Peter Zavon <pzavon@...> wrote:
The Bradlees that was acquired by Stop and Shop was a grocery store, not a
department store. I got to Boston in late 1967, a little later than the
referenced date. I recall a department store downtown, essentially across the
street >from Filene's

"Mitch Hollander" <mitch00@...> wrote
Bradlee's may be unlikely; the first store opened in Connecticut in 1958 and
the chain was acquired by Stop & Shop in 1961.

Mitch Hollander wrote:
New information is that a relative named Marvin GORE visited the Boston
relatives almost fifty years ago (1960s), and says, "I think I recall that
they owned a department store, Freddlies or something...