Frankie Price of Charleston browses through the racks of gently used donated items at Community Thrift Store in Charleston near the Square at 655 Castle Drive Saturday. (Alycia Rockey/The Daily Eastern News)

Walk through the doors and that old, familiar smell hits you. It’s the smell of age, of frequent use over years and years, the smell one notices when exploring his grandparents’ basement for the first time, noticing mementos and items long-since forgotten.

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