MORE STORES: We’re determined to try to plow through our list of
old Bradford stores. (Operative word here is “try.”)
John E. Rimer of Bradford writes, “My brother Harold Rimer used
to own a pet shop located on West Washington Street and when I was
15 years old I used to work around the store. I remember that
Studley’s Music Store was on the corner of West Washington and
Mechanic Street and next door was Doc Russel’s Barber shop and I
think Rubin’s Clothing Store was next.”
We’ve been trying (with only limited success) not to duplicate
those we’ve mentioned in previous columns and, so, have been
excerpting our submissions.
Continuing with John: “On the corner of East Main Street and
Kendall Avenue was Anderson’s Supermarket. Going up Seaward Avenue
was Hogue’s grocery and at Seaward and Clark Street was Tingley’s
Service Station.
“Then across from Constitution Avenue was the Bradco Dairy Bar
and, out back they kept their milk bottles. As kids we would climb
over the fence and ‘borrow’ some and turn them in for pop and
cupcakes. Then at the corner of Seaward Avenue and Bolivar Drive
there was a little hot dog stand. I can’t recall the name but they
had great French fries.”
Jim Belardia of Bradford has stopped by twice to tell us of some
of the old places his aunt, Chris Camera, can remember. She worked
at the Emery Hotel, he tells us, and was caught there during the
Flood of 1947. Here’s some new names (we hope) from Aunt Chris:
Budd Jewelers, Hudson Hosiery Co., the Wise Shop, the Marguerite
shop, and Dr. Danny’s.
William Burdick of The Plains, Va., writes about a building
described previously, presumably the flatiron building on Boylston
Street behind The Era: “I am not sure if the building referred to
is or was the triangular one next to the Tuna. If so, it was first
the office building of Sophonious Ahepha Munday who was the
Bradford agent for the Goodyear Lumber Co. His home was 43 Forman
St. He moved a small house there back from the street and then
built the big pile with the Grecian front at 43. Wonderful name,
they don’t make names like that anymore.”
