There was a Sears store in East Liberty PA that was three floors in the 1960s. It was huge. It was closed in the 90s. My brother in law was a Sears repairman. He had a little blue Sears Repair van and would go to people's homes and fix their TVs, refrigerators, washers/dryers. It is a shame that this icon did not find a way to survive.

It still amazes me. Sears had catalogues long before my time. They new how to do it. They had the stores everywhere. They could have and should have been Amazon. At the very least Wal-mart. It's amazing how management missed the opportunities by thinking everyone knows them, everyone trust them, everyone will go to them.

I have so many memories at this Sears. My parents lived in Colesville, about 10 minutes north of this store. They bought every single appliance from there, treadmill, TVs, lawn equipment. Every one of my tools is from that store. I remember all the times I would run over in the evening or the weekend to go grab a particular tool to finish a project. As a kid, I would go down those escalators to the kids and toys section that was down below. I remember when every entrance used to be open and you could check out at any of the counters. Accompanying my dad to the jewelery section to find something for my mom on her birthday. Hearing this store is coming to a close is incredibly sad.

@lauraolsson7695

3 жыл бұрын

You said that perfectly! This is where I always bought my sons school clothes, shoes, lots of Christmas things, etc. It was just nice being in that store, Im heartbroken!

The Silver Spring Sears isn't the only department store in town to close after 50 years of occupancy. One county away, JCPenney and Macy's recently closed. The former was a Woodward & Lothrop that opened from the 1960s until the chain folded and later became JCPenney. The latter was a standalone Hecht Company from 1960 to when Macy's took over.

I loved sears when I was a child in the 1970"s. I always went to the Baby department to look at all of the Winnie The Pooh items. Very special memories as a child being in the Sears store. Wonderful video Wallie and Kayla. Thank you!

@kaifreeman294

3 жыл бұрын

I did too and speaking of Winnie the Poo, I saw him @ Sear's once when I was a 7 and he was "gigantic" "lol" but very friendly though.

@kaifreeman294

3 жыл бұрын

Pooh "I meant"

@liztrainer895

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Unfortunately the only thing left from Sears now is the electronics, home appliances and tvs. Maybe they still have the portrait studio. This brought back so many memories ❤️Shopping Here

Sad to see stores like this going away.

it's big, but too big that at first the store looks nice when you enter and as you go on, you start seeing empty sections 😞

@KC8EWU

3 жыл бұрын

Too true, including I dare say the last one in Michigan (Rivertown Crossings, Grandville, MI) which has either closed by now or its very last days. Smaller one (half the size of one I worked at which was one of the older if not of the oldest left which closed over a year ago) and even had a smaller one in Muskegon, MI which somehow had a 11 designation which is a full line store. There also used too be 5 Kmart stores at one time. Last two closed about two years ago, one being last anchor of a former mall with other end a former Montgomery Wards. When I first started working at Sears the fashion and smaller item trucks used too be stuffed with over 2000 stock tags, when I left the store just before it closed we were down too a quarter of a semi trailer at the most which is just plain sad. As the store regularly had good foot traffic. With number one Lands End unit in the nation. Thankfully they were spun off as a separate entity agian.

@ccbsnyc

3 жыл бұрын

Well-maintained, but rather empty. The clothes at Sears are humdrum and overpriced. With the internet the choices are infinite. I know the market is middle America, but this is a rather elderly middle America.

I've had fun going to this Sears for the over 30 years I've lived in this area. Downstairs had the childrens', maternity, lingerie and linens. You saw the watch repair shop. The garden and Christmas sections were bright & good in the past, and on the right side was a garden center with plants. You probably saw how many doors there were! The doors were closed as entrances until only the two doors in the front remained. I've always liked the MCM vibe of this store, as well as the location. I haven't been this year, but it was so sad when the Lands End section closed; that was when it really started looking empty. None of the employees would say it was closing, but it seemed inevitable. BTW, people mentioned this already, but Montgomery Co., MD has had a tax on store bags for years. A lot of checkers call it a charge, but it's a tax they're required to collect, meant to go towards cleaning up trash, esp. plastic. It's a pet peeve of mine when people make it sound like you have to "buy" the bag. Not a big diff., in a way, except that I'm willing to help clean up the landscape, but not really interested in paying a _company_ for the bag!

