I suppose it was the forerunnert of the 7/11 type operations.
The old lady that owned it was Mae West (anyway, that's what we called her .. I was in kindergarten .. ((PS .. we walked to school, even as a kindergatener then(( .. )
Mae West's was the most fascinating candy counter on the planet.
There were a million kinds of penny candy all colorfully on display and I'll never forget the time I spent my milk money on penny candy.
The next week I didn't get any milk and my teacher called for my brother who was in the 5th or 6th grade to find out why I didn't pay for my milk last week.
I forget all of how it went, but I remember my mother whipping me and I remember her saying, "That damned Mae West"
Anyway, candy cigarettes were a very popular item ... right next to nickle pops .. those wax coke bottles with about 5 drops of sugar water in them
Damn ... I think I'm gonn'a cry ...
Funny thing, there's a box of candy cigs on the table where I am typing....my GD bought them over the summer during a trip to Maine just for fun. I must be a bad, bad gram. This little shop that was cited, should try to market *e*-candy cigarettes.
Wonder how many kids who bought rock candy became druggies?
I remember a place just like this one, don't know if it had an official name, but all the kids called it "Joe's". I liked those paper strips with rows of candy dots that you peeled off and ate, always getting some of the paper as well. It's a wonder I'm still alive.and never got cancer from the candy cigarettes.
LOL...great memories. Thanks for sharing!
Nickle pops? I forgot about those.....
I grew up on a farm in MN and every Friday night during the summer we would go into town and my parents would give me a quarter to spend and I remember getting a bag full of candy. Sometimes that would include candy cigs. or cigars that were usually a pastel color.....
I had the best childhood.....