Shopping Days In Retro Boston

A place to recall and celebrate the wonderful stores of a Downtown Boston now alive only in our memories

Shopping Days In Retro Boston

A place to recall and celebrate the wonderful stores of a Downtown Boston now alive only in our memories

Monday, 13 October 2008

Best & Co. In Boston

Hello my Friends! All the stores that I feature here were Boston based department stores or stores that had a large branch or branches in t...

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Some Fun Raymond's Trivia

Hello All! My friend Jan Whitaker wrote me with a bit of Raymond's trivia that I did not know and hope you will all enjoy reading. In 1...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

The Last of the Boston Giants

Thanks again to Nick DeWolf and his camera. These photos of Filene's are mostly from 1970 and act as a great reminder of what the store ...

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

A Dedication

Hello Friends! It has been a while since I updated and I felt a great inspiration this past week. The inspiration was my dear, old best frie...

Friday, 4 April 2008

Lots of Interest

I am pleased to say that folks are responding and contacting me with some great ideas and questions about the great old Boston department st...

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Boston Department Store Ads From The Past

Here are a few Boston store ads that I have found or have been given. I would love to put more of these up on the blog. Any other exciting f...

Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Looking At A Photograph

A bit of fun! I came upon this photo some time ago and wanted to post it. The Bostonian Society has this in its archive and has said it is a...

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About Me

Charles Boston: The Midlands, United Kingdom; Boston born, Brookline raised Retro Boston Cultural Historian and very eager to get as many memories, photos and newspaper adverts of the once grand stores of the Downtown Boston we all knew and loved. Also I am very busy researching Boston area churches of the past that have since closed or merged into others. All who remember are welcome to contact me with their thoughts, memories and photos to add to any of my blogs. Email me at: charles65ofboston@yahoo.com

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