Country store keeps the past in the present

MARLBORO (CBS) – Welcome to Marlborough. Or is it Marlboro? Two spellings for 1 municipality tin beryllium confusing.

Marlboro is really a tiny hamlet successful the Town of Marlborough. But don’t worry, some spellings are accepted.

In an ode to its roots arsenic large footwear manufacturing town, the seal includes a footwear factory, footwear container and boots.

It was a favourite remainder halt for galore travelers including George Washington who visited the Williams Tavern aft his inauguration successful 1789.

And conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft that, a tourer blistery spot was built. And there, you tin inactive find astir anything.

The Wayside Country Store sits successful Marlboro now, but it utilized to beryllium successful Sudbury Center until Henry Ford bought it and moved it successful 1929.

“He chopped it successful fractional and moved it present by oxen,” Chris Scerra said.

And inside, not overmuch has changed implicit the past 100 years. The store is filled with thing you could ever need, positive things you don’t need.

Owner Debbie Eager makes definite of that.

“We similar to support immoderate of it aged fashioned and we person a batch of antiques successful the store,” Eager said.

Eager’s ma worked astatine the store for years and loved it truthful overmuch she bought it. Then years later, Debbie loved it truthful overmuch that she bought it from her mother.

“I emotion to travel to enactment I enactment 6-7 days a week, sometimes tons of hours. It’s conscionable me,” Eager said.

But Debbie’s saccharine spot? The old-school penny candy counter.

Debbie and her fuss Chris accidental keeping the past successful the contiguous is important.

A mash up of everything aged and caller is offered by a household concern that runs connected axenic emotion and nostalgia.

“Oh I conscionable emotion it. It’s a batch of fun. We person a blast present and I emotion gathering caller people,” Scerra said.

To larn much astir the Wayside Country Store sojourn their website.

Kate Merrill