Dooley's Family Hardware Store Warehouse Grand Opening stephdooley 17 subscribers Subscribe 2K views 11 years ago Dooley's in North Long Beach, 1981. Great chili dogs. Dooley's of Long Beach newspaper ad This place was a huge hardware department store in Long Beach. in 68. 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. You must remember Norma the manager of your dept. 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. Use to get our Christmas tree there every year as well! . Growing up on the block, Dooleys was one of my playgrounds, along with Red Fox Lanes across the street, Scherer Park, and Shady Acres. I remember Shady Acres as well. 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. I loved Shady Acres! 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. The improvements and new facilities are paid for by Measure A school bonds approved in 1999 by local voters along with state match-ing funds. App. Anyway I got a few things from old Harry too. I didnt grow up in Long Beach, lived there while husband was in the navy. Then you were there when I was there. Description Hose crew (Babcock, left, and Luther) spray charred interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop following nighttime fire. I went roller skating there all the time thanks, Colleen, for all of the good memories. Oh the memories I lived in Lakewood where half my family still lives what a great place to grow up! 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. Always crowded, full of people. She was always getting tools or gardening supplies from there. 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. your daughter was so beautiful. Get back with me. Its nice to remember such a unique place, isnt it? Left Jordan in 75. We should all feel blessed. was there no hardware competition in N.L.B.? I worked at Dooleys in the 80s. 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 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. Loved Dooleys it was one of a kind. Where the 91 and the 710 intersected. was just across the isle. a big greek guy owned the place. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5916137753/ Its been nice to find other Long Beach folks! the first multi dept store there was. with up to 5 times the number of maximum matches per search vs. non-subscribers. Great memories! been rereading all the great post about north long beach and all the memories of those writing in. Also loved those burgers, but, it wasnt enough, so I would go the snack bar afterwards and get a couple of hot dogs, served by Roland Meckel. Date Created and/or Issued. contributor's website. 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. reminiscence. Oh so much fun we had and we didnt even know it. YOu might have sold some 45s to me! I remember a Huffs Coffee Shop on Long Beach and Artesia. Our Boy Scout troop was sponsored by Dooleys. Great times that I will never forget! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. : 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. 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. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. 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. So many people, including myself, have fond memories of the store; it was a unique place to go to shop, and eat (hotdogs!) Fishing for crawdads in the pond. After finishing the sundae my Mom asked if I was satisfied? I grew up there in the early 70s to the early 80s. We knew that place is the Riverbed. Dooleys really did make my life better. For about the same amount of years. Dehls. I remember Dooleys!! Contributing Institution. Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code, I miss Dooleys too. 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 . Does anyone remember Shady Acres Miniature Golf? (ah minigolf a skate park? 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 remember we used to look at the toys at Dooleys (GI Joes, Trains, games). Richard. Im 64 as I type this and Im computer literate for sure, but Im not on the social network sites, so on and so forth. Oh, yes!!! I loved Jordan High and I had friends that went to Star King. She was quiet, refined, & upper class. I feel lucky that I had Dooleys to go to when I was a kid nothing else even comes close today. Store located in the 5000 block of Long Beach Boulevard. They were always very polite and would inform my mother that they would make sure that we were there. all the wheels looked like a roller coaster fast ride. 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. Steve. Martins pizza, Douglas burgers, and the chili cheese dogs at Dooleys. and Roland Meckel also from down the street was the lucky one of us. I dont remember the museum, but Im sure I must have gone through it thanks! Dooleys 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. I remember so many people there like Ruben Macli, warehouse manager North building and Bill Starr , and June Ricks and Hal in sreening, but most of I remember meeting my wife there, Vicky Peters in pullman & Bath, she was amazing. Retailers call them "category killers," saying they kill off competition wherever they go. In 81 or 82. Never hear that word anymore!) I worked at Dooleys from 1981-1987. also my favorite games were the baseball with ball bearing balls and flappers. The chocolate cream pie was absolutely the best. Trick or Treating in Bixby Knolls cus thats where the rich people lived. Hi Veronica I remember you. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I used to eat 6-10 hot dogs a day and pick up a $1.99 monural record every week after pay day. I lived right on Del Amo, so living on a side street in Bixby Knolls seemed like heaven to me. Im sure Ive spelled it wrong, but they had booths where you could preview your record before purchasing. Used to go to Dels Liqour store and get my hair cut in the same plaza. Yes! Loved Dooleys; got my first baseball mitt there. I graduated from Jordan in 1974, I remember my girlfriend and I going to the football games and the Panthers rarely won. Contact Us. We moved then and I graduated from Artesia High in 75. 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 I grew up on Arbor st. 1977 to 1983. I too was born and raised in North Long Beach, I graduated from Jordan in 74. Hey there young lady. 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! Years later I used to wade in it as a kid I remember it being slimy, and also remember getting out and finding that I had cut my foot. Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum: Repository: CSUDH Archives: Rights: I remember thinking that it was a huge restaurant when I was a kid. Wow, I hadnt thought of this stuff in years. Dooleys was one of my favorite places to go as a child I dont know of any place that compares today. Hi Richard! a new school at the former Dooley's Hardware at Long Beach Boulevard and Del Amo Street. Douglas Burger on L.B. I went to HS at Millikan. 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. And did you ever eat at Marris? I cant find you. Get free access to the complete judgment in DOOLEY'S HARDWARE MART v. TRIGG on CaseMine. We're proud to be a member of the True Value family, and we're here to serve our community. 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. He worked in the snack bar! I dont need to re-visit. Looks like everyone remembers the hot dogs!!!! served to you completely ad free and you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even went to John A. Sutter, Lindbergh, and Jordan c/o 83. Take care Jan Mooney now. I think he was more successful in retail sales than he was in politics. and Lucys for dinner and drinks, with the piano bar. there is a post about dooleys and it seems to get the biggest response. I could ride it the street good enough but didnt have the talent for that old park. like an Egyptian Princess . Oh ya, working in the Garden Dept. I remember a kid in the mid 80s, who worked at dooleys, who used to skateboard the parking lot. Congratulations on your milestone; Dooleys played a huge part in your life, and Im sure that I must have bumped into you at some point. I used to wade into it, starting at the top of the hill where the little brook would flow down into it; cut my foot once from toe to heel when I came out of it, and I didnt even feel it. 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. It was one of a kind. i remember in the middle store food, fishing gear, gifts. This orginally aired on KTTV 11 in 1981. 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. wow i bet some of us knew each other. ADDITIONAL LINKS Went to Jahn A Sutter elementary. G S A True Value Hardware in Long Beach, CA, we're here to help. Had a friend named Gary Lahna who died in Vietnam, fabulous memories, how about those Good Humor trucks that played their music as they rolled through the neighborhoods. Item Description. At 10 cents they werethe best. What a great story! during Christmas was great. After working there 6 months . Nothing like that will ever happen again. Im in the beginning process of writing a screenplay about growing up in Compton as a white kid, as well as living there well into my adult years (cant give too much away) and Im seeking personal testimonies about white folks living in north Long Beach (Compton and surrounding areas of course), however, for now anyway, all I can offer is to buy breakfast, or lunch for anyone who is interested in allowing me to interview them. Show more Show more 11 years ago. 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. Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection Rights Information Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object. I grew up in Lakewood, in a little 3 bedroom house. We would always go at Christmas-time to get decorations, etc. Of course, every time we went we had to stop to get a hotdog. Also, does anyone remember that Charles served a term on the L.B. (LogOut/ Born and raised in LB, and I graduated from Jordan in 75. My husband and daughter are both gone but I remember pushing her stroller on our way to Dooleys, You must have lived closer to Sutter Elementary than I did do you remember in the 60s, at the intersection of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard, there were four gas stations? Dooley's Hardware store fire, 5075 Long Beach Blvd. I dont remember the seafood grotto on Ocean, but its nice to hear from a greek reader my grandfather and grandmother came to the States