This Sears has two twins. Hicksville, NY and New Brunswick, NJ

@brianb7423

3 жыл бұрын

The one in New Brunswick is closed right?

@OnyxDash

3 жыл бұрын

It had that look about it

That Sears used to be covered with a red glazing brick before they painted the brick sometime in the 2000s.

@wm3333

3 жыл бұрын

it was painted in 2009

@richardbarkley9909

3 жыл бұрын

Is this the store in the White Oak shopping center? If so I watched it built in the early 60s....

@resamoran3192

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardbarkley9909 yes

For many years, Sears advertising slogan was "Sears Where America Shops." Sadly , no more. I used to shop at this very same Sears store for many years. In the summer of 2020, I went to this Sears to buy a spark plug and a air filter for my Sears Craftsman lawn mower that I bought here in 2006. The whole garden center was shut down where they carried everything I needed. It was very hard to find anyone to help me, but once I did, he said to go to Lowe's as they now sell Craftsman items. That kind of told me that this Sears was not going to last very long. That Sears Craftsman lawn mower that I bought in 2006, lasted longer than Sears did. It still works great.

Great video brings back many memories , so sad 😞

I never expected to ever find a video of my childhood sears thanks for the video man you don't know how much it means to me I use to go with my grandma all the time at this exact location years ago. I miss being in the sears I regret not going during 2021 a lot I wish it could open back one day.

Sad to see my Sears being in this state. I see this Sears ever single day and I only see 12 cars parked usually. I know this Sears since I was baby. I remembered taking our family photos there.

I live near by this sears, and 5 years ago this sears was so popular and full of people, its sad to see barely anyone inside.

@andrewd7452

2 жыл бұрын

I use to go there with my mom and dad alot I miss it to they had good electronics section lol

Wow, this is a huge store! I have always loved Sears! 😀👍 I like to look at the clothing, makeup, shoes, and handbags! That is so sweet that you and Kayla got to walk around and look at everything! Thank you so much for an awesome video! ❤😘

haven't seen a 2 story sears in ages.

Opened to 6, WOW they use to be open from 9-9 every day and 9-6 on Sunday. This Sears store was in our district at one time. That auto center was & may still be used for training for the techs. Some of my friends had gone down there to train on all the equipment including the alignment rack when they were put in. The main store is huge. There is a basement that is divided into some sections for training rooms. I'm sure by now they just sit vacant for the most part. That store use to be very clean, bright, and beautiful as this was the hub for the District Manager. The old Sears store I started at in Hanover, PA is now being transformed into a Rural King, at this time the Auto Center still sit vacant. RK has taken residency in old K-mart & Sears locations. Maryland has started as of Jan1 2021 to charge 5 cents for plastic bags. Thanks for that tour @ WallieB26

Man do I miss Sears :(

@MrWolf2212

3 жыл бұрын

we all do

@DalmationProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrWolf2212 my Sears closed on 9/3/2017

@KC8EWU

3 жыл бұрын

Last one by me either just closed or about too, less then twenty years old!

@jwalton2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@DalmationProductions mine closed October 9th 2018 a day before hurricane Michael october 10th 2018 which tore the store up into shreds I still miss sears

@DalmationProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwalton2000 mine closed 9/3/2017

😔Oh my gosh, I was going to bring a few watches to get new batteries put in, like I used to over the years....Id heard this wonderful store was going to close sometime, but sadly I didnt know when exactly. Today is Feb.26, 01~ I wonder if the doors are shut at this point....I will go see. I have been shopping at this Sears since the 70’s. My Mom used to take us there, and then years later I went with my sons to buy uniform clothes for school, shoes, etc. Later I bought appliances. I used to enjoy looking at all the baby clothes downstairs and the pretty sleepwear items. Its very sad to lose this store, it carries a lot of memories with it. Im SO glad I stumbled across this video, though, especially with the holiday music and you taking the elevator lol! Thank you so much☺️👏

The last time I saw a Sears was when I lived in Ventura, California and I remember when it closed... It was a two stories too!

