We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]
Pre-boomers remember the time when service played an important role in the selection of the stores in which we shopped the restaurants where we ate and virtually any one with whom we did personal and professional business. Times have changed and service, as we knew it, is a thing of the past.
One of the first [...]
There were several neighbor stores with in a block or so of my house in the northeast section of Philadelphia. A mom and pop grocer was located on nearly every corner. There was also a drug store, which was more for sundries, magazines, OTC medicines, penny candy, and ice cream plus a soda fountain with [...]
