My best recollection of The Hopkins Store is from 1993 or 94 when they paid $100 to be one of the sponsors ofthe Neighborhood Walkers program (along with Eddie's and Sam's Bagels). That meant that they got their logo on the back of the mug with the CVCA logo on the front that we gave to new Neighborhood Walker recruits. We pretty quickly went through the entire order of 50 mugs or 100 or whatever it was -- there are probably other folks out there who still have them!
-Matthew In a message dated 11/17/06 9:43:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My main memory of that store is that when my daughter was learning to play > the flute and would go there to buy cigarette papers (which she had been > instructed to use to clean her flute), they would always refuse to see them > to > her. When I went there with her to explain what she needed them for, they > told > me that they still would not sell them to her, and that I would have to buy > them. > > Recently, I learned that it is illegal to sell cigarette papers to a minor. > If the person at the Hopkins Store had told me that, I would not have been > so upset at the store. But I do much prefer having Donna's there. > > Steve. > > Christine Gray wrote: > > We used to call the store where Donna’s is “the dink.” I don’t know > why. I think its actual name was The Hopkins Store. > > The people who worked there were sort of grayish and quiet and in their own > world—in my opinion > > There was a lunch counter there at one time. It might have had a pharmacy. > > It was never a busy place. > > One thing about it that always surprised me was that no matter what you > needed, the Dink would have it—no matter how arcane—eyelash curlers, > Coca-Cola > syrup, staplers, flea powder, games and puzzles, pacifiers, detergent, > lighter flints—yet the shelves always seemed nearly bare. > > Christine Gray > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Williams Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:51 AM To: Chat@charlesvillage.info Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village History The store where Donna's was well...t was kind of like a pharmacy, pre-convienience store/outfitters, tobacco shop...thing, for lack of better descriptors! Don't forget, the Friends meeting house has lots of archives! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Charles Village Chat List <Chat@charlesvillage.info> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Chat@charlesvillage.info Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village History Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:22:14 EST Thanks everyone for all the good hints in which to investigate the history in the 1960s-2000. Oddly, its a period where not many documents have made their way into public archives yet, so its the most difficult to research. That's why we will rely on you all to help us along! I'll be asking lots of questions in the next two months, and hopefully you will all help just by reminiscing where you shopped and who you met, etc. Why was the store where Donna's is now, "strange?" Intriguing! Paul Paul K. Williams Kelsey & Associates, Inc 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 366-2629 BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com 1929 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 462-3389 WashingtonHistory.com >_______________________________________________ >Chat mailing list >Chat@charlesvillage.info >http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > >
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