The only department left from Sears is the downstairs which has tvs , home appliances tools and maybe the portrait studio. This video brought back a lot of great memories.❤️Shopping here.

Sears isn’t emptying out the wearhouses though Kmart is because sears in Baton Rouge Louisiana is still full and there are no sections blocked off

I was born and raised in Maryland west side off of Coldspring lane in Baltimore city I remember sears and ages so much memories when I look at it I get flash backs I miss the 90s 😔

i bet that store in the hey day used to have lots of checkouts and full of merch

@ronkeenan9288

2 жыл бұрын

Shopped here in the 60s and 70s this place was great

@ronkeenan9288

2 жыл бұрын

Grandparents. Used to live in the apartments next to it also family shopped at the giant food store in the center

I sure didn’t know this location was that big and had more floors! Sure a gem for its area

This is so sad I wish Sears would make a come back

I worked in this store in the early 90s and it is sad to see that it has closed. This store was the crown jewel of Sears in the DC metro area. Customers would drive from all over the DMV to this store sometimes passing one or two closer Sears along the way. During the holidays, it was hard to move around the store as there would be so many people shopping.

Wow, thanks for taking the time to do the vid... Sad to watch thinking vids like this may be all the younger and future generations have to comprehend what Sears may have been in it's glory days.. Stay Safe.

I love the new camera! When you pan around I don't feel dizzy! This brings back so many memories of school clothes shopping and the big Sears Christmas Wish Book! Great video!

thanks for sharing this one Wallie It pretty cool to see a largest Sears still going good.

I believe that they were both built at the same time in the late 60's

This store is like the one that closed in Hicksville Long Island New York across from the Broadway mall

I live in the Elkins WV area and Elkins is a small town in the middle of nowhere and are sears is still here and thriving.

I used to work there at the Automotive Center in the early 90s

Great video. Love seeing Sears videos, especially open ones.

Wow! Cool fact about this one. Great video and Happy New Year!

This video is excellent. The idea to overdub the classic Sears music was a great idea, it really gives the video a nostalgic feel. Either way, either with your voice or music, your videos are always great. Thank you Wallie for taking the time to make this for us to see. Shout out to Kayla as well. As always, stay awesome

Great video!

I loved going there every time I had the chance to

Neat tour of that Sears Silver Springs store.Never been to that one-lived in DC area for about 30yrs.AND----appears in the tour of that huge place-------no salespeople to be found.Guess if you needed help go to the break room and get a salesman.Where I am now Greenville,NC the small Sears store is closed-about the size of the automotive place at the SS store.When I wandered the Sears in my area when it was open-the salespeople would even ignore you if you wanted hlp with something.You were on your own.Remember when sears saalespeople greeted you and wanted to help.

thanks for posting … this video brings back memories of the many times I was at the sears store in Uniontown pa , sadly it has been closed to several years now

Crazy how it closed. I used to work here in Sears in silver spring, Huge store.

Awesome video 👌👌 man happy new year

Finally been waiting for this

I don’t know if this is any importance but I really enjoy that video. It brings back a lot of memories. I worked there for 15 years I still think about all the people that I used to work with. It was good times back in the 60s I believe it was 1965 that I was there I was on the O.J. T on job training from my school. I want to Sherwood high school and they got the job for me and 25 others for Christmas. We were just supposed to be Christmas help and I ended up being the last person there to lasted all that long at that time the store was so busy. My job was to pick up trash and hangers. That’s why I did when I started out $1.25 an hour but anyway, I don’t wanna bore you with this story I could go on, but I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the video.

@WallieB26

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story! I can't believe $1.25 is all they paid back then. Glad you were able to stay much longer past Christmas! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.