from Athens through Ellis Island, and my grandfather and great-uncle George owned two ice cream parlors (parlors! This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Three buildings, and all heart. I went to Sutter School and Lindbergh Junior High and I went to Jordan. Crest Theatre comes to mind and there was another theatre nearby, but the name escapes me. Fun times , Yes, those were great times, and we were unaware of how great they were. One more memory the gas wars they used to have those were the days one station would lower their price then one across the corner would lower theirs in response and sometimes that would go on until gas got rediculously cheap ..and they would put out those huge spotlights that would rove around the sky and sometimes cross each other I remember when gas was about .40 c a gallon that must have been about the time I first started driving I think maybe why that price sticks. I will use his email. Awesome to know you have fond memories too! Today I was using a container of lighter fluid on a grease spot on a shirt. I must say this was a cool little topic! . 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. and arbor st. Good post kathy lowery. Concerts at the Long Beach auditorium? tion in the Long Beach Unified School District. I remember my mom dropping me off in a long Cadillac that had fins on the back. We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message. We hit them up at lunch from Jordan when the line was not too long! I grew up in Compton. the Lindbergh Jr. Market ran by Cecil (meat counter) & Bessie (front candy counter) Farrington ran it. That was in Nov. 1987. I remember getting a Disney Songtape of Goin' Quackers here in 1986 and eating at the snack bar. I think he used to walk around the store in a brown suit. Love the posts on here! whew! (LogOut/ Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I used to go to Shady Acres later became a skate park. Dooley dogs, arcade games at Red Fox Lanes, dinner out at Sizzler, riding bikes in the LA River, mini golf at Shady Acres. I loved that place! Oh and the Long Beach Pike! 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. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections. I used to play caroms and do crafts at the little rec center there and they had great swings! 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/. Nothing else compares to it today, does it? I was a little kid & it seemed very small to me. The parking lot was so long that it was never full. I lived over by Sutter. He appeared in a few commercials. was in the same building upstairs. Dooley's Hardware Mart filed as an Articles of Incorporation in the State of California and is no longer active. It was my first job and I was hired by the General Mgr who was my friends father, her mother was Charles Dooleys niece. 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. The lumberjack, the drive-ins. I worked in the garden dept from 65-67. I think you lived on 51st street when l was a kid. They sold old Levis. The short guy in the garden shop. Playing Asteroids at Red Fox Lanes. I really cant stand when these computers correct my spelling. My Home Town Harbor City Los Angeles County I have the best memories of dooleys and that house as we spent all of the 80s there and part of the 90s. Shady Acres is now a condominium complex, I think; I used to play miniature golf there, and held quite a few birthday parties there. my Grandma live around the corner from Dooleys and I love to go see the dolls. Still have the trinket box. I was a lazy, do-nothing clod, far beneath her level. Filing Jurisdiction, Entity Type, Registered Agent, File Number, Filing Status, and Business Category. It is a shame we can never go home. and of coarse Red Fox Bowling alley across the street. It was the only house that was surrounded by the Dooleys parking lot. The $16 million Lakewood renovation She alllowed me to have a chocolate fudge sundae instead of dinner. 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. 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. shed be in there on saturdays to see that her finest wares were put out on the glass display shelves just perfectly. Its funny everybody has a different spelling for what thought was Cheer park we used to make little fishing nets out of my moms nylons and a coat hanger and catch pollywogs ( we also referred to it as pollywog park then we would take them home and keep them in a jar but didnt know how to keep them so they died and the water got smelly quick. Many super nice employees there, my favorite was spud. All the way from the bridge to the corner of Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevard was special. Jan posted by Dooley's Hardware of Long Beach, California @ 7:53 PM 7 comments I dont believe I remember you Jared but there were a lot of people I didnt know that lived around there. I would also go every Saturday with my dollarallowance to buy a 45 single, making a carefully considered choice from the 93 KHJ radio playlist each time. The funny thing is they never said anything about the little brown bags of candy, like a sandwich bag or lunch bag. I think I got my first bike there too! OMGI still dream about Dooleys hot dogs! Company Profile, Contact information, Current and former Employee directory, Corporate history, state/tax IDs. . In addition, 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 am now 62. i loved that place. We were both in the 1953 class at Jordan High School. Jordan c/o 83. Great place! 