*_Those lights behind the "Jamesway" reminds me of the lights that went around the Colonial Squire Motel in Ripley, NY. Those are so old yet so cool! Awesome!_*

@Rbyrd77

5 жыл бұрын

When I was young, those lights were a regular thing. You would see them everywhere. We took so much for granted back then. We all never gave a thought to how special certain things would be in the future.

@RichardDremdenWolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rbyrd77 *_I agree! Growing up in the 80's and 90's, I didn't expect much to change and took much of it for granted, but practically everything has... especially when it comes to technology and retail. Things come and go then change before our own eyes, sometimes never noticing until months or years later._*

This was the week that Wallie (and friends) took us to Franklin, PA. It's been cool. In all seriousness though, it's been sad to see so many businesses go under.

@samanthab1923

4 жыл бұрын

Karen Catizone What happened to Franklin? Why are all these places out of business?

@skyesyd221

2 жыл бұрын

@@samanthab1923 wonder

Nice video! That abandoned KFC looks very depressing.

@talesfromthelotuspodcast

5 жыл бұрын

Them Nashville hot tendies though

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

It was a depressing location for sure.

@jonathancreveling5658

2 жыл бұрын

Kentucky Fried Chicken, home of the famous bee's nest

Wallie has PA covered in his quest to scope out abandoned stores. Its amazing and scary how many places he uncovers.

@gaylenewood7707

5 жыл бұрын

Well that Chinese place next door to that jamesway looks good😉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

With so many things going out of business and disappearing, sometimes I wonder whats going to be left. When I was a kid, if you went to work for a restaurant, you had a job as long as you wanted it. Now you could lose your job tommorow, with no warning. Such was the case with the Little Ceasers here in Jasper Ga. They had a job one day, the next day they didnt. They came to work, and the locks had been changed. Absolutely nothing is sacred or promised anymore.

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's awful. I've seen it happen here in Pittsburgh at all the Steak N Shake locations and the Joe's Crab Shack. Closed without warning and employees showed up for work to see they were out of a job. It's horrible, really. And it breaks my heart for those who depend on that paycheck.

@Rbyrd77

5 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 Absolutely. I have worked for some of those places. I worked at a Big K-Mart, during a time when they were actually still in great abundance. In the state I live in ( Georgia) there are no K-Marts left in the entire state. I never thought I would see the day. The one I worked at, is now an Ollies Bargain outlet.

I’ve eaten at that KFC...it had a buffet! And I’ve shopped at that former Jamesway, too!

Franklin, Pa has slowly turned into a depressing ghost town. I go back to visit about twice a year, but would never move back.

Wallie!!! You made my day. I used to work for Quality Farm and Fleet in Ohio. Neat to see the old sign. Loved that store!

I have never seen an abandoned fast food place have as many bee's nests as that KFC. Great video wallie, keep up the good work.

Wallie, awesome video! Nate's bee friends must've known that you were coming so, they wanted to be there to greet you. Lol! Really enjoyed your video!

Another great video, guys! That KFC was sad to look at, must have been closed for a long time! Enjoyed your thorough view of these places! Take care, have a great day! 🥰

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great day!

@letapearson2043

5 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 You’re welcome, Wallie! 😄

I worked at this kfc for almost 9 years., left shortly before they closed down (end of 2009). They sold everything inside to other restaurants. They had just remodeled it probably in 2007. Also, this Jamesway was never an Ames, but at the local mall there was an Ames (formerly Hills) that is now a Dunham’s. & Ollies.

Whenever I see a KFC, I instantly get flashbacks from when One Direction were writing Midnight Memories, but Niall wanted it to be called "I Love KFC", Niall said "exactly", and Liam was like "for real" and they sung it, but it was later changed to Midnight Memories so they wouldn't get in trouble with the FC company

For all the traffic going by. Just can't believe the fast food business is failing there.. Nice video.. Stay safe and stay awesome

@jacksmiththeboss

5 жыл бұрын

It's a 4 lane road between 2 decent size town. This road also has like 5 car dealerships owned buy the same guy and many other empty businesses that are have closed over the years.

Hey Wallie! Keep up the great work :D

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

The big Lots Odd Lots name hasn't been used since 1983 I thank.

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@optout130

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Odd Lots started in 1982 but segued into " Big Lots! " when expanding out of Columbus, Ohio.

I kind if notice on the roof there are weeds growing on top of it wow that place will have to be torn down to the ground....great video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😀.

The colonel was like "Gut it! Gut it all, nobody must find hints of our precious, precious secret recipe with spices and herbs... Even toilet bowls must go!" 🍗

Your end music slaps bro i love that tune

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's why I have used it as long as I have!

