Growing up, we had a Helms truck and a regular driver delivering Helms’ baked goods. I think it was a couple times a week. My mom bought breads, rolls, sweets from the driver, who ‘sang’ what items were for sale as he opened the drawers to show her the goods that were available. His singing drove my mom nuts! Those were the days. My elementary school also took field trips to the Helms Bakery. We would tour the massive bakery and at the end of our visit received little paper Helms Trucks, filled with miniature baked items. One of our favorite field trips!
I remember the Helms truck when I was a kid in Covina. The truck would stop, the guy would get out and open the back door of the yellow panel truck. Drawers full of Donuts! If heaven has a smell, that was it!
Helms bakery trucks use to travel all over Los Angeles county back in the day. I remember the truck coming with fresh donuts & all us kids from the neighborhood would be outside telling our moms which donuts we wanted. Now those were the days. 😁👍🏽
I grew up in Huntington Park in the 50's and would get so excited when I would hear the Helms whistle and see the beautiful panel truck in front of our house. Just like in the picture on the wall there, they had big beautiful wooden drawers that would pull out the back of the truck to show all the goodies. I always would get a delicious creme puff. Miss those days, Melaney from SoCal
Such a wonderful memory as a child growing up in West Covina Ca. running out to greet the Helms Chevy panel truck as the neatly dressed driver popped open the rear doors to a variety of freshly baked doughnuts, bread, and cookies the smells were amazing... wow that was nearly 60 yrs. ago. Thanx for sharing. Sadly I don't think this concept would work today.
Oh man, I would love to see a video of this.......just to KNOW it happened! We had delivery of milk from Smith Brothers (WA State - Seattle area) and I still see trucks but not often.
In June 1965 I worked the late afternoon to early AM at Helm's where I pulled stock for the trucks, rode my bike to the Venice Beach at Speedway & Wave Crest my apartment costs $67.50/month. I was 19. The lunchroom had a huge mound of butter and all kinds of baked good for us workers to enjoy. Memories...I am now almost 77 live mostly on a beach across the Pacific Ocean in the Philippines! Thank you Mike!
I was born in Torrance and I remember begging my mom to buy donuts from the Helms bakery truck. She never would. When I got older I spent my babysitting money on chocolate donuts from Helms. So good!❤
@@squalli1297 ooh I don't think I ever had those! I live in Vegas and we just got a Randy's Donuts! Delicious! Cream filled maple bars are my favorite.
They had those amazing tea cakes & doughnuts ....delivered in those trucks with the wooden drawers in Glendale. Oh my, I'm old. Best memories ever. Yummmmy!!!❤
In the 1960's we lived in the Los Angeles area and as children we couldn't wait for the Helms truck to come down our street. They had all kinds of baked goods and even candy that was in the drawer. But to me the best thing of all was they had the best and I mean the best Cream Puffs in the world.
Helms Bakery bread trucks were awesome! I grew up in Ventura County. If I remember correctly, they would blow this steam type whistle as they came down the street. Of course the bread was good, but the huge long trays filled with various fresh donuts were the 💣! After the demise of Helms Bakery, this store was turned intoThe Antique Guild. They had tons of antiques, collectibles and retro items at reasonable prices. I was so sad to see it fold. This Buttercup store looks cool, but unrealistically priced for the average person. Still great though for inspiring furniture and design. Thank you for sharing! 👍😊
yes, as kids in the 1950's we used to run to the helms bakery truck for the donuts. ditto the ice cream truck. cost? 10 cents to a quarter..the ice cream truck not helms owned. also, remember when the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles, chocolate milk, and orange juice too. wow mike did you open up memories.. this was in long beach ca
In the early 70s Helms was still delivering baked goods with their panel trucks. I lived off Hoover (the hood), and they still delivered like ice cream trucks do. Fresh warm donuts were either 5 or 10 cents. I can't remember. Still, the best tasting donuts ever.
Thanks Mike love Helms 😊 I could see one of those sectionals in your living room. You might have to knock down our next door neighbor wall. But what the hey.
