GROCERY: Typically, you might call this memory lane, but we are focusing on the grocery stores of old in the Bradford area.

We will share a list of grocery stores reportedly in business in 1950 in Bradford. This list is courtesy of the Bradford Landmark Society. It includes the name of the grocery and the street address:

Bove Grocery, 62 Davis Street; Corner Meat & Grocery, 2 W. Washington Street; DeCasper’s Meat & Grocery, 22 High Street; DeSantis Market, 23 W. Washington Street; Hall’s Grocery, 57 W. Washington Street; Howlett’s Grocery, 48 State Street; Holzworth Grocery, Bolivar Run;

LeMage & Kinsall Nation Wide, 15 W. Washington Street; Lewis Grocery, West Branch; Loblaws, Congress Street; Market Basket, Foster Brook; Parkway Superette, 181 Interstate Parkway; Pat’s Market, 94 W. Washington Street; Platko’s Grocery, 79 N. Bennett Street;

Preston’s Market, 161 Elm Street; Reading’s Nation Wide, with locations at 196 Main Street and 385 E. Main Street; Rensel Kwality Market, 491 E. Main Street; Seaward Avenue Grocery, 26 Seaward Avenue; Stewart’s Market, 13 Chestnut Street; Sun Ray Market, 13 Webster Street;

SunShine Market, 99 Congress Street; Summers Grocery, 265 South Avenue; Suppa’s Market, 66 E. Corydon Street; Turner’s Red & White, 1271 E. Main Street and Wards Grocery, 10 Boss Avenue.

Other businesses worth a mention that were frequented in that decade include: Winkies on W. Washington Street, Chittesters on School Street, Cohen’s Groceries on W. Washington Street, as well as Simonds, Winklers, Neusbaums and Campbell’s Supermarket.

These businesses are associated with fond memories of visits, interactions with the store owners and even the fun of visiting as a child to purchase a popsicle or fudgsicle — without a parent in tow.

Today’s Bradford residents have far fewer options for their grocery shopping needs. However, we are able to travel further afield to purchase ingredients for dinner, if we so choose.