W.T. GRANT FIVE & DIMEMain location was Downtown Providence, Famous for Visiting Santa during the holiday season and getting a free toy. Also was located in the Warwick Plaza (now the site of Wal-Mart ) on Post Road - Closed 1975.
Also one on Metacom Avenue in Bristol. It was the last big one they opened before the chain went bankrupt. I remember that at Christmas they had big bins in their basement that were filled with different figures you could buy for your Nativity display: of course Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus in the manger, the three kings and the shepherds...also camels, sheep, goats, the camel driver, a man presenting the baby Jesus with a gift of eggs, little boy with pipes or a flute player, dogs, the ox and donkey, etc.
There also was a Grants on Newport ave East Provdence Gansett Shopping Center also had a lunch counter in it had great hot fudge sundaes it closed in 1975 there also was a Mamouth Mart Dept store which closed a few yrs later
They opened a huge Grants in Newport before they went out of business in 1976. Before that it was located at Aquidneck Shopping center in middletown. It sold appliances, had a restaurant, and a giant toy department which sold smal motorcycles. WalMart is in the building now.
There was a W.T. Grant store in Coventry, I worked there in high school in the early 70's. It was right next to the Almacs that is pictured elsewhere on this site.
I remember that store in Coventry... Used to ride My bicycle there..Haven't been in Coventry since 2009 don't know what's is there now.. They had water issues there. So I'm thinking that the plaza was taken down..
There was also one in the Aquidneck Shopping Center in Middletown. They were where Shaw's is now, then they moved to where Walmart is now for a short time before becoming a JC Penney. My mother's best friend worked in the Middletown location.
Grants wasn't in Bristol, it was in Warren, located in the Ocean State Plaza on Metacom Ave. My Mom worked in the curtain dept, and I would walk or ride my bike to have lunch with her at Bradford's, which was a diner inside the store. Thet sold 45's for 77 cents a pop. Great memories!
they had a grants store in north kingstown and one in westerly r.i.
ReplyDeleteAlso one on Metacom Avenue in Bristol. It was the last big one they opened before the chain went bankrupt. I remember that at Christmas they had big bins in their basement that were filled with different figures you could buy for your Nativity display: of course Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus in the manger, the three kings and the shepherds...also camels, sheep, goats, the camel driver, a man presenting the baby Jesus with a gift of eggs, little boy with pipes or a flute player, dogs, the ox and donkey, etc.
ReplyDeleteI believe this was actually in Warren RI on Metacom Ave.
DeleteThere also was a Grants on Newport ave East Provdence Gansett Shopping Center also had a lunch counter in it had great hot fudge sundaes it closed in 1975 there also was a Mamouth Mart Dept store which closed a few yrs later
ReplyDeleteI also rember that Grants on newport ave grew up in the area and def had great hot fudge sundaes
DeleteThe grants in E.P. became a skate park back in the late 70's Ocean State Skate Park.
ReplyDeleteThey opened a huge Grants in Newport before they went out of business in 1976. Before that it was located at Aquidneck Shopping center in middletown. It sold appliances, had a restaurant, and a giant toy department which sold smal motorcycles. WalMart is in the building now.
ReplyDeleteThere was a W.T. Grant store in Coventry, I worked there in high school in the early 70's. It was right next to the Almacs that is pictured elsewhere on this site.
ReplyDeleteI remember that store in Coventry...
DeleteUsed to ride My bicycle there..Haven't been in Coventry since 2009 don't know what's is there now..
They had water issues there.
So I'm thinking that the plaza was taken down..
There was one on Willet Ave. in Riverside for many yrs. also had a great restaurant
ReplyDeleteI worked the WT Grants Grill in 1973 -- it was my first paid job. I had the horror working Monday "all you can eat liver".
DeleteThere was also one in the Aquidneck Shopping Center in Middletown. They were where Shaw's is now, then they moved to where Walmart is now for a short time before becoming a JC Penney. My mother's best friend worked in the Middletown location.
ReplyDeleteHow about one across from Aldrich High School on post rd , Warwick.? Anyone remember?
ReplyDeleteGrants wasn't in Bristol, it was in Warren, located in the Ocean State Plaza on Metacom Ave. My Mom worked in the curtain dept, and I would walk or ride my bike to have lunch with her at Bradford's, which was a diner inside the store. Thet sold 45's for 77 cents a pop. Great memories!
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