Working at the Mall
My first job at the Mall was as a stockboy at Woolworth’s during my junior year. A few of the neon letters in the outdoor sign were always broken, so we called it oolwo’s. They let me have a bookcase they were going to throw out, and I still have it in the classroom in which I teach in Framingham. And I still have this name tag for some reason.
Wrangler Wranch
Senior year I moved down the mall to Wrangler Wranch, across from Bradlee’s. This was one of the Mall’s first stores and was originally called Mr. Slacks. It was a fun job, even though I was a lousy salesman. I remember making a little boy cry when I told his mother that maybe a “husky” size would fit him better. I used to go into Pewter Pot and get a chocolate chip muffin heated up in the microwave smothered in butter. I think I worked here through my senior year in college, when my retail career at the Dedham Mall ended.
Note the Wrangler corduroy flares and groovy Earth shoes
Dedham Tales 
February 15, 2013 at 12:29 pm
I remember that kid from homeroom. Years and years of homeroom
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February 2, 2019 at 8:17 pm
Hey Jim Parr,
I worked at the Mr Slacks in the Cape Cod Mall roughly from 1971 through 1976 , with some breaks. We are probably around the same age. I graduated from high school in 1972.
I forgot the owners name, but the regional managers name was Ken. It closed probably because they overstocked double knit suits that fell out of fashion. It was a fun easy job, and Jacqueline Onassis asked to use thebathroom once, probably bc the store was empty.
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