Comments on: Taunton Mall (Mill River Place); Taunton, Massachusetts

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:38 +0000

Joke World. Sort of like a cross between a mini Spencer Gifts and possibly a head shop (I don’t remember that for sure but that was my impression as a youngster). The owner was a grumpy woman who really seemed to hate kids.

By: Regina

Regina — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:38:12 +0000

I remember Bradlees on one end and Stop and Shop on the other. I remember a SoFro Fabrics where I got my home ec. materials. There was a Rite Aid and a Lindys Woman (plus sized womans store.) SeeMee jewlery has been there forever. I remember buying Esty Lauder stuff at Cherry and Webb. My son got his first haircut at Dels.
Side One is where I bought my first 45 “Slip Sliding Away” by Paul Simon.
Remember the Joke Shop? Fake puke, dog crap etc. The T-Shirt store where I bought an REO Speedwagon T-Shirt! Bliss Creamery had the best tuna on toast sandwiches. Then I remember Stuarts after Bradlees moved to the Galleria. I bought a fake xmas tree at Stuarts!
Now we have Save-A-Lot grocery stores, DMV, Planet Fitness, Arrons Rents, U.S. Army Recruitment Center, SeeMee (yep still there) Subway, Advanced Eye Care, a vacant resturant which was lastly called Steamers. There is the Taunton Kidney Center (dialysis place) Several MD offices, Community Counseling of Bristol County, and the newest is a child in crisis facility. I have to say they’ve used up the space well and it isn’t another vacant shopping center with broken windows, rats and homeless people.

By: Mike Boulanger

Mike Boulanger — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:30:35 +0000

Oh Ya there used to be a brooks ( were the vacant steamers stands) but there wasnt a caldor… I was born back in the day when all of the stores were open to remember but was working there when all there crap was left behind still inside!!

By: Mike Boulanger

Mike Boulanger — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:26:54 +0000

At the end near the temporaly Taunton district court ( Old Cohannet School) It was Bradlees then became stuarts and was vacant for many years now there is Department Of Youth Services, Childhood & education, Save A lot, Aarons Furnite, Planet Fitness, Household Finance, Registry ( All those business took over what Bradless/Stuarts used to be) Then the main part of the mall where there used to be the main entrance turned into Armed Forces, Advance EyeCare, SeMe Jewerly, Subway, and now a vacant spot where ( Wok Inn Chisnese Buffet/Steamers Bar & grill once was) Then at the other end of the mall where Dunkin Dounts is- where the old Stop & Shop used to be is now Morton Hospital physicans, Kidney Center, & A conseling place in the back. The whole mall has been done over inside and out and has turned around a lot. There are some vacancies but deff turned around just like how there used to be bradless/stuarts, stop & shop, Cherry & web, Creamery, New England Bagel, Radio Shak,Big Wong, Dels…Alot has changed since the old days!!

By: JT

JT — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:10:43 +0000

I remember watching it being built when I was at Cohannet School across the street and then spending many afternoons there. It was anchored by Stop&Shop and Bradlees and there was a Pondersoa Steak House just outside. Inside was an externsion of Lorenzo’s (Middleboro Circle) Italian restaurant, Bliss Creamery and several smaller stores. Cherry and Webb was very popular for Women. Some years later the mall was extended out the back and housed several small mom-and pop type local stores. I think there was a fabric store as well. Taunton Savings Bank opened a branch inside….it was crushed with the opening of the SIlver City Galleria but it was clearly in the throes of death as a retail center well before 92.

By: norm

norm — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:41:16 +0000

The record shop was Side One records but everyone bought cassettes for around $8 a pop and you could get some pretty swanky iron-on transfer T-shirts at Top-O-the-Town!

By: jen

jen — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:34:07 +0000

i used to go to the ill-fated mall in the late 80’s. i don’t remember a sears being there.

there was a ‘cool’ record store there for a while. i remember a drug store (rite-aid?) in there, a hallmark, caldor, and cherry&webb. i’m forgetting what else was there.

i think the swansea mall is hanging in there.

By: donna

donna — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:15:49 +0000

Taunton cinemas closed about 15 years ago.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:50:09 +0000

what ever happened to the Taunton Cinemas??

By: John

John — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:02:21 +0000

You turned his jaw into a chandelier? hahaha what?
Are you a wizard?
Possibly a witch?..