@@vicaroo001 Then we went back to school and the teacher made butter for the bread. Our Helms delivery driver was the best and if we heard him coming we would try to beg some change from my mom to buy something. Sometimes by the time we got the money we had to chase him running at full speed down the block. Same with the ice cream man. LOL
So amazing imagine if you could live for hundreds of years, that would be the perfect decoration, yet whomever can have all that, at the end it all stays. Well at least you had it and hopefully enjoyed it. Great video
I love to look at furniture of all kinds never know what you're going to walk into The Good The Bad and The Ugly oh well this was fun thank you so much for great video
When I was a kid the Helms bakery trucks drove past our house. I always loved the cream puffs and to this day I think of them whenever I eat a cream puff.
Wow, Mike, how interesting!!!!!!!! Such cool azzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz places u take us!!! Wish we could go back in time and know then what we know now!!! That furniture, holy moly, how nice and hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! An awesome trip to the furniture store!!!!!! Can u imagine what Edison would think of all those cool lights lol Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, that space pod was amazing!!! The creative minds that thought up this furniture should live forever lol I loved it Mike!!!!! Thanks for taking us along!!!
Thanks for the tour Mike!! Its always fun to dream as you walk through such places. The Helms Man used to drive neighborhoods much like an ice-cream man. The baked goodies were a treat & the delicious smells were always free!!
Hello Mike beautiful lights chandeliers, fantastic glass table that seems to have quartz inside, then the round bookcase very nice ... lots of ideas I would have liked to see the clown🫣🫣🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣scene thanks for the video
Went there on a field trip in preschool in 1974! I remember they gave us some fresh French bread and that started my bread addiction 🤣 I can still remember the smell
Thank you so much bro German Venice for sharing this awesome video in a furniture store that looks amazing something that you show this could be pretty cool to have in the house anyways have a great day thank you so much sincerely Suszie❤
You know Mike, I think you should go to Germany every year and do your TH-cam channel from there. Split your TH-cam locations between Los Angeles and Germany. You could go to Belgium when you are in Germany and do your show and Luxembourg. How is Mom. I hope she is much much better.
This is such an amazing video. I absolutely love love history and growing up in Malibu all these tours you take us on are why I love your channel. Be well my friend PS anytime I find myself there time stands still. Wonderful
I remember the Helms man! He had drawers of cookies & it was awesome as kids to buy a cookie or goodie yum yum from his truck! My mom used to take me into that store when it was full of dusty antiques. It was a high end goodwill store type before it was all fancy & pricey! Thanks for showing it i love it
Random cool and I’m certain extremely expensive artifacts. If Mom ever can travel back to LA it would be something she’d love to see and spend a few hours. Love and respect to Mom in Germany 🇩🇪
The space capsule reminds me of the intro to the TV show I Dream of Jeannie. The Helms truck came to my neighborhood when I was a kid. I called him the doughnut man - LOL! Great video Mike!
It's always fun to go to IKEA or other furniture stores just to see how they stage the pieces. As the granddaughter of a cabinetmaker, I can appreciate the skill and craft that goes into handmade furniture. GIV, you can make a wall collage out of all your baseball caps!
Wow, what a nice cool video! The furniture display got better as the video went along...culminating with the impressively rad space capsule. Your LA knowledge (generated by innate enthusiasm) may be the grandest ever in history.
I grew up in Culver City, but we could never afford that bread delivery, we bought Wonder bread from the market. I remember getting milk delivery called Foremost milk, and chocolate milk was a once in a great while treat ❤ That artistic furniture is for someone who has $ with a big house 😊 that capsule reminds me of the inside of the I dream of Jeannie bottle😊
Please never stop uploading. I wanna grow old, watching your wideos
Growing up, we had a Helms truck and a regular driver delivering Helms’ baked goods. I think it was a couple times a week. My mom bought breads, rolls, sweets from the driver, who ‘sang’ what items were for sale as he opened the drawers to show her the goods that were available. His singing drove my mom nuts! Those were the days. My elementary school also took field trips to the Helms Bakery. We would tour the massive bakery and at the end of our visit received little paper Helms Trucks, filled with miniature baked items. One of our favorite field trips!
👍😊♥️ Thanks for posting Mike
I remember the Helms truck when I was a kid in Covina. The truck would stop, the guy would get out and open the back door of the yellow panel truck. Drawers full of Donuts! If heaven has a smell, that was it!
