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Construction work well underway at Gateshead’s Trinity Square

Graham Soult December 20, 2011 Property, Regeneration, Shopping Centres, Supermarkets No Comments

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Trinity Square, Gateshead (18 Dec 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Trinity Square, Gateshead (18 Dec 2011)

It may have taken over a year to get started following the Get Carter car park’s demolition, but building work at Gateshead’s Trinity Square is now proceeding apace.

Construction of the £150m development only … Continue Reading

As Discount UK opens in Newcastle, Poundstretcher watches

Graham Soult November 04, 2011 Brands, Variety Stores, Woolworths 2 Comments

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Discount UK (former Woolworths), Newcastle (4 Nov 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Discount UK (former Woolworths), Newcastle (4 Nov 2011)

Poundworld-owned variety retailer Discount UK has opened its Newcastle store today, with stilt walkers and free sweets on hand to welcome shoppers to the former Woolworths site.

I dropped by shortly after the store opened at 10am, and it seemed to have got off to a … Continue Reading

Long-lost London Woolies in High Holborn and Tottenham Court Road

Graham Soult April 09, 2011 Property, Retail History, Woolworths 9 Comments

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Grays Inn Road entrance to former High Holborn Woolworths (5 Apr 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Grays Inn Road entrance to former High Holborn Woolworths (5 Apr 2011)

Sometimes I wish I was able to clone my blogging self, in order to have more time to write about all the topics that I’d love to cover.

For example, following on from my … Continue Reading

Good logo, bad logo – Gateshead’s revamped Wilkinson and Argos stores

Graham Soult February 15, 2011 Brands 4 Comments

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Wilkinson, Gateshead (14 Feb 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Wilkinson, Gateshead (14 Feb 2011)

Given that a significant chunk of Gateshead town centre is currently flattened and awaiting redevelopment, it’s pleasing to see one of the town’s biggest retailers investing in its store.

Along with Tesco, the long-established Wilkinson store in the Interchange Centre is probably the town centre’s … Continue Reading

Remembering Shoppers World: Woolworths’ early Argos-style experiment

Graham Soult February 14, 2011 Property, Retail History, Specialist Retailers, Woolworths 9 Comments

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Shoppers World locations, 1975 (adapted from Woolworths Virtual Museum graphic)

Shoppers World locations, 1975 (adapted from Woolworths Virtual Museum graphic)

It’s always good to receive updates on former Woolies sites that I’ve previously featured here at Soult’s Retail View, so I was pleased to get an email yesterday from Martin, a regular Midlands-based contributor.

He told me that he’d visited both Burton upon Trent and … Continue Reading

West Ealing’s surprising former Woolies building

Graham Soult December 13, 2010 Property, Retail History, Woolworths 5 Comments

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Woolworths building, West Ealing (24 Nov 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Woolworths building, West Ealing (24 Nov 2010)

While visiting London last month, I also found time to pay a visit to the interesting shopping area of West Ealing – home, as you would expect, to a former branch of Woolworths.

Part of the London Borough of Ealing, West Ealing is … Continue Reading

London’s lost Woolies flagships

Graham Soult October 08, 2010 Retail History, Woolworths 3 Comments

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Former Woolworths in Wilton Road, Victoria (29 Sep 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths in Wilton Road, Victoria (29 Sep 2010)

Visiting London last week, I took the opportunity to grab photos, in the rain, of a couple more long-closed Woolworths stores, adding to the six old Woolies shops – in Harrow, Pinner, Edgware Road, Brentford, Kingston-upon-Thames and Amersham – that I captured back in May.

One of the fascinating … Continue Reading

Former Woolworths stores – status update

Graham Soult July 27, 2009 Fashion Stores, Property, Supermarkets, Variety Stores, Woolworths 8 Comments

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Closing down sale at Woolworths

Closing down sale at Woolworths

There have been a few more announcements of new occupants for old Woolworths stores over the last couple of weeks: