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  • Beatles Paul McCartney Pin Set

    We were looking through some of our hard-to-find and limited inventory. That’s when we came across this pin set that had all but been lost in our memories. It certainly made us remark on the difficulty in finding Beatles pins and pin sets as of late. With the game coming up this weekend, it also…

  • Thanksgiving 2015

    The holidays are here. This has always been a poignant moment for me. Woodstock Trading Company opened our doors in 1988 and many of our first customers were in high school or in their early 20’s. Many have moved away from the south Jersey area over time. However, during the holiday times so many return…

  • Mom’s Thought for 4th of July

    Looking forward to the 4th of July.  It is another holiday where you do not have to be stressed about purchasing gifts or any obligations.  I love working on these holidays!!  Woodstock has been opened for 26 years and is family friendly in many ways.  Kids who were in our store when it opened are…

  • Happy Birthday to Phil Lesh

    Happy Birthday  Phil Lesh March 15, 1940 is the birthday of Phil Lesh, bass player for The Grateful Dead and still going strong.   Phil Lesh and Friends formed in 1998, after he’d returned to performing following the death of  Jerry Garcia in 1995.  His musical journey remains fresh by constantly and consistently putting together bands…

  • Black Sabbath inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

    On this day 3/13/2006 – Metallica inducts Black Sabbath into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Metallica also performs a short set of Sabbath songs during the event at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Other inductees include Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sex Pistols and A&M Records co-founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Just…

  • When it comes to personal performances, everyone has problems. One must sometimes think out of the box for a solution. For example, on this day (march 12th) 1963, The Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. John Lennon, suffering from a terrible cold, was unable to perform. The band rearranged the set so that…

  • Mom’s Nostalgic Moment

    Received our allotment of Relix Magazines in our store and it was truly a nostalgic magic moment. So many of the articles and interviews are very powerful and personal to my life and the era in which we worked to put our store together. The article “What’s Become of the Betty Boards certainly had me…

  • WTC Maypole Cancelled for May 11, 2013

    Sorry we had to cancel our Maypole on Saturday because the weather was so uncertain. Good news is that we will have our Maypole on JUNE 22nd from 12 – 4 and we will feature the Kris Noyes Trio…hope you can all join us then..MOM