We've all had that moment; it was one of either delight or dread. When your mom or your dad would say, "Get in the car! We're going to...."

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There are so many shops and stops that we likely remember going to as kids, that sadly, our own children will never know about!

The smells, the sights, the sounds. Some of them were stand-alone shops. Some of them were in the mall.... remember the mall? So many memories of days when people still went to stores to pick things up, instead of just ordering them online. Those were the pre-Internet days!

Which Maine stores do you recall going into as a kid that are, for better or worse, seared into your memory forever?

Do you still have anything from back in those days that you remember

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