Berry's Athletic Supply opened in Lemon Grove in 1952
It’s one of the few things from high school you may have kept. Heck, your letterman varsity jacket may even still fit.
And it was always a proud day when you took your daughter or son to design a jacket after they lettered in their sport or club. Thousands of those jackets originated from Berry’s Athletic Supply in Lemon Grove, where Alma Cortez can be found assembling the keepsakes every Tuesday and Saturday.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
“Oh, patches,” Alma said. “I don't know. You know how many patches for one jacket? Sometimes they have three. But sometimes they have 20.”, which has been operating in Lemon Grove since 1952,"but it also says who you are and what you do and then it becomes a keepsake,”“And we have grandfathers and fathers and sons that come in, or daughters that come in,” Enright said. “We really are a generational business.”“I can be just doing that.
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