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Re: Orchard Supply Hardware - McLendon's too...
Author: Ken Shattock (KRK)
Date: 06-01-2013 - 03:38
George Andrews Wrote:
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> An interesting thread, notwithstanding the chimps
> flinging poop at each other.
> Here in the Seattle area, our version of OSH is
> McLendon's Hardware. I used to live 3 blocks from
> their original store in Downtown Renton, which was
> across the street from the Northern Pacific
> freight depot. The tracks were long gone by the
> time I moved there, and the NP Depot is now a Hair
> Salon. It was quite handy to have a REAL hardware
> store within a short walk or bike ride,
> considering my house was built in 1923. McLendon
> has everything, even knob and tube wiring
> components and glass fuses!!! Ya just had to know
> where to find it !!! McLendon Hardware is the
> place where you can bring in a grease - covered
> glob of " something ", set it on the counter and
> say " Help". The clerk will look at it and say "
> How many do you need, and with or without the
> grease ??? " A far cry from the minimum - wage
> flunkees @ the Big Box Stores !!! Alas, McLendon's
> moved into the former K-Mart store a few blocks
> away; a much bigger building but not as much fun
> to wander through. However, with a Milwaukee Road
> Substation and BNSF tracks hauling Boeing 737
> fuselages behind it, there is something for the
> Foamer in us. The McLendon's in Sumner ( one of
> their other 5 locations ) has the BNSF Seattle -
> Tacoma mainline right behind it, too.
If George Andrews has a fondness for old hardware stores in the Seattle Metro area where we both live, and likes it further when "railroads" are involved, then he should check out "Hardwick & Sons", the 81-year old joint in Seattle's "University District". That place is unbelievable!! They have tools from years past that other places won't carry. It's also a "swap shop". Check it out next time you're in Seattle. YOU too, George. You just might be in for a surprise!
[www.ehardwicks.com]
KRK
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> An interesting thread, notwithstanding the chimps
> flinging poop at each other.
> Here in the Seattle area, our version of OSH is
> McLendon's Hardware. I used to live 3 blocks from
> their original store in Downtown Renton, which was
> across the street from the Northern Pacific
> freight depot. The tracks were long gone by the
> time I moved there, and the NP Depot is now a Hair
> Salon. It was quite handy to have a REAL hardware
> store within a short walk or bike ride,
> considering my house was built in 1923. McLendon
> has everything, even knob and tube wiring
> components and glass fuses!!! Ya just had to know
> where to find it !!! McLendon Hardware is the
> place where you can bring in a grease - covered
> glob of " something ", set it on the counter and
> say " Help". The clerk will look at it and say "
> How many do you need, and with or without the
> grease ??? " A far cry from the minimum - wage
> flunkees @ the Big Box Stores !!! Alas, McLendon's
> moved into the former K-Mart store a few blocks
> away; a much bigger building but not as much fun
> to wander through. However, with a Milwaukee Road
> Substation and BNSF tracks hauling Boeing 737
> fuselages behind it, there is something for the
> Foamer in us. The McLendon's in Sumner ( one of
> their other 5 locations ) has the BNSF Seattle -
> Tacoma mainline right behind it, too.
If George Andrews has a fondness for old hardware stores in the Seattle Metro area where we both live, and likes it further when "railroads" are involved, then he should check out "Hardwick & Sons", the 81-year old joint in Seattle's "University District". That place is unbelievable!! They have tools from years past that other places won't carry. It's also a "swap shop". Check it out next time you're in Seattle. YOU too, George. You just might be in for a surprise!
[www.ehardwicks.com]
KRK
