory, Corporate history, state/tax IDs. Now 71 live in montana. & Compton, damage from the 1933 earthquake, : Oil truck fire, Willow and Long Beach Blvd, : Market on fire, Artesia and Long Beach Blvd, : Intersection of Wardlow and Long Beach Blvd. Was it the Long Beach Drive-In? I remember you in furniture office when I worked in credit. I learned how to play asteroids at Redd Fox lanes! 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 used to play video games at Redd Foxx Lanes. Johnny Rebs came later down the road. The $16 million Lakewood renovation Thanks Julie! Also I remember Shady Acres miniature golf which no place could compare with in my book. Love the chilli dogs, picking the Christmas trees out of the railroad car. George/Julie, please let me know if youre still out there on the net. Too many steel fences and bars on peoples windows. But he went there anyway . I recall the original Hardware store. what memories. It was at Dooleys where I met my future wife. also the around the world game. I remember the name; Shady Acres, but I cant remember going there. 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. I tell these fast food places to sell chili cheese dogs, you cant find a very good chili dog. Who is your brother? My next door neighbor was general manager N.B. I must say this was a cool little topic! Just curious, were the owners irish? I remember the store seemed to be so big, I thought it would be cool to ride a mini bike up and down the isles. I do believe that since Ive read of so many of the changes made in the area. Oh to be back in the good ole days in Long Beach/ Compton area. Hopefully get some pictures of a place I had so much fun shopping with my Grandmother. Prices and program participation may vary. Our Boy Scout troop was sponsored by Dooleys. my dad (bill simpson) worked in appliances at dooleys for about 20 yrs in the 60s and 70s. 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. Oh, and they also sold hardware. Used to go to Dels Liqour store and get my hair cut in the same plaza. RIP, Dooleys!\r\r(ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED.) I went back to NLB about 10 years later and many things had changed. I was very young then, first or second grade. After my moms funeral at Sunnyside Memorial Cemetery, I really have no reason to be there. Item Description. I grew up on Zane st i remember eating chili dogs under the lumberjack when i was a kid i have many fond memories of Dooleys it makes me sad that its gone.I dont live out there anymore so whenever i get a chance to go out there its nice to see Douglas burger is still there down the street. small (250x250 max) medium (500x500 max) Large; Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. 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. went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. The list goes on. the street was just south of the railroad tracks that were on long beach blvd. Once my brother went wading in the pond and cut his foot pretty badly on some broken glass; ruined our afternoon picnic, stupid brother. Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. I love all these recollections, its like all of you said everything. Date Created and/or Issued. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Ive told people about it for years but the name wouldnt come back to me until this morning. 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. Filing Jurisdiction, Entity Type, Registered Agent, File Number, Filing Status, and Business Category. I have the best memories of dooleys and that house as we spent all of the 80s there and part of the 90s. I went roller skating there all the time thanks, Colleen, for all of the good memories. You missed mentioning meI was there summer and fall 1967you must have clear at the other endI was at the south door of the south building most of the timeI didnt realize there were so many of us from the block that were there. We went to Shady Acres frequently and also went to the horse stables to rent horses for riding for an hour, someone mentioned the name earlier but I forget.One of the things I miss from those days is the drive-in theatersLakewood,Circle,Los Altos,and I think there was one other we used to go to. I think I was allowed to go buy them in 1970 they were 89 cents. See Hardware Mart Dooleys's age, phone number, house address, email address, social media accounts, public records, and check for criminal records on Spokeo. shed talk with the ladies who were collecting and fine the things needed & wanted to fill their collections. I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. they just carried Lionel) - Frank's Hobby Shop - Orange - The Freight Yard - Anaheim - The Golden Spike - Irvine - Harry's Model Trains - Santa Ana - Hobby Lobby - Riverside (IIRC) - Iron Horse - somewhere in the San Fernando Valley - Iron Horse - Brea - Pop's Hobby Shop - Anaheim They sold old Levis. I dont need to re-visit. I lived in N LB from 1985-1990. I started at $1.50 and then when I made lead cook, I received $1.65 per hour. Large cement water way (they raced cars in them in the movie GREASE). . 