SHOPS: Talking about local stores that used to be in the area has turned out to be a very popular topic.

Anthony T. Falconi wrote to add his own memories to what we’ve already collected.

“Jordans grocery on North Street, Corsi on corner of Elm and River street, Boves on corner of Davis and Forman street. Scrivo on corner of Hilton and Edget street, Tito candy store on Webster street, and down the street from Titos’ was my favorite. Hollerans on corner of Webster and East Corydon across the street from the convent of Sisters of Saint Joseph. Hollerans had a big box of chocolate covered mints. For a penny you picked a mint, took a bite from it, and if you picked one that had a pink center you got a free 5 cent candy bar of your choice. In those days the 5 cent candy bar was a big one. 

“Gosh there are many more old mom and pop stores long gone around Bradford that I did not frequent after cutting a lawn or shoveling a walk for ten cents. But those above mentioned were my first choice before I brought home the balance of my earnings.

“Thanks to all of them!” he said.

There’s certainly nothing like a well-earned treat.

PANDAS: We’ve been talking about “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition,” so we thought we’d take a moment to let you know the exhibit will be closing today at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

It’ll be moving along to Cincinnati, Ohio.

The museum has announced that, starting Tuesday, it will show a 3-D documentary about endangered giant pandas living in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China.

The National Geographic film “Pandas: The Journey Home” will play at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. each day.

According to a press release from the museum, the film gives “audiences a unique glimpse into one of the most incredible conservation efforts in human history. The scientists’ goal: To increase the numbers in captivity and, far more ambitiously, to return pandas to the wild — to their natural home.”