@gaylenewood7707

5 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 I love your outro.

Probably the most interesting abandoned KFC I have ever seen, the overgrowth outside makes it all complete :)

I just drove by it less then 2 hours ago and it is now all mowed and trimmed up around it

Wow, WELCOME TO JAMESWAY decals, that's priceless! Those decals are almost certainly from the 80's but what's really amazing is that Jamesway has been gone for almost 27 years now! Sad how the nearby Kmart (which opened less than a year before Jamesway closed their very last stores) also is gone now. Is the BIG LOTS a former grocery store?

There was an old Kmart near there that was replaced by the Franklin one that you filmed. It was in Reno which is the next town up that road. Not sure if the building is still there it’s been years since I was up that way. Keep the great videos coming Wallie!!

@FlameDragon

5 жыл бұрын

The old Kmart is still there and being used by a trucking company now as a wear house. We drove by it on the way to film the mall

@sandybaker4698

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlameDragon The old Kmart in Reno was originally built as Jamesway back in the mid-60's...Westons department store was originally built about the same time at the location of where you took this video. After Westons closed down, Jamesway moved into it for a few years before they went out of business, then Farm and Fleet moved in. If you have been out to the Cranberry Mall in Venango County, the location of where Ollies is was originally built as Hills department store, and when they went out of business, Ames moved in for a few years.

I grew up in Franklin in the 1980's. I remember Christmas shopping in that very Jamesway. The Long John's was there when I lived there but not the KFC.

There's a former King's/Jamesway up in Dunmore, PA that was converted into a Big Lots a while ago. The label scar underneath the Big Lots sign was super visible for a long, LONG time after they closed but it seems like it's faded significantly in the past 3-4 years unless they just finally power washed it to remove it. Same plaza also had an Acme that shut down in the opposite end of the plaza. It's now an Advance Auto Parts store. In the basement of the former King's / Jamesway there's a furniture store now (Eynon Furniture Outlet/EFO) but the basement once held a really old bowling alley/arcade complete with one of those shuffleboard "bowling" games where you had to slide the shuffleboard pucks over metal bars to 'knock down' the pins.

Reopen it and call it: Colony Bee's Pennsylvania Fried Chicken. :) "Enjoy Our Chicken with a touch of Nature"

Wow a jamesway. Nice one there,ive never been too one myself but they seemed like a hills

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

This was the first Jamesway I saw in person.... unless my folks took me to one when i was young or a baby and i just dont remember. In the Pittsburgh area, we were surrounded by mainly Ames, Hills, Kmart, and a couple of Zayres.

@TerryAllan1975

5 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 i first heard of it last year when i seen on youtube when that one caught fire in 1990. All the good places are gone

@mike_mcgregor

5 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 There's an abandoned TraderHorn outside of Kittanning on 422 going towards Indiana that used to be a Jamesway, I went to it when I was a kid.

@mike_mcgregor

5 жыл бұрын

There's an abandoned TraderHorn outside of Kittanning on 422 going towards Indiana that used to be a Jamesway, I went to it when I was a kid. it was similar to Ames and Hills.

@optout130

4 жыл бұрын

In The Monroeville Area, Zayres Became Ames Then A Thrift Store Now A Furniture Store.

Lol the KFC is Losed! Great video Wallie!

dude holy crap a quality farm & fleet too!!

@liztrainer895

3 жыл бұрын

What is a Quality farm and fleet?

Love the vids keep it up 👍

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@brader2k6

5 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 no problem

Good Set For The Walking Dead 😂

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@gaylenewood7707

5 жыл бұрын

Um nothing like extra crispy dead bird to give to the walking dead😉.

@tdmorangettv278

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@unknownuser..._...

3 жыл бұрын

lol 😂

Cool video wallie

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I have seen alot of abandon retail/fast foot/restaurant buildings videos on KZread but I never seen one with bee's nest in any of them which surprises me because you would think that some of these old buildings would have some kind of nest of stinging insects. Out of all of the abandon fast food joints this KFC is the worst one. Yeah it is sad that the owner couldn't remodel because of the lack of funds. Yeah my local Long Johns closed up and it was one of the Long Johns that had the A&W food as well. I know that they got rid of alot of stuff because I saw a dumpster with a bunch of stuff from inside. I knew it was going to close down eventually because several months ago when they were still open they closed the drive thru and had the inside still running but a couple of months later they closed up shop. It opened up in the early 1980s. Besides the business there wasn't booming vs McDonald's and Wendy's. Nice find on Jamesway. My parents shopped there quite a few times. 11 former Jamesway locations became Ames.

