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Beacon Journal readers are sharing nostalgic memories of growing up in the Greater Akron area.

Many recollections center on downtown Akron, including seeing Santa at O’Neil’s and the smell of Quaker Oats.

Other memories include local restaurants, celebrity sightings and bygone traditions.

Look out below!

“You may have started an avalanche,” Beacon Journal reader Steve Shoemaker warned. “That is, if people love nostalgia as much as I do.”

Yes, indeed. Our series on Greater Akron memories has generated so many responses that we’re buried up to our necks in random recollections. It has been fun digging out, though.

Let’s reminisce some more.

The real Santa at O’Neil’s

"I remember a lot of things, most all of which cause me to think and reflect, ‘Oh, for the good

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