Comments on: The Mall at Whitney Field (Searstown Mall); Leominster, Massachusetts

By: james

james — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:39:14 +0000

the oringnal name of the woolworth restaurant was harvest house and the arcade was tjs then dream machine also there was a video rental store in the mall call miners next to miscellas in the 1980s

By: marco

marco — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:52:54 +0000

BIll, correction the Toy R Us was the original Demoulas. If you drive behind the building you can see the origianal “diamond” Style blocks that were used to build the structure. Also, my son used to work at the Demoulas and helped with the move to the new Market Basket location.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:01:40 +0000

any body remember the name of the resterant that was attached to woolworths? its been gone for years but it came up in conversation the other day and we cant remember!!!!!!!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:10:56 +0000

I have heard a lot of great stories of memories of this mall. But they are apparently not good enough to bring people back. There are many days that the mall is empty. The stores are, for the most part, doing poorly. All you need to do is read articles on aol of all the retailers closing and realize that half of that mall will have empty store fronts. If this particular mall has such great memories for you, then why don’t you shop there?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:45:53 +0000

Hi..I just came upon this page while searching all things Leominster. I grew up there but moved to Florida in 1991 just 1 year before graduating from LHS. Needless to say my memories of Leominster still hold dear. The Searstown Mall was still a great meeting place for friends during the weekends as well as the movie theater (which I had no idea it is no longer in existence). I plan on finally visiting for the first time since leaving but know that most everything has changed as I remember it. Don’t know if anyone here remembers the album/cassette/CD store “Strawberries?” Is it still there? The Sbarro’s, the arcade, Papa GIno’s outside the mall, D’angelo’s, on and on…..I agree with Bill and Shannon in that great memories were made….old pictures anyone?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:40:58 +0000

Oh I forgot to mention the 2-screen movie theater that was just outside the mall. That lasted through the larger theater being built. The 2-screen is now Newberry Comics.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:39:27 +0000

I remember going to Searstown when I was a kid. There was Bradlees, Demoulas (now Toys R Us), Sears, Fannie Farmer, a store that sold dance wear, Cherry Webb, Woolworths (and a restaurant next door), Friendly’s, Pearle Vision….probaby more that I can’t remember. Bradlees did have a mall enterance that was closed when Bradlees closed. I can remember the arcade, and when they added the new wing. Sage Allen was expensive, that’s all I remember about that store! Does anyone have pictures of the old Searstown?

By: J

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:51:05 +0000

According to this website http://suburbanelec.com/project.htm, the Bradlees site was to become a Kohls Department store. Also, Market Basket existed as a DeMoulas store next to Bradlees prior to it moving across the parking lot from Sears and changing to the Market Basket format.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:51:42 +0000

the store was called “we got whats hot” im pretty shure that is what you are talking about

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:29:26 +0000

Does anyone know the name of the store that recently closed. It was down towards the Macy’s end of the mall and it sold leather goods and motorcycle type accessories. I was thinking it may have been called “Hot Leathers”. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!