LizzieMaine
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What I really want to see come back are the traditional "Junk Shops," those dark little hole-in-the-wall storefronts in the rough part of town where there were tunnels cut thru the piles of stuff, and you could find just about anything you want for practically nothing. Way back we had one here called "Milt's", where Milt would sell you anything from a box of assorted left shoes to a tangled mess of rusty muskrat traps to a pile of abandoned school books to a slightly used forklift for pennies on the dollar.
But Milt died, the better-our-city crowd breathed a sigh of relief, and in the twenty years since then his storefront has been occupied by one twee little shoppe after another, none of which have lasted for more than a couple of years. Perhaps the time is right for a New Milt to come on the scene and show folks how it's really done.
PSG -- Do you know that place in Brunswick, just after you turn onto Route 1 toward Bath? "Ed's Place" or some such -- it's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. I went in there last summer and came out an hour later with four old magazines, a soup ladle, and a bag of British sixpences. And I never even got as far as the back of the shop.
But Milt died, the better-our-city crowd breathed a sigh of relief, and in the twenty years since then his storefront has been occupied by one twee little shoppe after another, none of which have lasted for more than a couple of years. Perhaps the time is right for a New Milt to come on the scene and show folks how it's really done.
PSG -- Do you know that place in Brunswick, just after you turn onto Route 1 toward Bath? "Ed's Place" or some such -- it's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. I went in there last summer and came out an hour later with four old magazines, a soup ladle, and a bag of British sixpences. And I never even got as far as the back of the shop.