my little convenience store located in west carrollton. (i'm sure this topic will be moved, but i'm not sure where else to put it. :))

 

as far as i can tell and have been told, a little shotgun shack of a house was built in the 30's. in the early fifties, a couple by the name of ridge added a convenience store directly on to the house. (there's an original window in the bedroom that now looks out onto the back of a pepsi cooler.) the story goes that when the ridges were building the added basement space they had the workers dig the hole out by hand as not to disturb the neighbours. being apparently devout christians, they did not sell beer until their son took over.

 

the dorsey's took over after that. i'm told the wife, 'mo,' was quite a character, never missing the chance to run kids off if they acted up.

 

fox took over briefly for around three years, wanting to make the store into a small restaurant, which didn't happen probably over something like limited parking.

 

we bought it from the flynns, who owned it 17 years. along with the convenience store, they also ran an awards and engraving shop inside, which we still operate.

 

since the store had been around for over 50 years, i get a lot of people who come in and tell me how they would come in as a kid. 'here's where they had the penny candy.' i'd tell them we still sell penny candy. it just costs 10 cents now.

 

anyone have any stories and/or know more about the history of the place? i'd love to hear it. :)

Does the local library have any old pictures of the place?