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. I remember just staring at the Lumberjack. I just found this while looking for a photo of Dooleys for a story I wrote about working there and being the first checker inside the store to be robbed. She was pretty . 1980 1985, Paint Dept., 1986 1991 Garden Dept. Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. I came here out of interest in Dooleys after reading a published California Court of Appeals opinion and ruling in Dooleys Hardware Mart v. Trigg, 03/03/1969, 270 Cal. The entire area is a sea of memories. Dooley's Hardware consisted of three buildings that were spread over three blocks - you could get anything there, from ten-cent hot dogs to eighty-nine cent 45rpm records to a new living room set. . Anyway I got a few things from old Harry too. Even though I know this is a great and necessary development for North Long Beach, which has become a pretty sad place for me (more on that later), its hard to drive by without thinking of the giant lumberjack keeping watch over good, cheap hotdogs, and everything else you could ask for in a hardware store. I saw Raging Bull and Looking for Mr. Goodbar there, and it may even have been on the same night! if we stayed in the area. Dooleys really did make my life better. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. I had my own daughter in 1982 and thought of so many of my fellow employees as family. 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! The house was built in the very early 1900s I think, and was a wonderful little house. I was just thinking of my childhood days in Long Beach in the the 60s, it was a great time. I think the average movie was rarely over an hour and a half long. Great memories. Thanks so much for reading, and dropping in; I have to tell you that Ive been writing here for a couple of years now, and my post on Dooleys Hardware has gotten the most number of comments. I actually worked for Dooleys from 76-78, at the Warehouse at Cherry and Artesia. 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 He seemed to know many employees. Past Addresses: See available information. I lived on del amo also about two blocks before you got to the train bridge.does anyone remember the little market in the neighborhodd called anderson market they had peeny candy and old lady and her husband they had a meat counter in the back of the store to slice meat for you..i went to sutter elm school form from about 1966 then to lindbergh jr high then grad.from Jordan high in 1975 use to hang aout at Redfox bowling lanes in front of Dooleys..got all my fishing stuff there to fish at scheer park down the street..and the 10cent hot dogs my mom would send me down there on my sting ray baike to buy 10 or 12 for dinner..man that was the days im 54 now and still remember that how about shady acres mini golf who remembers that place? And once in a while wed put on our Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes and our best manners to go to Cliftons. Im going to see if I can find a photo I took ballet and tap from Dorothy Castle on Market, and we used to get burgers from the Hi-Lo on Market, across from Lindbergh Junior HIgh. I really cant stand when these computers correct my spelling. Miss SoCal so much. Thanks for the write up. This is awesome. (LogOut/ 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. Dooley's of Long Beach newspaper ad This place was a huge hardware department store in Long Beach. Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. (562) 437-2716. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. Used the internet to contact the Distributor. but dad hoisted them in. Nice to know other remember. Also remember the gas wars on LB Blvd and Del Amo Blvd (I lived a block away from the intersection) I wrote a bit about the drive-ins, I think I called it Halloween at the drive-in. There are some old photos that I found and posted as well. Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Calisphere California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd Image / Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd . My grandmother worked for the old Douglas aircraft in Long Beach. 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. if the 2 comments were talking about the one on atlantic/ the 6000 or 6100 block of altantic it was called romeos and than later changed to romes. But we have our memories. Bought my 45s there. Remember Gene Barker from tools ? What street was that on was it in Lakewood or Long Beach? Colleen, I do remember a painted wall on the side of the deli, that had a big sandwich. What a great place it was to be a kid. Romes was the best! Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. Miss it sometimes being close to the water. The Big As parking lot was so big that Kmart was built in front of the the Big A store, and there was still ample parking. , state/tax IDs buried beneath heaps of burnt wood and twisted metal sandwich. 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