Brookline's Only Thrift Store Open Just Two Days A Week
Thrifty Thread's offers style on the cheap from an un-used chapel at United Parish Church.
Stained glass windows and vaulted stone ceilings may not be the typical backdrop for racks of slightly used dresses and neckties, but Thrifty Threads, Brookline's only thrift store, somehow makes the ensemble work. An un-used chapel in United Parish Church on Harvard Street is home to the community's only place to find $1 blouses and $5 dresses. The thrift shop, operated by about 10 church volunteers, is open Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and sells men's and women's clothing, jewelry, shoes, purses, books and other household items. "They started it because there was a real need in the community," said Cathy Haddad, United Parish church administrator. Being Brookline's only thrift store made Thrifty Threads very successful, …
