posted by Joe Polk at 8:07 AM /
(Note: I have posted this article because even though Rogers Hardware is in Castle Shannon -- not Mt. Lebanon like the author said -- it is a store that has been frequented by many Mt. Lebanon residents.)
Jack Boyd can't count how many times customers have come into his hardware store looking for something they couldn't name or describe -- "a hickey."
Jack Boyd can't count how many times customers have come into his hardware store looking for something they couldn't name or describe -- "a hickey."
"You learn to interpret from people talking with their hands what they're looking for," said Boyd, 57, who has owned Rogers Hardware at Lebanon Shops since 1984. He began working there when he was 16. That personal service will be missed when the store closes May 31, after 43 years.
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_507808.html
4 Comments:
Sad to see this going on. We just lost a mom and pop shop up at Norman Center II with the shipping center closing down. They were good people as well and we are running out of places where we can compare who we want to ship our stuff.
My best wishes go out to the Roger's Hardware folks. They have always been great whenever I needed to pick something up.
Have you thought about trying Hometown Mail Center? It's a place just like the shipping center at Norman Center, but it's located in Mt. Lebanon at the corner of Altoona and Cochran Roads -- and it's owned by a Mt. Lebanon resident too!
That's actually the place that Don (former owner of the shop at Norman Center II) told me to start going. Its not as close but I like the independent shops. Thanks for reminding me of that place.
Geez, what's next, updating the Foodland on Mt. Lebanon Blvd? Can't we just leave everything as it was in the sixties?
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