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the old store a new lease on life. Burke’s Grocery will begin its transformation shortly and will look much like a country store from the 30’s — with a twist. It will be filled with precious antique toys from Mr. Burke’s collection. The existing shelves and counters will remain, not filled with canned foods and convenience items, but full of toys and memorabilia from another time. The opening of the new “old” store is set for this fall.
It was Charles “Pete” Estes who introduced Mr. Burke to this world of collectible toys, and Burke now has hundreds of toys which go back to the 20’s and 30’s. He has been buying and selling his antique toys from the store since 1995, and for the last five years the internet and “ebay” has been feeding his hobby-turned-business.
Mr. Burke’s favorite toys are the “in-the-box” toys, described as “remembrances of Christmases past” — presents taken out of the box, played with perhaps once that day, put back in the box and rediscovered years later as antiques.
This return to the past is just fine with Mabel Burke. She been running the grocery store six days a week from morning until evening since 1989, and she’s been wanting to retire. When asked how his mother felt about the closing of the store, Richie said “she feels like she’s free.”
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