May 28, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, p_toad said: Makes me wonder if my kids will want my Monitor solid cherry stuff when i go. Looking back, I should have purchased everything i wanted at Swallens back when i was single. Ah, Swallens. I shopped there a lot. Then the kids took over and within a few years closed it all. There was a store about a mile down the road from my last house that sold Stickley. They closed up in 2018. Come to think of it, I outlasted all my retail customers over the last 20 years.
May 28, 20206 yr I loved going to Swallen's. Bought a ton of stuff from them back in the 70s, we left the Cincy area in 1981, and somewhere between then and now (as i understand it) the kids wrecked the business after Dad passed on.
May 28, 20206 yr My grandfather used to say the first generation builds it, second spends it, and the third buries it.
May 28, 20206 yr Popular Post 52 minutes ago, Gunny said: My grandfather used to say the first generation builds it, second spends it, and the third buries it. Heard that one too. In our sparsely populated area in central NY, we have two exceptions - a great saw mill operation (Wightman's) and a BBQ restaurant (Brooks.) Both third generation.
May 28, 20206 yr 11 hours ago, kmealy said: Then the kids took over and within a few years closed it all. At one time people were proud to be business owners and make a living. The heirs usually look for the easy way out.
May 28, 20206 yr Author 3 hours ago, Gunny said: My grandfather used to say the first generation builds it, second spends it, and the third buries it. Yep, heard that one before. The company I worked for for 24+ years is that way. Nepotism and the kids were spoiled brats of the founder and owner.
May 28, 20206 yr Author 5 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: I loved going to Swallen's. Bought a ton of stuff from them back in the 70s, we left the Cincy area in 1981, and somewhere between then and now (as i understand it) the kids wrecked the business after Dad passed on. Yes, the old man died, they started opening on Sunday (that he had long been opposed to), and just a few years later, went out of business. For a while, they were my go-to hardware store. Before and after that, there was a whole string of hardware/lumber stores that came and went in about 5 years each. I suppose Wal*mart also contributed to Swallen's demise. But the fact that KMart was in trouble and so was Sears should have helped them. https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/remember-this-decades-before-walmart-cincinnatians-bought-everything-they-needed-at-swallens
May 28, 20206 yr yup...moved away back in 77 to take a new job. Got my hiking boots there...so comfortable they never needed breaking in... cherry furniture there... mattress. appliances for my mom and dad. Should have bought a set of the NS1000 speakers but....
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