ANNUAL REQUEST--BACK TO SCHOOL: PENCIL CASES, THREE-RING BINDERS, LUNCH BOXES, CROTON & MORE, A NOSTALGIC LOOK

Welcome to The New Everything Croton--a collection of all things Croton, our history, our homes, our issues, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

The Seasonal aisle at Croton SHOPRITE is stocked with everything you need for back to school and college dorm stuff too.  That reminded us how much the "Back to school" shopping list has changed...and prompted Everything Croton's Annual Nostalgic Look at Back to School.

(Click on the photos and links.)

In the 60's and beyond, it was often time to shop  for new shoes.  And you could generally count on at least one trip to Woolworth's...in the Beach Shopping Center of Peekskill....ah, those three ring loose-leaf binders.

And remember those gummed "hole reinforcements".....some of us can still taste the glue.

You'll need a lunch box too---and while most are being made of (OH-NO!) that dreaded plastic these days---and a far cry from the ones you may remember--some things never change---and that's the latest television or movie characters who grace the "lids".  

See what we mean with some vintage lunch boxes too---check out your editor's vintage lunch box Flickr photostream----Bonanza, Lost in Space, The Munsters, The Jetsons and more!

SEE THEM ALL AT THE OUTSTANDING VINTAGE LUNCH BOX FLICKR ALBUM HERE.

Good food makes great memories...and there would always be those FOODSTOPS EVERY CROTON COLLEGE STUDENT MISSES.

A few years back NICK DERBABIAN wrote a very cool article about the connection between food and home. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE.

Featured are the Croton Mini Deli, Croton Colonial Diner, Bagels on Hudson and four more hotspots.

Click here to read Nick's article.

And of course for many of us, back to school meant a new uniform (if you attended Catholic school) or anything else you might need from Elliott's in the Upper Village.

P.S. ROBBINS IS OFFERING SCHOOL KIT SERVICE AGAIN THIS YEAR - SEE MORE AT Facebook - PLEASE CALL 914-271-5000.

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