Thx for showing me what the inside of the abandoned KFC by me looks like

Actually this building was Westons when it opened in 1966. Jamesway was a couple of miles further toward Oil City. You almost made it to Jamesway. I know this because I worked at the Jamesway that you thought you found. Both of the stores created a lot of excitement in the area when they first opened.

I remember you were saying you were going to film the former Kentucky Fried Chicken, been my favorite since I was a kid. We have a former Kentucky Fried Chicken where I live which now is a Title Loan Store unsure for how long which years ago I'd stop in after church to get a chicken meal & take home. When I lived in Florida on west coast I'd go to one after church to get a rotisserie whole chicken as how were sold & take home for lunch.

theres quite a few business closed in this area,long john silver,kfc,bonanza,in the same lot where kfc is theres a building in the middle thats been many different food business that closed,dairy queen up past 15th street hill as u leave franklin is closed

I love how there's a dollar general there 😂 Jeese the bees!

@Optopolis

5 жыл бұрын

I think that's one of the worst drive throughs I've seen. WOW! So crazy! Quite sad to see it in this bad shape! 😭

@shawnsvlogsstorytimeandpra7277

3 жыл бұрын

I recently went to a little area to do some fishing they didn't have any bait shops but did a dollar general store 😁

@shawnsvlogsstorytimeandpra7277

3 жыл бұрын

Kentucky fried chicken we do chicken wrong

That KFC and Long John's were my favorite places to eat. I would go to them twice a week back in the day.

Hey guys, just passing along more info, about 2 miles north of Shenango Valley Mall heading towards Greenville sits an abandoned McQuaids Sunoco Station, it has been sitting empty for over 10 years. Would love to see your take on this place too.

Wow video was awesome

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

before it was a jamesway it was a westons,which was the whole length of the building there were no other stores,when it was a jamesway that was my very first job i ever had

Well now I know I'm a smidge older than the both of you since I was in a Jamesway in Altoona/ Ebensburg PA as a kid. As for "Big Lots∆Odd Lots" it started as Odd Lots but Revco took issue since they had a division with a similar name ~ therefore Odd Lots expanded into Big Lots! outside of Columbus, Ohio where the company was originally started. Both names went into the what was part of the quasi~slogan/mission statement: They generally didn't buy full lots/ pallets of the same eXact items from vendors Plus they would buy runoffs & discontinueds etc - keeping the prices low but the stock limited. Like the “Ollies” outlets today that have good stuff cheap ~ like tons from ToysRus. . . . a semi-value city if you ever heard of them. Today, Big Lots! appears to buy massive lots since all the stores have the same products in large quantities and not the lowest prices around. * Wikipedia has a better, longer explanation *

Lol soon look like the Amazon jungle. I heard what your friend said about reading this closed, this one looks better on outside than our 3 locations in Lubbock.

It looked opened

I didnt know that jamesway converted to Ames they own several stores they even had a store in monroe New York it burn down such cool history to look up about..

Up until it got knocked down and replaced with a Sheetz, I know there was a KFC in Titusville that sat vacant for at least five years. On a visit there in 2008, it just sat there, unused and vacant, along with what used to be a Quality Markets or Bi-Lo right across the street. That has since been redeveloped as well.

They just opened a Family Farm & Family in the old Streetsboro K Mart. You should check it out.

The KFC near me used to have a buffet too. It was really nice. They did not put the breast out in the serving area, you had to ask for one at the counter. People would take several at a time and take them home for later. Now it is a KFC Longjohns combo place.

The KFC in Franklin PA closed in fall of 2011 cause the owner who owned it failed to pay to update it,so he had to liquidate the building.Nowadays the kfc is boarded up cause someone broke the windows!It seen better days tho clearly.It used to be a buffet also

There is a abandoned hardware market on highway 22 in climax North Carolina , been gone for years .

It's really a bummer to see a KFC closed. I really like KFC. I'm glad that you guys didn't get stung by those bees.

@liztrainer895

3 жыл бұрын

I loved the biscuits their, so good .

@alanlough638

3 жыл бұрын

@@liztrainer895 I love their biscuits as well as the chicken, etc., etc., etc.

That kfc is totally abandoned in way worser shape than long john silvers awesome video bro

Love the videos

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@brianwalch9521

5 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 my favorite video is the Walmart in Garfield hides Ohio

@nicholasgamingnicko968

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianwalch9521 *heights*

8:26 it says losed because someone knocked the C down

According to a Reddit page I found on this, that KFC location shut down in fall of 2011.