@johngill4524

9 ай бұрын

@@WallieB26 there’s a lot that I could tell you but it would be boring for you and yes I was a student on the job training program and that’s what they would pay students but back then when I got ready to leave after 15 years I was making like $5.25 an hour and today I hear kids complaining about how much they make. I just laugh but we were happy. He got me gas in the car my cigarettes beer we were happy, but like I said, I’m not going to bore you because there’s a lot more to the story, I did a lot in those 15 years.

Hi my friend and awesome video and hope you having a happy new year day

I have never been to sears or Kmart sadly

My mom used to work at a K-mart years ago until she got a new job. And my aunt used to work at one until they closed and last year they turned it into a Uhaul.

@KC8EWU

3 жыл бұрын

That's happening too a pair of former Kmarts here. One which was last anchor of a former mall.

I know adding the stock Christmas music was necessary but I loved it!! Really made me feel immersed. Great vid as always WallieB!!

Awesome video man 👍

I grew up near here... remember when this store was new....had a really cool looking high gloss red glazed brick finish.....got my first set of glasses there.....they have since painted the store ...the glaze started getting weird and failing by the 1980's....In the early 70's there was basically nothing but small farms past Sears on Rt 29.....we would meet late at night in the Sears parking lot and go Drag Race on Rt 29 ( Colesville Rd) ....nothing much until you got out to Columbia MD. The auto park didn't exist back then.

Whoa!! That Sears is bigger in size than all of the other Sears department stores nationwide. HUGE! That Sears you visited is so big, it probably has it's own zip code

All stores in my area charge a nickle for plastic bags. Excellent Program! Good job!

Just saw that this one is finally closing come April 2021. Still got a few left in MD but def dwindling down. Last KMart left in the state not too far from here is closing as well. Glad you were able to capture it! Fyi as a Marylander I can tell you some counties including that particular one has a bag tax which is why they charged you 🙂

So sad to see this huge sears so empty 😢. Thank you for sharing.

One of my best friend's dad worked there as a furniture salesman in the 60's, 70's and 80's. He, along with his wife who was a secretary, raised their 3 kids in a lovely, leafy, middle class neighborhood about 10 minutes away. My friend and I delivered The Washington Post door to door in said neighborhood. The houses when new went for around $30,000 in the early 60's. 4 BR, 2.5 bath. Ours was $65,000 in '75. Today those houses are 400+++ and if ya actually get the Post it's in a bag in the driveway. The 5 cents is to encourage reusable bag usage and helps pay for the amazing recycling program in beautiful Montgomery County, MD. Sigh, those 'good ole days' are looooong gone.

My Dad lived for a while in Silver Spring growing up and in 2019, we passed through on an East Coast vacation. This would have been cool to see, thanks for sharing

Thanks for this. This was my Sears store as a kid in the 1970's. We bought tools, lawn mowers, school clothes, car tires, about everything you can imagine at this store. I understand it's now closed. Bit of my childhood gone.

Wow awesome

AWESOME!

Whoa! This is one epic Sears store!

Grew up with this particular Sears. Clothes when I was a kid, Kenmore appliances as a homeowner. Very rarely went downstairs - business office and restrooms if I recall. Still have several items in my house purchased there including a Refrigerator, Laundry machines, Yard Timmer, vacuums, tools, you get the idea (Kenmore and Craftsman) and some shoes. Remembering when there was a Land's End store inside. Photo studio was upstairs - where the key shop is I think. Place was packed with merchandise - it was hard to get around, other than the wide aisles. A shell of its former self. It was never fancy, but it was functional.

That is the biggest Sears store I've ever seen! It's really sad to see big box retail stores go out of business, i.e., KMart, Hills, Ames, Sears, and Macy's. As for independently owned businesses, I miss Jim's Bargain Store here in Weirton,WV. Jack Stemple owned the store. Jack sold a really great variety of merchandise in his store. Have a KMartlicious Day! Have a Searslicious Day! Have a Silver Spring Marylandlicious Day!

