We had a Woolco in my town, they had everything you could want. I remember the snack bar, they sold popcorn, and hot dogs. I remember sharing my popcorn with a little boy in front of me at the checkout stand. But all the Woolco's and Woolworths are now gone, Thanks to shitty WalMart.
I used to work at Woolco in the Southland Mall in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA. I was a sales associate in the cameras, records & computers department. I used to sell Commodore 64s and Colecovisions. I remember when the 45 of "We Are The World" came in. We got 30 copies and they sold out in less than an hour. I was employee #1437. Oh, to be young and in retail sales again...
Those freezers were so plentiful in the early 80's, and ended up getting damn near banned becasue little kids kept playing in them, and suffocating.
But I remember shopping at Woolco, the week before they closed. I got a Coleco Donkey Kong table top game, A GI Joe Figure (Ranger), and a Pac-Man Fever cassette for about $15.
Woolco was a cool store to shop at the time. With the downfall of Woolworth's (another one which mark my childhood), Wal-Mart took over... However now, not too many original Woolco stores stand these days...
@realliveclaude Like the two stores in St. John's, NL. Or the one in Orleans (east of Ottawa). Or in Halifax or Saskatoon. All because Crap-Mart wants to build larger stores and make them into Stupidcenters.
I remember we had a Woolco at the Dufferin Mall in Toronto, which is where we kids bought all of our toys for our birthdays and for christmas, and to get to the toys we had to take a straight rolling escalator down to the basement that resembled something of a dungeon. It was great because we'd run to the toys sections pick something out and we'd be back up at either the mall or the parking lot check out. So it was awsome.
We had a Woolco in my town, they had everything you could want. I remember the snack bar, they sold popcorn, and hot dogs. I remember sharing my popcorn with a little boy in front of me at the checkout stand. But all the Woolco's and Woolworths are now gone, Thanks to shitty WalMart.
Sheri451 5 months ago
I used to work at Woolco in the Southland Mall in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA. I was a sales associate in the cameras, records & computers department. I used to sell Commodore 64s and Colecovisions. I remember when the 45 of "We Are The World" came in. We got 30 copies and they sold out in less than an hour. I was employee #1437. Oh, to be young and in retail sales again...
WiZSOC 1 year ago
wool-co is the shit baby! I would take it back anytime......THEY had fries and gravy in the cafeteria!!
KlickyKat 2 years ago
@KlickyKat and ice cream too.
MattJFisher 1 year ago
Those freezers were so plentiful in the early 80's, and ended up getting damn near banned becasue little kids kept playing in them, and suffocating.
But I remember shopping at Woolco, the week before they closed. I got a Coleco Donkey Kong table top game, A GI Joe Figure (Ranger), and a Pac-Man Fever cassette for about $15.
I think I still have that Pac-Man Fever tape.
Diskoboy1974 2 years ago
Great childhood memories shoplifting at Woolco.
sgk1967 2 years ago
I miss $1.44 days. Woolco along with Eatons and Simpsons were my three favourite department stores to go to.
cornwallthedragon 4 years ago 2
Great childhood memories shopping at Woolco
toastichedu 4 years ago
Woolco was a cool store to shop at the time. With the downfall of Woolworth's (another one which mark my childhood), Wal-Mart took over... However now, not too many original Woolco stores stand these days...
realliveclaude 4 years ago
Yeah. So much for the "Canadian" institution. I have a lot of good memories of shopping at Woolco.
CelesteK 4 years ago
@realliveclaude Like the two stores in St. John's, NL. Or the one in Orleans (east of Ottawa). Or in Halifax or Saskatoon. All because Crap-Mart wants to build larger stores and make them into Stupidcenters.
MattJFisher 1 year ago
I remember we had a Woolco at the Dufferin Mall in Toronto, which is where we kids bought all of our toys for our birthdays and for christmas, and to get to the toys we had to take a straight rolling escalator down to the basement that resembled something of a dungeon. It was great because we'd run to the toys sections pick something out and we'd be back up at either the mall or the parking lot check out. So it was awsome.
CelesteK 4 years ago
SWEET DEAL!!
ianmcc2000 4 years ago
Yeah especially for such an ugly looking appliance.
CelesteK 4 years ago