Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia

It's hard not to feel a little wistful whenever I find myself over on Lorain's west side, especially around the intersection of Meis...

Do we have any hunters out there – mighty or otherwise? If you're the hunting type, then you'd probably like the ad for Willow Hardw...

I'm sure many West-side Lorainites are still missing Willow Hardware  since it closed back in 2008. I always feel a little wistful when ...

One of the interesting aspects of the Grand Opening of Willow Hardware in February 1953 was the fact that the store had the distinction of ...

It's hard to drive down Oberlin Avenue in Lorain and look over at the CVS drug store near the intersection with Meister Road, and not mi...

I've featured a 1960 Christmas ad for this iconic and much-missed Lorain store before ( here ), but here's another one for W...

Yesterday's post showed Willow Hardware at the time of its opening in March 1953. Well, here's a full-page ad for the fourth anni...

Before I move on from Willow Hardware as a topic, here's a few vintage ads from the pages of the Lorain Journal . Above is an early ad...

Here's a photo that I shot on June 7, 2008 showing a scene familiar to all Lorainites: Willow Hardware and the rest of the stores at ...

Here's a nice tall ad for the much-missed Willow Hardware from December 1960. (Click on it for a super-sized version.) As a graphic des...

It's hard to look at the new CVS at the corner of Meister Road and Oberlin Avenue where Willow Hardware used to be and not be annoyed....