• Reginald Denny's Hobby Shop

    From Stan@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 15 18:18:01 2016
    replying to RJK, Stan wrote:
    I hung out at Reginald Denny's hobby shop from about 1950 to 1953. It was on the corner of Hollywood and Taft. Taft was part of my paper route. I lived about 1 1/2 miles from the shop. Jim Walker came and did a demonstration of his things for a group of us. At the shop I spent a lot of time with Frank.
    I was also in "the boys club of Hollywood model club "Smog Town Prop
    Twisters." When Denny's didn't have Arden prop nuts, we went to Colonel
    Bob's. Great memories! The Hollywood freeway was built at this time too.

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  • From George Bott@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 12 11:18:02 2016
    replying to Rufus, George Bott wrote:
    Here is a guy up at the conor of vanness and franklin from 1946 to 1961. Reginald Denny's was initially at the conor of Taft and hollywood Blvd.
    Located on the north west corned across from the Ralph's parking lot and adjacent to the Richfield on Van Ness and Hollywood blvd..Across from the Richfield station was a Bowling Alley which became A Mobile station and
    garage, after that it was the home of Hollywood Sport Cars. Denny's was
    located there until it relocat to the North West corned of Western Ave andSunset. Later it moved to the Bronson and Hollywood Blvd. its final location to the best of my know ledge.

    George Bott

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  • From sachmo912@gmail.com@21:1/5 to RJ Kellog on Thu Sep 15 19:21:57 2016
    On Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 8:20:02 PM UTC-7, RJ Kellog wrote:
    Does anyone remember the Reginald Denny's hobby shop that existed in
    the Hollywood area until the late 70s? I learned from a website
    devoted to Reginald Denny that he opened his hobby shop on Hollywood Boulevard in 1935 and sold it to a Colonel Tom in 1963. A visitor to
    the site emaailed its manager, stating that he was born in 1956, and
    that he remembered buying models at a Reginald Denny's hobby shop
    (perhaps not the original) until at least 1966 and possibly and
    possibly until a few years after that.

    Well, I grew up in the Hollywood area (on the same street as the guy
    who sent that email to the site manager, no less), and I remember
    buying armor models at a Reginald Denny's (I don't *think* it was on Hollywood Boulevard) until 1977. I recall that the guy who usually
    worked there was a curmudgeon who wouldn't sell me model glue (unless
    I also bought a kit) and who wouldn't allow me to read the store's
    magazine's ("This isn't a library," he growled) even though I was a
    regular customer. I learned that the shop closed in about 1980.

    Anyone have any further history on this shop?

    Reginald Denny’s Hobby Shop located at 5751 Hollywood Blvd. (near Taft), Hollywood, CA, catering to miniature and model airplane hobbyist since 1935. The photo was supposedly taken in 1961.

    Denny was no longer an owner by 1939, however, the shop continued to use his name. The business moved in 1963 to 1501 N. Western Ave. until 1972 when it moved to 5905 Hollywood (at Bronson) before quietly going out of business.

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  • From althompsn@aol.com@21:1/5 to RJ Kellog on Fri Oct 20 13:37:56 2017
    On Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 10:20:02 PM UTC-5, RJ Kellog wrote:
    Does anyone remember the Reginald Denny's hobby shop that existed in
    the Hollywood area until the late 70s? I learned from a website
    devoted to Reginald Denny that he opened his hobby shop on Hollywood Boulevard in 1935 and sold it to a Colonel Tom in 1963. A visitor to
    the site emaailed its manager, stating that he was born in 1956, and
    that he remembered buying models at a Reginald Denny's hobby shop
    (perhaps not the original) until at least 1966 and possibly and
    possibly until a few years after that.

    Well, I grew up in the Hollywood area (on the same street as the guy
    who sent that email to the site manager, no less), and I remember
    buying armor models at a Reginald Denny's (I don't *think* it was on Hollywood Boulevard) until 1977. I recall that the guy who usually
    worked there was a curmudgeon who wouldn't sell me model glue (unless
    I also bought a kit) and who wouldn't allow me to read the store's
    magazine's ("This isn't a library," he growled) even though I was a
    regular customer. I learned that the shop closed in about 1980.

    Anyone have any further history on this shop?

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  • From sameyates@gmail.com@21:1/5 to RJ Kellog on Sat Mar 31 16:48:21 2018
    On Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 8:20:02 PM UTC-7, RJ Kellog wrote:
    Does anyone remember the Reginald Denny's hobby shop that existed in
    the Hollywood area until the late 70s? I learned from a website
    devoted to Reginald Denny that he opened his hobby shop on Hollywood Boulevard in 1935 and sold it to a Colonel Tom in 1963. A visitor to
    the site emaailed its manager, stating that he was born in 1956, and
    that he remembered buying models at a Reginald Denny's hobby shop
    (perhaps not the original) until at least 1966 and possibly and
    possibly until a few years after that.

    Well, I grew up in the Hollywood area (on the same street as the guy
    who sent that email to the site manager, no less), and I remember
    buying armor models at a Reginald Denny's (I don't *think* it was on Hollywood Boulevard) until 1977. I recall that the guy who usually
    worked there was a curmudgeon who wouldn't sell me model glue (unless
    I also bought a kit) and who wouldn't allow me to read the store's
    magazine's ("This isn't a library," he growled) even though I was a
    regular customer. I learned that the shop closed in about 1980.

    Anyone have any further history on this shop?

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  • From bobharrison1928@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 31 17:29:14 2018
    IN 1035 I LIVED TWO BLOCKS FROM DENNEY'S AIRPLANE SHOP. MY AUNT GAVE ME FIVE CENTS TO BUY A BOLSA WOOD GLIDER FOR MY COUSIN. I GAVE THEM FIVE CENTS AND THEY GAVE ME FIVE GLIDERS. I GAVE MY COUSIN ONE OF THEM AND KEPT FIVE.

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  • From William Wolf@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 19 15:18:02 2019
    replying to RJK, William Wolf wrote:
    I remember Reginald Denny's Hobby shop on the corner of Sunset and Western until about that 1977 period when the business moved to the Hollywood Blvd. location. In about the 1980 time frame the shop closed, as you say, and a hardware store opened. Reginald Denny's had a good selection of models and
    and awesome display.

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  • From John D Lightholder@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 2 16:18:01 2019
    replying to RJK, John D Lightholder wrote:
    I lived on Fernwood Av, just west of Western Av. I graduated from Grant Elementary the summer of '66. I was in Denny's hobby shop often. It was on
    the corner of Sunset and Western av. I remember well the model planes hanging from the ceiling. He had a great slot car track there too. Good times!

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