Another store is closing - Pioneer Valley Hobbies

Lad NagurneyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

At the Amherst show, I heard a rumor that Pioneer Valley Hobbies, just up the street from the BigE was closing. Today's newspaper verified it.

https://www.masslive.com/news/...-after-25-years.html

The shop holds it's ancestry to the legendary H.L. Childs in Northampton. (In fact I believe one of the display cases was from the original Childs store.)

I enjoyed owner Dennis Gamelli's quote in the article that the store was "Amazon's Showroom!"

For most of the store's existence, I drove within a block of it on my commute so it was easy to pop in and pick up something. With their move several years ago, the store was about 25 minutes out of my way making my visits there less frequent.

I wish Dennis success in his retirement plans of building a Garden Railway!

Lad Nagurney

2/14/204:52 PM

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