In last Sunday's column, I reminisced about S&H Green Stamps and invited readers to do the same. In the spirit of the season, we'll share many of the responses today and tomorrow. Thanks for all the ...
When I was a child and accompanied my mother to the grocery store, she always handed me the S&H Green Stamps that came with her receipt. Retailers, primarily grocery stores and service stations, gave ...
Many of our mothers collected stamps. These weren’t multicolored U.S. postal stamps with pictures of dead presidents on them. No, the stamps our mothers collected were all green, and were adorned with ...
Robert Hogan of Anderson rides his bicycle by 1007 S. Murray Ave. in Anderson, which once was an S&H Green Stamp store. (Photo: Ken Ruinard) In Anderson, a building currently empty at 129 E. Whitner ...
When I was in fourth grade, every household, it seemed, saved either Blue Chip Stamps or S&H Green Stamps. Every time you went to the grocery store or gas station, your purchase entitled you to some ...
In another time, long before the key question at checkout registers became "credit or debit," there was another popular way to pay for Christmas gifts. And birthday presents or, for that matter, ...
Eunice Hamill of Redlands was one of the many Redlanders who used to visit the S&H Green Stamp Redemption Store in the 1950s and 1960s, the store pictured in last week’s “Recognize This?” “It was ...
I drove by the old S&H Green Stamp store on High Street in Longview the other day, on the way to taking Sam the Dog to the veterinarian for routine vaccinations. One has to have been on this planet a ...
The S&H; green stamps that Publix supermarkets gives out can be used for either food specials or redemption of gifts. Winn-Dixie’s own yellow stamps are good toward discounts on certain store items, ...