I miss Woolworths.
I also miss A&S, although near the end they were pretty much indistinguishable from Macy's anyway. I used to do some of my clothes shopping there when I was little. For a couple of years, they sold a stuffed bear and mouse called "Abearham and Strauss" at Christmas.
One store I do NOT miss is Lechmere. They had the world's rudest customer "service". If you didn't look like you were made of money, they would walk right past you to wait on someone else.
They refused to exchange a broken answering machine they'd sold me, even though it was still under warranty.
They had a 30-day no-questions-asked return policy... to "Lechmere" meant to buy something you had no intention of keeping for more than a few days, then return it. People would buy big-screen TVs two days before the Super Bowl and then return them the day after the game. Apparently they lost so much money from doing this, that they went out of business. Serves 'em right
