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Augiehack t1_itdbmjn wrote

Reply to comment by mrsrtz in what did Gimbels sell? by Daywalkingvampire

Omg you unlocked a memory with Hornes...forgot all about them

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Ninjago987 t1_itdsofj wrote

Was going to say if they don’t know Gimbles probably won’t know Hornes. It’s been quite a while.

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Dartonion t1_iteb5z2 wrote

Recently got rid of a Horne's cardboard box my family had been using to package presents and gift things back and forth for years. Recently as in, 4 months ago. I have a pic of it somewhere I'll put up if I figure out how.

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Augiehack t1_itebeuy wrote

Ahh I was debating posting this.. I'm little "young" to really remember Hornes BUT remember my Mom talking about it AND my friends Mom would give him his Christmas presents on Hornes boxes until like 2010ish.

awesome that others have this same memory

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kmc1124 t1_itesp02 wrote

This tradition is still on going in my family… Hornes box and all!!!

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Daywalkingvampire OP t1_ith6n79 wrote

I grew up with hornes department store. I got gifts constantly from there.

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AmbientGravitas t1_itdzp8n wrote

My grandmother was an interior decorator for Hornes.

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tiredassmom66 t1_ite3l7p wrote

I worked for Hornes as a buyer

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Teddy-bare1713 t1_itgepq2 wrote

What was that like? And how do i start a career in that?

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tiredassmom66 t1_itggn9g wrote

It was super fun- it was the 80’s. Lol. So I had worked in retail since I was 16, with increasingly better jobs. I graduated from college and went into a buyer training program at hornes. So you will definitely need retail experience and you need to be good with numbers and computers and you need to find a major chain that is looking for people.

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Jen-Barkley t1_ite4cfb wrote

My mother worked at Horne’s in the early ‘60s.

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Shiloh_4336 t1_iteqrio wrote

My " desk" is a display table that I got from Horne's when they were selling everything in the place.

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GuncleShark t1_itfd1gz wrote

My aunt was an elevator operator at Horne’s.

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dtrain__ t1_itg77s9 wrote

My cousins uncles fathers mothers kid used to be a toilet cleaner there

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BuffyTheMoronSlayer t1_itfu58x wrote

My grandma was a store detective for Kaufmann and Hornes. She worked a bunch of different locations including the downtown ones.

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