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By: Soult's Retail View » A tale of three Tyneside ex-Woolies – Jarrow, North Shields and Wallsend

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:17:31 +0000

[...] & Textiles Superstore (formerly Cramlington Textiles) in Saville Street West, which I first visited at the end of 2009, continues to trade, but with a ‘for sale or to let’ sign above the ground-floor [...]

By: Soult's Retail View » Store Twenty One adds another North East Woolies site to its portfolio

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:50:50 +0000

[...] has occupied part of the ex-Woolies building in King Street since late 2009, but the other half has remained stubbornly ‘to let’ for the last couple of years. [...]

By: Soult's Retail View » Houghton has a le-Spring in its step – the changing fortunes of the North East’s ex-Woolies sites

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:21:24 +0000

[...] closely followed by Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. This left just Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee and Newcastle to take a look at over the last couple of days, with my visits confirming that all three are indeed [...]

By: Soult's Retail View » Blog Archive » Jarrow’s Burton building – a retail history treasure with a Woolies twist

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:05:21 +0000

[...] previous posts, I’ve written about the recently closed Woolworths store within the town’s Viking (formerly Arndale) Centre, now partly occupied by Store Twenty One. However, just as Woolworths had relocated from its [...]

By: Soult's Retail View » Blog Archive » Woolies photo updates from South Shields, Wallsend, Jarrow and North Shields

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:00:23 +0000

[...] where Cramlington Textiles Superstore was already open on the former Woolies site (#426) when I visited nearly a year ago. It’s still there, but has had a minor change of name to MIS Wallcoverings & Textiles [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Cumbria’s 100% hit rate of new Woolies tenants

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:54:49 +0000

[...] you may recall, I’ve cautioned against dividing up old Woolworths units before. South Shields, for example, has gained a decent-sized Poundland – opened by Andy’s equally busy [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » One bus ticket – 11 former Midlands Woolies

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:26:35 +0000

[...] readers of Soult’s Retail View will know that I have something of a penchant for visiting lots of old Woolworths stores in a short time, usually – for better or worse – by [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Boyes takes over Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies – could more follow?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:16:53 +0000

[...] Street. While work on the redevelopment of Gateshead town centre appeared to have stalled, I was understandably pessimistic about the prospects of any retailer wanting to take over the former Woolies [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Alworths confirms Alloa opening, and heads to Hertford and Tiverton

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:58:57 +0000

[...] to the nearby town of Hoddesdon instead, but is not, as far as I can tell, any relation to the Wallsend shop of the same name. Former Woolworths, Tiverton (22 June 2009). Photograph by Lewis [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » From Stanley to Spennymoor – another gallery of North East former Woolies stores

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:21:05 +0000

[...] up, however, are a couple of revisits, with the old Gateshead Woolies store (#154) still determinedly empty. Former Woolworths, Gateshead (12 Mar [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Gosforth Woolies: before and after

Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Gosforth Woolies: before and after — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:09:24 +0000

[...] so used my mobile to capture a shot of the recently opened The Co-operative Food – previously mentioned here - which occupies the High Street’s former Woolworths site. If you need a reminder, [...]

By: Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Woolies Winter Wonderland…

Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Woolies Winter Wonderland… — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:22:47 +0000

[...] did manage to snap a few more ex-Woolies stores during the last fortnight. Interestingly, unlike my last set of pictures, where most of the former Woolworths sites that I visited had been taken over by other retailers, [...]