@alanlough638

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your liking my comment. Are you from Weirton,WV? If you are, do you remember Jim's Bargain Store? My Uncle Rob, who was from Mannington, WV would shop at Jim's Bargain Store everytime he came up to Weirton.

Happy New Year boss

I grew up with Sears. In the sixties and seventies I remember being greeted with the smell of ham on the grill that made my mouth water. The Sears I went to had a restaurant in it too and coffee shop. Oh the good old days. It's a shame what has happened to Sears over the years with Martha Stewart's little crime. I guess Sears never got over it. It used to be a great store. I bought my first guitar there.

Our mall isn’t very big, Sears was on one end of it, after it closed, that whole part of the mall was torn off and 4 new stores are being added on that end, whoever caused KMart and Sears to be closing, shame on them, I loved them both!

@chrisflocco8084

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@KC8EWU

3 жыл бұрын

It is that Idiot Eddie who combined them both. KMart already was on its death bed as its prior ceo had kept buying other retailers and causing too much debt load. A few he bought out were Walden Books which was bought ought by Borders then closed, Handy Andy and Builders Square bought out by KMart along with others. The reason why the Discover card was barely accepted by anyone is it was started by Sears which already had been long struggling being not keeping up with the times. Its a case of two that should never have combined as Eddie Lampert was only a junior officer at cant think of name at this moment but one of them caught up in the prime mortage problems.

@mchl8

3 жыл бұрын

Smart was going out some how they merged, it was supposed to save both my this merger. Now kmart sunk like a yr into this, Sears attempted to bail kmart out over previous bankruptcy that was filed. It back fired to Sears. They became 1 it all fell in the bankruptcy.

@ 4:15 - 4:25 you could still hear a little bit of the "instore music" but towards the end though. Sound's like that song "How far is heaven" by the "Los Lonely Boy's"

We still have a Sears here in White Oak Maryland, is been there ever since I can remember and that’s at least the early seventies.

@coollasice4175

3 жыл бұрын

I believe this IS the White Oak store! I 've shopped there with my mom when I was just a little kid....brings back memories.😅

@cheaplaughkennedy2318

3 жыл бұрын

@@coollasice4175 that’s cool , same here , many memories , in fact , My wife and l bought a sweeper there about six year’s ago . I wasn’t for sure if that was the same store , thanks 👍

The sears in Butler pa closed in 2016; shopped their from childhood on still have a few of the catalogues in the attic; be safe Wallie and Kayla!

Does anyone else remember the video games section that was on the bottom floor of this location in the late 90s? I remember getting Super Smash Bros, Donkey King 64 and Yoshi’s Story from there as a child. Good memories.

Had a Sears in Bensalem and Langhorne in Bucks County PA. Sadly they are closed. A crying shame.

I’ve been there all of the time back then.

Happy New Year Wallie 🎉🎉 (huge time difference from the U.S to the Philippines). Great video. Had to zoom in to get to "feel" like I'm inside a Sears store. Went to America in 2000's and in Anaheim there was only Walmart 🤣😢

The plastic bag thing is a Montgomery County law for any establishment

I miss sears here in Florida so many memories 😢wish they would bring it back like they did with toys r us 😢they closed the one close to where I live sad to see this store gone very sad it needs to make a comeback

I grew up in White Oak and used to goto that sears as a kid Electronics used to be downstairs and they also had services like H&R Block during tax season down there

Almost all of the Sears in the Houston area have been shut and some demolished.

A open Sears who would of known one existed

@butterboiii9810

3 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly Massachusetts still has 4 open Sears and 1 open Kmart.

@liztrainer895

3 жыл бұрын

The one in the mall I go to closed and became a Primark. I miss Sears so much.

Is that the Sears in White Oak Maryland off New Hampshire Avenue and Colesville Road (US Route 29)? I grew up going to that Sears from the 1960s until late 1980s Lot of great White Oak Maryland memories Great Video!! Thanks for Sharing!!

