I can't believe no one mentioned the children's shoe department in the Foley's at Almeda Mall. There was a pirate ship built out from the wall at the back of the department. It was there during the late '60s & early '70s (might've been there a bit earlier + a bit later). How I loved it when my mother took me to buy shoes at the Almeda Mall store -- playing on the pirate ship was so much fun! I also can remember going to that Foley's (we lived in Garden Villas) in elementary school before school started in September because they used to sell school supplies. I'd get to pick out all the stuff I'd need for the school year.
On a different note, I worked at the Foley's in Memorial City from June 1980--March 1983. Do any former employees remember the dinging over the store's speaker system? It sounded sort of like the "ding" part of a "ding-dong" doorbell. The dinging was a way of calling a main supervisor since that person was supposed to be out in the store, walking around & making sure that everything was running smoothly in the supervisor's section.
The Memorial City Foley's had a pharmacy & drug department until maybe '82 or '83. They sold typical health & beauty items, plus you could get a prescription filled.
Foley's Department Stores
in Historic Houston
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I can't believe no one mentioned the children's shoe department in the Foley's at Almeda Mall. There was a pirate ship built out from the wall at the back of the department. It was there during the late '60s & early '70s (might've been there a bit earlier + a bit later). How I loved it when my mother took me to buy shoes at the Almeda Mall store -- playing on the pirate ship was so much fun! I also can remember going to that Foley's (we lived in Garden Villas) in elementary school before school started in September because they used to sell school supplies. I'd get to pick out all the stuff I'd need for the school year.
On a different note, I worked at the Foley's in Memorial City from June 1980--March 1983. Do any former employees remember the dinging over the store's speaker system? It sounded sort of like the "ding" part of a "ding-dong" doorbell. The dinging was a way of calling a main supervisor since that person was supposed to be out in the store, walking around & making sure that everything was running smoothly in the supervisor's section.
The Memorial City Foley's had a pharmacy & drug department until maybe '82 or '83. They sold typical health & beauty items, plus you could get a prescription filled.
Those were the good old days!