Helms bakery trucks use to travel all over Los Angeles county back in the day. I remember the truck coming with fresh donuts & all us kids from the neighborhood would be outside telling our moms which donuts we wanted. Now those were the days. 😁👍🏽
Me too 😢, those were the days.😂❤
Probably will never see that type of “America” again and it’s sad
That needs to come back and come to Florida Long with the ice cream trucks in my city. Both sound good right now.
Happiness is...when GIV posts a video and you've just got comfy in bed to watch it 🙂
I always get nightmares
@@coronaphone710 you need to watch an ASMR video before you fall alseep then...relax your mind.
I grew up in Ventura County in Fillmore. Helms Truck would come down the street 3 times a week . Best donuts and bread ever. Yumm...
I've never been to HD Buttercup before. Will have to go, beautiful things, thanks for the tour, Melaney from SoCal
The last one I would call "die Liebesmuschel" 👍!
I grew up in Huntington Park in the 50's and would get so excited when I would hear the Helms whistle and see the beautiful panel truck in front of our house. Just like in the picture on the wall there, they had big beautiful wooden drawers that would pull out the back of the truck to show all the goodies. I always would get a delicious creme puff. Miss those days, Melaney from SoCal
Lived out in the Valley in the 60s and could smell the Helm's man coming from a mile away 😋
Such a wonderful memory as a child growing up in West Covina Ca. running out to greet the Helms Chevy panel truck as the neatly dressed driver popped open the rear doors to a variety of freshly baked doughnuts, bread, and cookies the smells were amazing... wow that was nearly 60 yrs. ago. Thanx for sharing. Sadly I don't think this concept would work today.
I agree, if an excellent bakery like Helms could fold, then...
Oh man, I would love to see a video of this.......just to KNOW it happened! We had delivery of milk from Smith Brothers (WA State - Seattle area) and I still see trucks but not often.
Imagine all the ‘smash and grab’ that would happen to the poor little Helms Truck if they were still around today! Sadly, probably would not work.
I loved when the Helms truck would come to our house. They had the best donuts! ❤
In June 1965 I worked the late afternoon to early AM at Helm's where I pulled stock for the trucks, rode my bike to the Venice Beach at Speedway & Wave Crest my apartment costs $67.50/month. I was 19. The lunchroom had a huge mound of butter and all kinds of baked good for us workers to enjoy. Memories...I am now almost 77 live mostly on a beach across the Pacific Ocean in the Philippines! Thank you Mike!
Awesome story! How is the Philippines?
Thank you for sharing this memory❤
I wish that Helms Bakery was still around, they delivered right to your house. Bread was 5 loafs. for $1.00.
I was born in Torrance and I remember begging my mom to buy donuts from the Helms bakery truck. She never would. When I got older I spent my babysitting money on chocolate donuts from Helms. So good!❤
The cream puffs & chocolate eclairs were to die for.
@@squalli1297 ooh I don't think I ever had those! I live in Vegas and we just got a Randy's Donuts! Delicious! Cream filled maple bars are my favorite.
I love your videos and channel, thanks for the cool fun interesting some historical content as well. Stay well be blessed
They had those amazing tea cakes & doughnuts ....delivered in those trucks with the wooden drawers in Glendale. Oh my, I'm old. Best memories ever. Yummmmy!!!❤
Man, if I was rich and my family were comfortable, I would buy all my furniture here. Great art that made me dream.
Me Too!!!
In Southern CA when I grew up we had a saying as kids..."go to Helms you son of a biscuit"! Hahaha
In the 1960's we lived in the Los Angeles area and as children we couldn't wait for the Helms truck to come down our street. They had all kinds of baked goods and even candy that was in the drawer. But to me the best thing of all was they had the best and I mean the best Cream Puffs in the world.
Don't forget their chocolate eclairs!!
Helms Bakery bread trucks were awesome! I grew up in Ventura County. If I remember correctly, they would blow this steam type whistle as they came down the street. Of course the bread was good, but the huge long trays filled with various fresh donuts were the 💣! After the demise of Helms Bakery, this store was turned intoThe Antique Guild. They had tons of antiques, collectibles and retro items at reasonable prices. I was so sad to see it fold. This Buttercup store looks cool, but unrealistically priced for the average person. Still great though for inspiring furniture and design. Thank you for sharing! 👍😊
yes, as kids in the 1950's we used to run to the helms bakery truck for the donuts. ditto the ice cream truck. cost? 10 cents to a quarter..the ice cream truck not helms owned. also, remember when the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles, chocolate milk, and orange juice too. wow mike did you open up memories.. this was in long beach ca
Awesome, and happy you loosing excess weight while controlling your diabetes.
