How many of us can honestly say we love where we work?

Carol Beecroft can.

The 18 years she spent at Woodward’s in Penticton were truly wonderful for her and her co-workers.

The store, located in Cherry Lane Shopping Centre -- where The Bay and Save-On-Foods are now -- opened in 1975 and remained in operation until 1993.

“I’d work there again in a heartbeat,” Beecroft said in an interview with The Herald, Wednesday.

“It was like family. It makes me cry thinking about it. Our store was fabulous… the best place to work. We had wonderful managers, and a lot of us who worked there are still friends.”

Beecroft is organizing a 50th anniversary reunion for all former Woodward’s employees. It will be held Monday, Sept. 15, at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. The $20 fee includes a soup-a

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