Some oldies
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Re: Some oldies
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Do ya remember how much it cost, back then - $8 ?
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Do ya remember how much it cost, back then - $8 ?
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Re: Some oldies
No more than that, probably closer to 6.Pete44ru wrote:.
Do ya remember how much it cost, back then - $8 ?
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Re: Some oldies
Monkey Ward? Sure, ya betcha.....
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Re: Some oldies
When I was a young'n my mother would order from monkey wards, Aldens, Speigels, and Sears. our mail man drove a pickup truck. I ordered bridles, bits, spurs, saddle repair stuff from sears, picked it up in town and took it home on the school bus.
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Re: Some oldies
That box looks a lot like some shotgun shell boxes my Dad bought from monkey wards back in the 70's. Don't remember when they closed the store by us but I do remember going there when I was a youngin.
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My dad bought me a Mossberg 500 from Montgomery Wards in 1967 for Christmas. Years later I bought myself a S&W M 63 from them.
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Re: Some oldies
I bought my first gun from monkey ward, a 20 gauge bolt action mossberg
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Re: Some oldies
My dad bought me my first gun from monkey wards, probably early 60's. A Mossberg 410 bolt action. Still have it. Probably hasn't been shot a dozen times and looks like it did the day it came out of the box.
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I'd like to see the stamp on the brass
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My everyday fishing combo (qualifier: I collect old outboards) is a '59 Lone Star Skipper 16' powered by a Monkee Wards Sea King 35. They sold tons of Gale built motors with the Sea King name over the years.
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Re: Some oldies
Monkey Wards and Zaiyre Shopper's City was our trip every 2 weeks. They had had a lot of military surplus bolt rifles too. Aaaahh the gold old days with catalogs and Cheryl Tiegs!!
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Re: Some oldies
I don't remember what they cost but I do remember bothering Dad until he bought a box of Shotgun shells at Montgomery Wards in Akron. I do remember buying bricks of CCI mini mags for 6.50 when I started shooting.
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Re: Some oldies
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Yes Sir... walk to town and there was the "Monkey Wards" next to J.C. Murphy's and around the corner was an ice cream shop where a double dip was just 5 cents. What a fine afternoon that could be. My older sister worked at Murphy's and my "first bought" caliber .22 Savage came from there.
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Yes Sir... walk to town and there was the "Monkey Wards" next to J.C. Murphy's and around the corner was an ice cream shop where a double dip was just 5 cents. What a fine afternoon that could be. My older sister worked at Murphy's and my "first bought" caliber .22 Savage came from there.
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Re: Some oldies
There ain't much in this town. Even less back then. But we had a Montgomery Ward catalogue store.
Only department store's we had was W.T. Grant and a Woolworth. I still have stuff with their price tags.
On second thought, we had more back then. We had choice. Now it's go to Wal Mart or go without.
Only department store's we had was W.T. Grant and a Woolworth. I still have stuff with their price tags.
On second thought, we had more back then. We had choice. Now it's go to Wal Mart or go without.
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Gulfmart? Gibsons?3leggedturtle wrote:Monkey Wards and Zaiyre Shopper's City was our trip every 2 weeks. They had had a lot of military surplus bolt rifles too. Aaaahh the gold old days with catalogs and Cheryl Tiegs!!
The gun shows in San Antonio are in the old Gulfmart building, and you can still read the lettering on their old shingle fading through the white overcoat.
I remember the first Academy in Austin was in an old warehouse at 45th on I-35 access (under the shade of the new upper level). It was nothing but Army surplus and uber-cheap imported fishing tackle then.
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Re: Some oldies
All my flannel shirts came from their catalog, and every other boy in school had the same shirts, just different patterns and colors, sometimes the same because our moms all got them from Monkey Wards catalogs.
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my first 10-speed came from Wards - it was too small for me
http://buckeyeslist.com/posts/56777
when that bike was pilfered from a bike rack at Vandy, I bought my Raleigh.
Wish I had my older Sears bikes, a Flightliner (which I never fit) and a Rail (which I outgrew)
http://buckeyeslist.com/posts/56777
when that bike was pilfered from a bike rack at Vandy, I bought my Raleigh.
Wish I had my older Sears bikes, a Flightliner (which I never fit) and a Rail (which I outgrew)
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Re: Some oldies
I have a single box from monkey ward, but not the brick. That's plum cool.
I did end up with a brick of S&S shorts though, also nearly impossible to find. When I get back home I will take a photo.
I did end up with a brick of S&S shorts though, also nearly impossible to find. When I get back home I will take a photo.