1541 W Pacific Coast HwyLong Beach, CA 90810-4227. How could you know. My family lived on Mountain View from 72 till 83. remember kirks corner, went there for years. shed talk with the ladies who were collecting and fine the things needed & wanted to fill their collections. As a kid I lived on Virginia Ave (72 83), one block behind Dooleys and two blocks from Sutter Elementary. Dooley's Family Hardware Store 1981 TerryT1976 1.32K subscribers Subscribe Save 13K views 15 years ago Uploaded by request and to bring some nostalgia to any Long Beach/L.A., CA residents who. Again, Im 64 and Im a professional businessman who has no interest in wasting my time, nor yours. All the stories here remind me of so much more out that way. You never really know you are loving your job until it is gone. the Battleship & the Torpedo best subs ever! My sister is 4 years older than me and one Friday evening when I was about 8, I told my Mom I wasnt too hungry. I knew Shirley Dooley in grade school at Jane Addams. Paid $75 for a 1 bedroom apartment. and I still dont care if I have another soda. I am having a blast reading all the memories of Dooleys; it really was a treasure. Sign above shop charred and twisted from smoke. How sad it is not there anymore Thank goodness Douglas burger still is!! i grew up in north long beach, graduated jordan 1967 and remember all those great places. 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. The entire area is a sea of memories. Dooley won a Pyrrhic victory in that the boundary was found to not be established at the block wall but Trigg has an easement over her 1 of concrete driveway which was built up to the wall. It would be great to remember some fun and crazy times we had at Dooleys! He was retired of course. Anybody remember what those statues were? What a lovely (and familiar to my own experience!) About the same time you were at Dooleys I was working part time at KFC. - Store information for your local hardware store in Long Beach, CA. i found this looking for pictures of Scheer Park from the 60s when it had the water falls. We were probably at Dooleys at the same time, picking out trees! if we stayed in the area. 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. 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. Funny you mentioned your birthday party at Shady Acres. Really good memories. He and I talked on the phone sometimes about the past and he tells me to just talk about rock and roll and the bands. I recall the original Hardware store. She actually got me my first job at Dooleys. There were some great employees there, Charlie! Just curious, were the owners irish? The house was built in the very early 1900s I think, and was a wonderful little house. They made great poorboy sandwiches. 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. Two firefighters haul tangle of hoses behind hose crew spraying scorched interior of Dooley's Hardware Store Garden Shop. We have been together ever since (30 Years this November). 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. Reporter: Emery to RW Assignment:. I went to those two theaters for all the years that they were around. It was a very interesting place. Those were some great times. Daisy Ave has a lot of similar homes that were built in a track. So many memories from my childhood over in that area. Nope. Change). Title. I went to Sutter, then Hughes. Oh, and they also sold hardware. only one thing i found wrong on all the comments and that was on the italian deli. Forgot to mention: I worked for the fine folks at Dooleys for 11 years. Dooley's Hardware Store, 5000 Long Beach Blvd. Loved article. I am happy for all of you. Good memories! Im not mad about that, he was in the right. In addition, all pages on Bizapedia will be Good times. 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. Miss them. the street was just south of the railroad tracks that were on long beach blvd. Funny, l remember you. 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. in Michigan I have a great photo of my grandfather in his apron standing behind the counter, Ill post it when I can. I lived in the Four Corner Block area of North Long Beach. i saw you mention the boy scout park. Went to Grant, Hamilton and Jordan. 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. loved it! Anyway, lots of love to you all. Sure wish someone would find a picture of it. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. Immediately, brought back a lot of those warm fond memories, hot dogs, 45s, play lists, Christmas trees, etc. Collection. I used to go to John Sutter Elementary and would go to Dooleys after school. When I think of Dooleys, I think about the hotdogs with my Mom and Dad. : 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. Hardware store fire at Long Beach, 26 November 1958. Jan, when you read this, find me on facebook under Veronica Gonzales McLinden. 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