Back in the Day: What is the oldest business in Fairfield?
(1) That it never moved.
(2) That it hadn’t changed significantly.
(3) That it hadn’t closed.
Tony Wade: Back in the Day
Answers flooded in from the more than 10,000 members and they were varied and thought-provoking.
Some were easy to knock down, like Preston’s Furnishings, which was a staple on Travis Boulevard since 1957 but closed a couple of years ago and is now a different business. Some pointed to JCPenney, which opened in Fairfield in 1929 but is disqualified from this query as it did move from downtown to become the anchor for Solano Mall in 1972.