Brenner's Children's Shop in Norwood, MA, Recalls the Mom and Pop Stores of Yesteryear
Article and Photo by Eric H., at VisitingNewEngland.com Sometimes, local "Mom and Pop" stores are the true "superstores," and nowhere is that more evident than at Brenner's Children's Shop in Norwood, MA. Hopelessly and happily stuck in a time warp, Brenner's has served the Norwood community for over 30 years with children's clothing and Girl and Boy Scout uniforms, insignia, basic handbooks and some crafts. The long narrow look of the store is old-fashioned and somewhat disorganized, yet highly personable. The back-in-time window displays with mannequins in Scout uniforms and baby clothing looks like something out of an old-black-and-white movie depicting small-town America. The elderly owners, sometimes exchanging good-natured bickering, pride themselves on knowing their inventory and if one, by chance doesn't know where something is, the other will find it within a heartbeat. They add up total costs the old-fashioned way, by pen or calculator....