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Princes Street’s lost Woolworths flagship

Graham Soult February 03, 2012 Property, Retail History, Woolworths No Comments

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Former Woolworths, Princes Street, Edinburgh (29 Jan 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths, Princes Street, Edinburgh (29 Jan 2012)

Earlier on I wrote about Edinburgh’s first Woolworths – in Leith – which opened in January 1925, but it was over a year later before Edinburgh city centre gained its own flagship store (#213) at 10-14 Princes Street.

As immortalised in the c1930s postcard … 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

Poundland to Poundstretcher – a brace of Scottish former Woolies

Graham Soult July 27, 2010 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 3 Comments

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High Street, Inverness with former Woolworths store (1 May 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

High Street, Inverness with former Woolworths store (1 May 2010)

One of the hazards of visiting so many places – and taking so many photos of shops – is that I end up with far more potential blog topics than I ever have time to write about.

Some shots that I’ve had gathering dust since the beginning of May are from when I holidayed … Continue Reading

New book examines the architectural history of Scotland’s shops

Graham Soult July 08, 2010 Book Reviews, Department Stores, Retail History No Comments

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Image from 'Scotland's Shops' book, courtesy of Historic Scotland

Image from 'Scotland's Shops' book, courtesy of Historic Scotland

One of the nice things about running my own architecture subject gateway, Sapling.info, is that I get the opportunity to read about plenty of interesting buildings and places. 

Earlier this week I paid a visit to the attractive and information-packed website of Historic Scotland, ahead of updating Sapling.info’s review … Continue Reading

John Lewis Bristol and the city’s changing retail landscape

Graham Soult July 24, 2009 Department Stores, Property, Retail History, Shopping Centres 3 Comments

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John Lewis Bristol. Photograph by Mattbuck4950

John Lewis Bristol. Photograph by Mattbuck4950

Perhaps it’s a reflection of my status as a retail nerd that one of the first things I usually do on Friday mornings is check out the John Lewis Partnership’s ‘Weekly Figures’.

These weekly stats are strangely compelling in that – probably uniquely for a major UK retailer – John Lewis publishes a store-by-store breakdown for its eponymous department store chain. Hence, … Continue Reading