Bruh you passed my house! I live in the trash can!🤣🤣🤣

Man, you and your luck with fast food! It's like these places don't want you to eat! LOL

They can for another video. Are used to eat at KFC. I miss the food. And it is very sad to see how bad it looks now. I am so used to shop at the old James way. Two. They can for the video I look forward to another one. Thank you thank you

I liked that video of the abandoned KFC

We used to have a KFC / Long John Silver's combo here in the same building. (Prescott, AZ) Now, it it's just a KFC (I guess customers were not very impressed with the over-priced greasy fish) I wasn't either. The KFC could use some help too, they are not cooking it correctly. I don't think they marinate the chicken properly, so it tastes bland. My opinion, anyway - Great video Wallie!

Wow, I remember going to a Jamesway as a kid in Columbia, PA. Haven't heard that name in a long time. Great video as always.

It’s so sad that all these restaurants are closed 😢

It closed two years ago. KfC remodel the places in Nationwide and some of them not remodel it as of result it's possible closed for good.

can`t blieve how bad that KFC is wow But thanks for sharing :D

You should visit Tri county Ohio because it's a lot of abonoded stuff there and there's a old fashion toys r us that been abononded for years

Metro commercial always seems to gut there stores so that’s why it’s completely gutted in there

Do you know where the old skatepark was in franklin???

Look in the back...where it says Jamesway small

That was awesome

Man looking at it from a mere distance you could've swore it's from some dystopian apocalypse movie or game AKA the last of us. i mean wow!

Hey im from franklin and i have pichers of the old heath gas building that was there.

Update: The trees and plants in front of the building is now gone now you can see the building clearly for now until nature reclaims it again

it was a westons before this. jamesway was down the road where the kmart was

First LJS and now KFC what the heck.

@gaylenewood7707

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know jamesway have been in business since 1961 and they had several stores all over the place but then they filed for bankruptcy and converted to Ames which was kind of strange if you ask me.

Fun fact the kmart you were at in Franklin was an ames.

Is it wrong for me to say the overgrowth around the KFC makes it look pretty, like a garden?

I live in Halifax PA...we cant keep any fast food except McDs

There is one in Indianapolis Southside on Southport rd but the owner owns two so he close that one down and kept the one in beach grove and it close because the owner of the property and he wanted more and then the KFC owner left and after a couple of weeks he repainted it and now truck driver park there and it funny.

The McDonald's I filmed wasn't as bad as this KFC with all the weeds geez this is bad

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was pretty rough.

Why is so much closed

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently the area just isnt good enough anymore like it was years ago. It's in the oil region of PA which doesnt see as much life as it once used to so not as many people live there. But for those that do, they end up suffering.

A long john silver's that's still open? Oh, wait. 0:02

Jeez, the condition of this long johns is terrible

@WallieB26

5 жыл бұрын

You mean KFC?

Kfc is my favourite thing to have for dinner

i didnt know there was a small lots

wow!

It’s like hiking in nature...

I walk by this KFC all the time and see how very bad shape this is in. This is very sad to see. The management of this restaurant should of just stuck with the corporation. They would of still been in business today if management only decided to stick with the company instead of trying to franchise it. Speaking of bees nest, one day last summer walking by there on a nice long walk, i saw a huge spiderweb suspended in mid air with a thick silk string connecting from kfc here all the way to the wires of the post by the highway! Thanks wallieB26 for coming through Franklin where i live to be checking out all the abandoned buildings i am familiar with here. Also this kfc was built in 1992 i remember. Family and i ate out here for dinner when they first opened in 1992.

Bradley it’s gutted!

In 2014 the KFC sign said C LOSED

Why would you check out the trash area for?

Why they closed? 😕

That's sad....

KFC in north Tonawanda NY in open in this summer in 2022

KFC? More like KFS and KFB Kentucky fried snake and Kentucky fried bee's!

@Karmy.

5 жыл бұрын

Off topic but nice fursuit

@FlameDragon

5 жыл бұрын

@@Karmy. Thanks

Tune in again next week for another eppisode of Will Wallie Eat?

KFCs (at least here in the DFW area) seem to be getting less and less common. There's still a decent number, but a notable decline from 15-20 years ago. The trend towards healthier food is likely doing quite a number on their business. Long John Silvers is probably doing worse though. There used to be at least 5 in my immediate area 15 years ago but now the nearest one is 30 minutes away. I see why though. I've been eating healthy for the last two years and now I just feel sick any time I try to eat fried meats.

Its abandoned since 2009 due to not enough money to remodel

Good afternoon

Kentucky Fried Weeds!