Granma Had One

Specialties

Antiques, Collectibles, and Repurposed Items that could make anyone say Granma Had One. Located in Chesapeake, VA off S. Military Hwy. Part of Antique Alley Shops. We have a large selection of furniture, glassware, mantiques, jewelry, hand tools, crafts, and advertising pieces. Our collection has been growing over the last 60 years from estate sales, yard sales, auctions, and other shops. Granma Had One and Days Remembered owners are knowledgeable on just about everything you can think comes in an antique store. If we don’t have what you are looking for, then one us knows where to get it.

History

Established in 2003.

Ed Davis and Patti Hall (Days Remembered) have been collecting antiques and the such for over 60 years. Antiques are a way of life for everyone at Granma Had One. Ed opened Granma Had One at this location in Chesapeake, VA, 10 years ago after several years of running various booths in the Hampton Roads area. After five years at this location, Patti Hall added her shop, Days Remembered, to the mix. She currently has approximately 600 sq ft of the 1800 sq ft shop. In the last few years, Ed has focused his attention more on the picking and supplying part of the business, while his children have started to maintain the business portion of the shop. On most days you can run into either one of his sons, Jay or Steve, and Jay’s significant other, Joy. The kids are also introducing some repurposed items that now are the latest trends in antique collecting and interior design.

Meet the Business Owner

Ed D.

Business Owner

You might say that Ed Davis has «Antiques & Collectibles» in his blood!

Background

Even as a child, he was investigating the barns and farm houses of his family in North Carolina — eventually growing into the teenage boy who drove his mother’s cousin to auctions in Wilson, NC. Only later to be found wandering through that same cousin’s antique store on old Bank Street in downtown Norfolk back in the 50’s and in her shop on Military Highway years later. Right from the start, he was learning the value and beauty of what some people would consider «Grandma’s old stuff».

As a young man, Ed continued to hone his skills in discovering antiques throughout southeastern Virginia. And when he met and married his wife, Nita, 44 years ago, they set out on a lifetime of collecting. They purchased an old… see the rest of the story on our website.