tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post5456382969584238975..comments2024-01-16T00:30:02.493-05:00Comments on That's the Press, Baby: Department Store Building of the Wyoming ValleyDavisullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-77443384984759956122016-01-24T10:49:11.137-05:002016-01-24T10:49:11.137-05:00Folks in Wilkes-Barre are very fortunate to still ...Folks in Wilkes-Barre are very fortunate to still have a downtown department store, Boscov's. Glad Al took back the chain and the middle market is still being served with dignity by Boscov's in the markets it operates. honchojockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724249296974576846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-88331321147853545672014-01-06T10:45:24.918-05:002014-01-06T10:45:24.918-05:00Gilbert Walker was my Gt. Uncle born in the little...Gilbert Walker was my Gt. Uncle born in the little Scottish village of Killin , one of twenty children he could be said to have lived the"American Dream " rising from poverty to riches . I have a number of his letters home (some on Fowler,Dick and Walker headed paper) recounting his early days in the U.S. And how he travelled some 800 miles by coach to find the right site for the first store.<br />Unfortunately he had no children but sent some £500 per year home to his brother John a generous gesture which his widow continued until her death and which helped to keep the family afloat . walkercameron@mac.com if of any interest to yor local historians<br />camwakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886102994416164434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-81606000540313834652013-04-14T08:34:34.486-04:002013-04-14T08:34:34.486-04:00Interesting article for me as the last survivor of...Interesting article for me as the last survivor of Bergman's. The Narrows Shopping Center became the West Side Mall in the 1980's. We did survive the Agnes flood and eventually closed in 1991,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723248360704377315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-76415763048012145152013-04-05T01:19:25.442-04:002013-04-05T01:19:25.442-04:00Interesting history of the Wilkes Barre Dept store...Interesting history of the Wilkes Barre Dept stores, however, there is one blaring error in your article.. Contrary to what you state, the Agnes flood did not put an end to Lazarus. In fact, following the flood, the city built Midtown Village Plaza on South Main St and Lazarus opened a side entrance facing the plaza ... Lazarus did eventually close in 1980 as a corporate decision!!!Retail History Buff...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15555398666814950683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-90108589722226522022012-06-19T04:11:44.046-04:002012-06-19T04:11:44.046-04:00Oh dear, your article took me on a shopping trip d...Oh dear, your article took me on a shopping trip down memory lane.Mrs. Walter J. Katsellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393900797124443947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-35980997443107550862012-02-27T23:48:33.467-05:002012-02-27T23:48:33.467-05:00really a good information ,everybody will like it....really a good information ,everybody will like it.thank u<br /><a href="http://www.beebayonline.com/baby-girls.html" rel="nofollow">baby stores</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342270534109560848noreply@blogger.com