I remember when I was little I loved this Sears, they had all the video games that Kmart and target never had

I believe I ate at a snack counter about 20 years ago that was in the store's bottom floor.

I wish we still had a Sears and Kmart in my area of Pennsylvania. I wanna ditch Walmart so bad but in our rural area Walmart took out most of the small businesses along with the China virus so I'm stuck on what to do.

Cool :)

That music was awesome. Wish that album was still available.

@pacmancdi

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it is on eBay

Great video man, personally I am not a big fan of the osmo pocket, I tried one out a couple years ago and it’s very finicky, I am more with the gopros, I love my GoPro hero 7 black, Great Quality with incredible stabilization. That Sears is huge

I live in Maryland and if you're in the Baltimore city limits, the plastic bag charge is new. The goal behind it is to encourage people to use paper bags. But since it's Maryland, the state where they tax everything, it's more about money and less about the environment.

@WallieB26

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh... I had a feeling. Thanks for the info. Believe me... I know what you mean about taxes and the state being money hungry. Pennsylvania and Virginia are both good at that.

@breeslilcorner

3 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 Oh I know since I've been in PA and VA many times. Luckily my county has not followed Baltimore and are not charging for plastic bags. We're encouraged to use them due to Covid. This state is so weird sometimes lol 🤷‍♀️

@KC8EWU

3 жыл бұрын

That is greed! Pure and simple.

@keithwinchester7810

3 жыл бұрын

Oregon, Washington and California charge for bags. Some places charge 5 cents, 10 cents and 25 cents.

@rexoliver7780

3 жыл бұрын

Now we will have MORE paper bag litter and cut down MORE trees to make the paper bags-See NO gain here.Are they going to charge for paper bags,too?If they charge for plastic ones,should for paper,as well.

Sears left Canada 4 years ago so hard to believe they was a gaint indeed we have one last dept store name in Canada called The Bay and i feel it will be next to go here a matter of time sad to see.We lost Zellers a few years ago a great dept store with quality brands cheers from Canada.

I wish all the sears would re-open like nothing ever happened. Then I would see a lot of sears

@DalmationProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie is a moron I hate him so much

@TotosSword

3 жыл бұрын

@@DalmationProductions ikr

@DalmationProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@TotosSword yeah he closed down my childhood Kmart in July 2020 and he closed down my childhood Sears in September 2017 what a total idiot

@DalmationProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Kmart and Sears are becoming a thing of the past I'm surprised that this Sears in this video was sort of busy

@TotosSword

3 жыл бұрын

@@DalmationProductions ikr

I have a small local sears in my area!

I use to went there is was so cool😢

I grew up here and still live here I got my first American outfit from here in 2009

Know exactly where it is. Used to live near it and passed it everyday. Didn't think there were any left in MD. Never mind Silver Spring just outside DC, north of capital beltway.

I was browsing videos and stomped by this one. As of today, they remained only 16 stores open in the USA. The San Juan, Puerto Rico store is the biggest of all, by sales and size of the store, about 242,000 square feet and three floors. The Auto Center closes about a year ago. This store, in better years, always was number 1 or 2 in sales, only surpass sometimes by the Honolulu store.

That camera is awesome. My old sears garage is now a covid testing spot it’s really creepy.

I could be rong it looks like that Sears store is going bye bye

this one is bigger than the Town East Mall Mesquite store? huh and here I thought the Town East store was small

Good choice on the music. Sadly this Sears will probably close soon. There's only a very small handful of Sears, and Kmart left. Once these classic stores are gone, I'm done with shopping.

Sad Too See Sears Closing There

Hi, IDK about the $0.05 Per Bag at Sears i know when me and my Family went on Vacation to California they Charged $0.10 per bag at walmart but i think they are reuseable to where you can take them with you every time you go to shop at walmart or pay the $0.10 per bag again if you forgot to take your previously purchased bags with you. i know when we asked them about the extra charge for the bags they also mentioned that in the future they would be doing this with all walmarts slowly.