OT: Discontinued brands

[CAHUSKY]

If you don't mind enlightening me, what was a Lechmere's, besides a name on the Boston Transit System.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1997/08/11/editorial2.html?page=all

 

[huskyrob1]

Oh the memories. My best friend had a sweet 1964 in high school. (1985)

My father had a deep blue one, great little car....

 

[Icebear]

Converse canvas All-Stars... the white ones (not all the colorful ones they make today)

I have white Cons and and red and black pair labeled Icebear.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

This clearly doesn't fit the original intent of the thread, more of a future discontinued item, but one of the reporters on the NBC morning show this am was talking about google's venture into driverless cars, an electric vehicle, mentioned that the car didn't have a steering wheel, brake pedal, or gas pedal. An electric car with a gas pedal? Mat Lauer has since corrected the gaff calling it an accelerator.

 

[meyers7]

King Vitaman cereal

Loved King Vitaman. Have breakfast with the King.

 

[meyers7]

Never said Dairy Queen wasn't around today, as a matter of fact they are bigger now than they were when they competed with Carvel. It's Carvel that has really hit the skids, maybe after Tom Carvel died? The only one I know of now is the the one on RT 7 in near the Danbury/Ridgefield line, years ago there was one in every town. There were two in Fairfield years ago now there are none, the one near the traffic circle is a donut shop now, I think.

Oh, well when you put "Carvel or Dairy Queen?" in a thread about discontinued brands.....I just sorta thought that's what you were implying.

 

[meyers7]

Buster Brown shoes. Thom McAn shoes.

I believe you can still get Thom McAn shoes at KMart. Not that I would.

 

[meyers7]

My father had a deep blue one, great little car....

My dad had a black Corvair (and no we didn't die, and Nadar was less than truthful). Similar to this one.

 

[huskyrob1]

My dad had a black Corvair (and no we didn't die, and Nadar was less than truthful). Similar to this one.

The Corvair had the engine in the back, didn't it? Was air cooled also, I think? Also had a convertible version too, IIRC.

 

[HuskyStars]

Does anyone remember the Burma Shave signs along the road? We used to see them along the roads in rural upstate New York.

Also a W.T. Grant store? Rockland County NY but I think they were more widespread than that.

 

[ucbart]

Howard Johnson's... Ponderosa Steak House

Ponderosa is still around. It's right next to the Buffalo Wild Wings I manage.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

Does anyone remember the Burma Shave signs along the road? We used to see them along the roads in rural upstate New York. . . .

Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
Where last year's
careless drivers is.

Burma-Shave

 

[johnnyc]

Korvettes department stores

Nedicks diners

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I miss Howard Johnson's pistachio ice cream, clam strips and grilled hot dogs. The last time I ate at one was in Waterbury after I had been in Glastonbury on business for a week in 2005. At that time they weren't still serving the old Hojo's ice cream, though. Sigh.

 

[Dove]

Remember when the word "sugar" was on a cereal box?

 

[wire chief]

Does anyone remember the Burma Shave signs along the road? We used to see them along the roads in rural upstate New York.

Also a W.T. Grant store? Rockland County NY but I think they were more widespread than that.

Yes, the signs helped your drive from Jersey to Fl.

 

[Zorro]

If you don't know whose signs these are
You can't have driven very far.

Here lies the body of Tomothy Shay
Who died defending his right of way.
His right was clear, his will was strong,
But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.

Don't stick your elbow out so far;
It might go home in another car.

Burma Shave

Incidentally, Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars are still going strong. Now who was Chuck Taylor?

 

[UCername]

The Wiz, Crazy Eddies

 

[cabbie191]

It's been a long time since I lived in Hartford. Does Cott Soda still exist?

 

[DaddyChoc]

It's been a long time since I lived in Hartford. Does Cott Soda still exist?

never heard of it

 

[DaddyChoc]

The Wiz, Crazy Eddies

Circuit City? or are they online only

 

[JWILLDADDY101]

Circuit City? or are they online only

 

[JWILLDADDY101]

Mayron's Bakery. I can remember going there on Blue Hills Avenue as a kid in the early 60's. The marble and chocolate squares were so good. But the best were the honey dipped donuts. I think there was another branch on Albany Ave. Those were the best donuts in the whole world!

 

[JWILLDADDY101]

And also forgot...Newberry's and Jupiters downtown...which one had the awesome chilli dogs.....? EJ Korvettes....Brown Thompson's. The Palace, The Polaroid, The Allyn and The Strand...

 

[DaddyChoc]

And also forgot...Newberry's and Jupiters downtown...which one had the awesome chilli dogs.....? EJ Korvettes....Brown Thompson's. The Palace, The Polaroid, The Allyn and The Strand...

Sage Allen