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10 brand names gone but not forgotten

Some products are steeped in nostalgia, even many years after they disappeared (or almost disappeared) from the market. Here are some of the most memorable ones.

By Joe Mont, TheStreet
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JR319
Mar 9, 2012 9:13PM
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I loved going to Woolworth when I was young. The best part was getting something to eat at the lunch counter. It was a great store....
CharlesE
Mar 29, 2012 12:32PM
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I remember saving up my 50 cent a week allowance for several weeks so that my buddies and I could get up early on a Saturday morning and ride our Sting Ray bicycles down to our nearest Woolworth store just to "hang-out", look at girls, buy squirt guns and eat hamburges and drink sodas in their food court. Sometimes we wouldn't go home until dinner time and only sooner if we ran out of money. Simpler, safer times for kids.
Jimmyray
Mar 29, 2012 8:49AM
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Woolworths was a great meeting place for your teens to gather and eat hamburgers and drink Cherry or Vanilla or Chocolate Cokes. And they made the best Banana Splits. What ever happened to the candy Bit o Honey? "Bit o Honey goes a long long way. If you one head, it will last all day"
wolfhound5152
Mar 29, 2012 7:34AM
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Rinso White, Lux Flakes, Lucky Strikes, Hudson, Studebaker, La Salle,  I could list more ......
Ex-Navy
Jul 25, 2012 3:07PM
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Did anyone mention Plymouth Valiant? I drove one for years.  When I first got it, it was my only car. Then, later on, it became my work car. I drove it back and forth to work for almost 20 years.
Sandridge
Mar 18, 2012 1:57AM
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The best store ever, W.T. Grant, I still have a shirt with the WTG label in it.
Gilmore Goon
Mar 9, 2012 6:29PM
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Why isn't The WB on the list???  I miss my shows.  Ahh, the frog.  Why did it

go away???

i be that man.
Jul 26, 2012 1:19AM
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Do any one recall having a pair of jeans called sergio valeti, or jordach, or paul jordon, wow those were the days....
Vivra Beene
Mar 17, 2012 8:30PM
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When I was pregnant, in 1970, I drank nothing but TAB.  When my daughter was born, I named her Tracy Amanda--and our last name begins with a B.  It was many years later I realized what I had done!  She recently wondered what had happened to the drink, and actually found something labeled TAB, but said it tasted awful and was labeled as some sort of energy drink.
CTA102
Mar 9, 2012 6:16PM
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Ah, memories.  Great little picture story.
cmcdade
Mar 17, 2012 11:23PM
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Some people don't know their tools. The name is Vise-Grip. And it IS a brand name of the Irwin tool company and they are still in business
h20man
Mar 29, 2012 1:52PM
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I miss those days..............
ronnc13
Mar 18, 2012 12:32AM
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Eastern... The best airline I've ever flown. S.H. Kress in our town right next to Woolworths'.
blued
Mar 17, 2012 11:41PM
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rustler had the best steak & sides for money!!!!!
sandra weaver
Sep 14, 2012 4:35PM
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Power House Candy bars- The best ever!!!
ttmack
Mar 17, 2012 8:14PM
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What ever happened to Sen Sens?
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