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Poundworld and Discount UK to open dual-fascia store in Swindon

Graham Soult February 22, 2012 Property, Retail Parks, Variety Stores, Woolworths 1 Comment

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Discount UK fascia. Photograph by Graham Soult

Discount UK fascia

Multi-price value retailer Discount UK is to open its 30th store, in Swindon, this week – under a dual fascia with its Yorkshire-based parent brand, Poundworld.

The news, flagged up by Soult’s Retail View reader Lee Sartin, links nicely to several of my earlier blog posts. I’ve previously written about Discount UK in the … Continue Reading

On the (tram) track of Edinburgh’s first Woolworths

Graham Soult February 02, 2012 Retail History, Woolworths 1 Comment

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Lamppost banner showing Leith's Woolworths and tram line - both now defunct (29 Jan 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Lamppost banner showing Leith's Woolworths and tram line - both now defunct (29 Jan 2012)

Last week I blogged about the former Woolworths sites in Hawick and Galashiels, making reference … Continue Reading

Lost in The Rushes: Loughborough’s little piece of Big W history

Graham Soult December 17, 2011 Retail History, Woolworths No Comments

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Notice by travelator, former Big W, Loughborough (15 Dec 2011). Photograph by Steve Hack

Notice by travelator, former Big W, Loughborough (15 Dec 2011). Photograph by Steve Hack

Loughborough’s former Big W at The Rushes Shopping Centre may have reopened as a Tesco in February … Continue Reading

Redruth: the Cornish town that lost its Woolies twice

Graham Soult May 22, 2011 Market Towns, Retail History, Woolworths 6 Comments

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Former Woolworths (now Superdrug), Redruth (19 Feb 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now Superdrug), Redruth (19 Feb 2011)

In my last post I mentioned my February visit to Cornwall, writing about one of the county’s former Woolworths – in Launceston (store #812) – that had closed down many years prior to the chain’s collapse.

When Woolies folded in 2008, Cornwall … Continue Reading

B&M Bargains heads to Burton – but where next?

Graham Soult February 25, 2011 Property, Shopping Centres, Variety Stores, Woolworths 5 Comments

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B&M fascia

Many thanks to Lee Dymond and Martin, who both emailed me about the news of B&M Bargains opening in the former Woolworths store in Burton, Staffordshire. As I mentioned last month, the 11,000 sq ft Coopers Square unit has remained empty since Woolworths’ closure more than two years ago, but this … Continue Reading

The Range fills the gap left by Stockton’s Big W

Graham Soult August 02, 2010 Home and DIY, Property, Retail Parks, Woolworths 8 Comments

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Main entrance of The Range, Stockton-on-Tees (31 Jul 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Main entrance of The Range, Stockton-on-Tees (31 Jul 2010)

Yesterday I finally paid a visit – by car – to the former Big W on Portrack Lane in Stockton-on-Tees, having twice failed to find a way of getting there by bus from Stockton High Street. Since April this year, the premises have housed a branch of the home, leisure and garden retailer … Continue Reading

Beales pursues Robbs takeover, while The Range owner eyes other stores

Graham Soult May 31, 2010 Department Stores, Property 7 Comments

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Closing down sale at Robbs in Hexham (30 May 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Closing down sale at Robbs in Hexham (30 May 2010)

As the uncertainty over the future of the Vergo Retail store empire continues, potential suitors for some of the stores are starting to emerge. Here are the latest happenings…

In Liverpool’s Ranelagh Street, Lewis’s department store … Continue Reading

Woolies Winter Wonderland…

Graham Soult January 04, 2010 Property, Retail History, Shopping Centres, Woolworths 15 Comments

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Shot from 1998 'Woolies Winter Wonderland' TV ad

Shot from 1998 'Woolies Winter Wonderland' TV ad

…That was the theme of Woolworths’ 1998 Christmas TV advertisement, in the heady, Tellytubby days when, as the ad reminds us, everyone wanted a Talking Po.

This festive season, the incessant snow and ice has certainly made it a Winter Wonderland in the various town centres that I visited. However, 2009 has, of course, been the first Christmas without Woolies on the … Continue Reading

Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 3 – North East)

Graham Soult November 25, 2009 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 8 Comments

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Former Woolworths, Consett (10 Oct 2009)

Former Woolworths, Consett (10 Oct 2009)

After Parts 1 and 2 of my former Woolworths photo gallery, it’s time to finish up – at least for the moment – with some more shots of old Woolies sites up here in the North East.

First up is the former store in … Continue Reading