Virtual tours by yourself are the best.
You never disappoint us! Thank you for sharing your adventures around Southern California and Germany 🇩🇪!! Your channel is amazing!!😊
In the early 70s Helms was still delivering baked goods with their panel trucks. I lived off Hoover (the hood), and they still delivered like ice cream trucks do. Fresh warm donuts were either 5 or 10 cents. I can't remember. Still, the best tasting donuts ever.
Wow so amazing the good ol days
I remember them coming to our house to deliver bread
@@CherishYHWH the days were allways better back then
Thanks Mike love Helms 😊 I could see one of those sectionals in your living room. You might have to knock down our next door neighbor wall. But what the hey.
I loved the Helm's man coming down the street. DONUTS!!
Great video Mike it's cool to see stuff like this thanks for sharing
They sell that same SPACE SHIP "chill out room" in London furniture shops in Tottenham Court Road. Exact same 👍👍👍👍👍
Mike you just put a smile on my face.
Mike, love your videos. Greetings from Sweden
Cool would love to go there 💕 This was one of my favorite vlogs from you
That capsule would be a great place to drink!
In the 60's they took the students in my elementary school to tour the bakery. They gave us tiny loaves of bread.
Oh man!!! That's so awesome!
@@vicaroo001 Then we went back to school and the teacher made butter for the bread. Our Helms delivery driver was the best and if we heard him coming we would try to beg some change from my mom to buy something. Sometimes by the time we got the money we had to chase him running at full speed down the block. Same with the ice cream man. LOL
I’m from San Diego and they were there also selling donuts out of there trucks! Fresh donuts in all those drawers. 💗💗💗
So amazing imagine if you could live for hundreds of years, that would be the perfect decoration, yet whomever can have all that, at the end it all stays. Well at least you had it and hopefully enjoyed it. Great video
This was a great tour. Never heard of this place. More of the hidden California, and celeb favourites. ❤
OFF the HOOK place Mike......................I LOVE that Store !
A true gentleman and a scholar . Thanks for you efforts and great content.
They strap you in to the Apollo capsule before naming the price so you don't blast off into space when hearing it....🚀
I love to look at furniture of all kinds never know what you're going to walk into The Good The Bad and The Ugly oh well this was fun thank you so much for great video
The desert will be beautiful with blooms this year. I go to Borrego Springs outside San Diego
I love to see you so happy and in your element!
GiV in a clown suit!! It's funny how that would not happen today, but a great story to tell others.
I’m cracking up! Mike touches everything lol😂. Never change. Stay a big kid
When I was a kid the Helms bakery trucks drove past our house. I always loved the cream puffs and to this day I think of them whenever I eat a cream puff.
LOVE all the industrial modern things for sale!
Wow, Mike, how interesting!!!!!!!!
Such cool azzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz places u take us!!!
Wish we could go back in time and know then what we know now!!!
That furniture, holy moly, how nice and hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
An awesome trip to the furniture store!!!!!!
Can u imagine what Edison would think of all those cool lights lol
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, that space pod was amazing!!!
The creative minds that thought up this furniture should live forever lol
I loved it Mike!!!!!
Thanks for taking us along!!!
Niiiiice, you even avoided talking about the elephant in the room.😉👍 Thanks for GiV'ng.
Cool, thanks Mike
They definitely have some nice furniture
WOW! The space pod was the BEST! Thanks for the tour, gives me ideas.
Cool stuff thanks for sharing keep um coming G.I.V.
Really enjoyed looking around. Great video. ❤from the UK
I can smell the glazed donuts from the back of the Helms truck now.
Yes go live I would ❤️ love to watch you live great store
Thanks for the tour Mike!! Its always fun to dream as you walk through such places. The Helms Man used to drive neighborhoods much like an ice-cream man. The baked goodies were a treat & the delicious smells were always free!!
Thank you Mike; most enjoyable.
