The Old Country Store How it was Then and Now

The good old days people were kinder being a kid was fun. People were poor but appreciate what they had. Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories and stories.

Thank you Brother Donnie for bringing us back to our past. I remember some of these stores back in the Virginia mountains and they are no more. The folks sitting around outside with a bottle of pop and a bag of peanuts. Wonderful memories.

Pop bottles, RC Colas, and moon pies. That really took me back. Thanks again, Donnie.

I grew up in a country store. My great grandparents started it in the early 1900’s and my folks bought it from them in the 1940’s. Miss those days. Things were so much simpler then.

Thank you so much for sharing this Mr Donnie ❤ I can remember the old country stores. They had a little bit of everything. Always lots of candy. It's sad that the younger generations missed out on it. I wouldn't trade my childhood for all the technology in the world ❤ God bless you ❤

I remember an old country store . It was in the middle of nowhere. Had a big pot belly stove in the back with several wooden chairs in a circle.The older folks sat over there. The kids sat at the small soda fountain on the side. It was a unique community hangout. Thanks for sharing your memories with us !

Sure do miss these old mom and pop stores where everyone knew their neighbors and really wish they’d still have Sunday blue laws. Back in the day a handshake and trust was worth more than a dollar, something to be said for that. It was such a treat to have some pop bottles to take back and get some penny candy…so different than life is now and sure do miss it. Thanks for a trip down memory lane to start my day❤

Thank you, Donnie, for bringing a little peace into the storm.

I grew up on farms in Southeastern Ohio. There were 3 country stores where we shopped frequently. These came in very handy to purchase essential items, when you didn't need to drive 20 miles to the nearest large grocery store. These stores tried to stock a little of everything. From groceries, hardware, snacks and even stoves & heaters. These stores would often carry a family on a credit ticket when you needed something between paydays. Miller's General Store had a pool table in the back room. There was a local cola, bottled in Marietta, Ohio, that had a bottle cap program, similar to green stamps. My brother and I would save Double Cola bottle caps to buy things from a catalog. I remember that we purchased hunting knives, pocket knives and even an electric can opener for our mother. Miller's General Store had a pop machine with Double Cola and a bottle opener. The store owner would even save the bottle caps from that machine so that we could purchase items from the catalog. We had a very large family of 13 and didn't have much money. The owner knew that and helped us out in this way.

I miss the old gas stations/store. The old gas pumps with the glass bubble top. Thank you Donnie for the trip down memory lane.

I miss them day's. I remember the old flat top coolers with aluminum sliding doors on top with the glass bottle drinks inside. Thanks for another MIGHTY GOOD'N my awesome mountain brother! God bless you Donnie

Loved the old country stores. They had a charm that corporate grocery stores just couldn’t match.

Thanks Donnie for the precious memories!❤ Prayers for your wife and you. Please take care and stay warm and safe!! Be careful outside in snow!!!

Back in the early 70"s there was a little gas station/ store. Own by this little old man Walt Rottenburg, That store was right in the middle of all new homes, that store was open till he died in 1985, My dad said it open in the 1920's, That old man helped a lot of people in hard times. sad to these old Places just disappear, Thanks so much Donnie for all the Great Memories,and God bless

Thank you, Donnie, for sharing another wonderful memory from your childhood. My husband's grandparents had a little store, much like the ones you showed on this video. My husband and I enjoy all your videos . Many thanks for all of your stories and videos. God bless you and yours.

Once again, thank you Mister Donnie. Down here in the Canebreak the counties were dotted with small country stores and produce stands. My grandfather used to have one on the edge of the road bordering our dairy farm. He opened up after World War II as a way to supplement the farm income, but he always sad the main reason was because most people were poor and he could sell or trade with neighbors cheaper than the town stores that gouged customers.

Thank you for reminding us of our past. Those old country stores served a purpose long forgotten. They were not only a place of commerce but of great social exchange. Now our culture spreads information on Facebook and other social media. A sad loss.

Even our old "Mom and Pop" stores in town have disappeared. Sure do miss em!! I even remember those ol travelin stores on wheels that used to come out in the country!! Those were the "good ol days"!!!

Yes, loved the country stores growing up and as a young man in the 60s and 70s. The one at the end of our road I walked the two miles to many a time. Looking back, it was not real big but if they didn't have it, you probably didn't really need it. I also fondly remember going to visit my great aunt who lived in a small town when I was little. Her neighbor across the alley had a little neighborhood grocery in her house. My aunt would give my cousin a nickel and we would run to her house and buy a popsicle, we each got half, what a treat! I sure wish the world was still like it was then. Thanks for sharing your memoris with us...

When I was a child, my grandmother lived in a little town in Kansas. They had a little grocery store where my aunt worked, and a tiny variety store, and an old pool hall with benches out front. I used to walk the 2 blocks to "town" with my dad. He'd sit on those benches and talk to the men sitting out there. My dad had grown up there, so everyone knew him, and me because I was "Ellen's granddaughter " I always had such fun walking on those old floors, listening to the creaks and squeaks of the old wood, worn smooth and shiny by hundreds of shoes ove many years..... great memories. Thank you for sharing your memories, and stirring mine once again ❤️