by I have written in the past about McCaysville Drug and Guns in McCaysville, Georgia. Well, I found a place that goes one better – Florala Pharmacy.
Florala Pharmacy is located in Florala, Alabama which as the name suggests just across the border from Florida. Located in downtown Florala along US Hwy 331, the pharmacy was established in 1904 and is locally owned.
As this next photo makes clear, it is more than just a pharmacy.
In addition to being a full service pharmacy with a home health aids department, it has a gun counter and a quite extensive gift and clothing section. The gun counter had a selection of new rifles, shotguns, and a few pistols along with ammo and other accessories. The gift and clothing sections had a lot of nice items that were more than just “trinkets”. In a sense, this was a health-oriented, small town (pop. 1,906) general store that had some things for tourists and lot of what was needed locally.
The gift section had everything from a Christmas tree to greeting cards to clothing and more.
I did ask the lady whose back is in the picture if it would be OK if I took pictures. She said, “Honey, people take pictures of our store all the time.”
And yes, I got the T-shirt.
Sigh… Those were MUCH more prevalent back when I was a kid. I remember trading empty coke bottles for .22 ammo at the local pharmacy.
Love it.
Sad that it’s such a novelty.
my recent shirt purchase from McCaysville–
You don’t need an AR,
you need two!