Dave Warburton posted:Yes, J&J moved to Euclid at some point but I have no idea when. It was located off Lakeshore Blvd. in or next to the old Shoregate Shopping Center, I believe. There was a Bob’s Big Boy nearby, too (probably ex-Manners?).
As I mentioned before, it was a shadow of its former self train-wise and most of the floor space was devoted to bicycles. I bought a Lionel C&NW FM Trainmaster from them when I visited sometime in the late 80’s.
I fondly remember the original store on Euclid Avenue at Lee Road (?) with its backroom Lionel layout. Magical before the holidays back in the 50’s!
Dave,
You reminded me of two other shops in the vicinity. One was on Mayfield at I-271; Golden Gate Plaza as I recall. Forgot the name; mostly HO. It was run by Bob Kuppe and Paul McCoy. Sadly diabetes took them both.
The other shop was DiVinnies Hardware on Lee at Scottsdale. They had great Lionel prices. The thing I remember most was it was the only place I ever saw a Kusan display layout.
Some comments of interest for the Cleveland people. There was a local train themed TV show hosted by Captain Penney (Ron Penfound). The usual 50's era cartoons. He had guest performers including a magician named Tricky Harry. I was told by the show's director (Earl Keyes who was also local celebrity Mr Jingaling), Tricky Harry was truly "Tricky" as the Shaker Heights Police found him at DiVinnies one night at 2am.
More than you wanted to know.
Lou N