I agree....everything looks great!!
Hello always a joy to see you tu for sharing
Hello Mike beautiful lights chandeliers, fantastic glass table that seems to have quartz inside, then the round bookcase very nice ... lots of ideas I would have liked to see the clown🫣🫣🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣scene thanks for the video
The G.I.V., is a traffic stopper … literally, lol!
Wow! Some of the neatest things… Sending you hugs prayers & kindness…🙏🏼👍🏼❤️
That was cool store to see..the creativity in repurposing items into new furniture pieces is inspiring
Damn looking good 🦾🦾🌅💰cool store
great ideas
love The books awesome 🍦
When I was a kid in CA we loved the Helm’s truck coming by. Loved the donuts!!
Live from Venice Beach! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Went there on a field trip in preschool in 1974! I remember they gave us some fresh French bread and that started my bread addiction 🤣
I can still remember the smell
Thank you for sharing very interesting stuff cool but just looking at it it's very expensive but nice 👍
Awesome. Du hast ein leben Mike. Ich kann im moment nur davon träumen. Danke fur so ein tolles video 😂
That space capsule is on my wish list 👌🏾👍🏾‼️
Thank you so much bro German Venice for sharing this awesome video in a furniture store that looks amazing something that you show this could be pretty cool to have in the house anyways have a great day thank you so much sincerely Suszie❤
I would totally sit in that spaceship thing and draw or read all day. Lol
Whoa,what a tour of an awesome place
Another good one
Loved seeing all that stuff!! ❤
Thank you Mr giv for another great tour of la
Great Video, Enjoyed It Very Much 👍
You know Mike, I think you should go to Germany every year and do your TH-cam channel from there. Split your TH-cam locations between Los Angeles and Germany. You could go to Belgium when you are in Germany and do your show and Luxembourg. How is Mom. I hope she is much much better.
Thanks for sharing this store. Totally enjoyed it!
This is such an amazing video. I absolutely love love history and growing up in Malibu all these tours you take us on are why I love your channel. Be well my friend
PS anytime I find myself there time stands still. Wonderful
I remember that bakery like it was yesterday.
I remember the Helms man! He had drawers of cookies & it was awesome as kids to buy a cookie or goodie yum yum from his truck! My mom used to take me into that store when it was full of dusty antiques. It was a high end goodwill store type before it was all fancy & pricey! Thanks for showing it i love it
Random cool and I’m certain extremely expensive artifacts. If Mom ever can travel back to LA it would be something she’d love to see and spend a few hours. Love and respect to Mom in Germany 🇩🇪
They have fantastic things here.
To the moon Micha! It is good to dream!
very cool stuff in that store... Thanks for sharing.
Love the oldies look ,,,so much better in my opinion.
Greetings from Brooklyn NY 😎
The space capsule reminds me of the intro to the TV show I Dream of Jeannie. The Helms truck came to my neighborhood when I was a kid. I called him the doughnut man - LOL! Great video Mike!
Thank you - that was great 👍 👍
Money does buy happiness - but it can't buy Love
It's always fun to go to IKEA or other furniture stores just to see how they stage the pieces. As the granddaughter of a cabinetmaker, I can appreciate the skill and craft that goes into handmade furniture. GIV, you can make a wall collage out of all your baseball caps!
Hello Mike: What a great idea for a story! This is fun!
Wow, what a nice cool video! The furniture display got better as the video went along...culminating with the impressively rad space capsule. Your LA knowledge (generated by innate enthusiasm) may be the grandest ever in history.
Loved the video, a nice, safe way to browse a beautiful store from Dallas. Thx for sharing.
That was SUPER FUN!!!
I grew up in Culver City, but we could never afford that bread delivery, we bought Wonder bread from the market. I remember getting milk delivery called Foremost milk, and chocolate milk was a once in a great while treat ❤ That artistic furniture is for someone who has $ with a big house 😊 that capsule reminds me of the inside of the I dream of Jeannie bottle😊
I Dream Of Genie 🧞 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 We are laughing our asses off coz a space capsule is exactly what we have been looking 👀 for. 😂😂😂😆
Unique source! Will you go to Las Vegas to show us the wealthy outlets? No other vlogger is doing it.
Really have a lot of interesting items, good video you make😎👍👍👍