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Poundstretcher takes over Llandudno Alworths after all

Graham Soult June 09, 2011 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 4 Comments

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New Poundstretcher, Llandudno (8 Jun 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts

New Poundstretcher, Llandudno (8 Jun 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts

Many thanks to my North Wales contact, Dave Roberts, who has sent me a photo of the former Alworths store in Llandudno being converted into a Poundstretcher.

When Poundstretcher’s purchase of 15 failed Alworths stores was announced last month, the stores in Llandudno – which was … Continue Reading

Poundstretcher expands with purchase of failed Alworths stores

Graham Soult May 05, 2011 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 10 Comments

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Poundstretcher fascia, Camborne (20 Feb 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Poundstretcher fascia, Camborne (20 Feb 2011)

Amid the gloom of Alworths’ collapse into administration last month, it seems that there’s now some good news. Retail Week is reporting that Alworths’ variety store rival, Poundstretcher, has bought 15 of the failed chain’s 17 … Continue Reading

Redcar’s original ex-Woolies – and a new real shop among the virtual ones

Graham Soult May 05, 2011 Fashion Stores, Property, Retail History, Woolworths 4 Comments

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Original former Woolworths (now Store Twenty One), Redcar (4 May 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Original former Woolworths (now Store Twenty One), Redcar (4 May 2011)

One of my main motivations for visiting Redcar yesterday was to get a photo of the town’s original former Woolworths at 19 High Street, above, which – inexplicably – I’d failed to spot when I was there … Continue Reading

Alworths’ future uncertain as bailiffs seize Llandudno store

Graham Soult March 07, 2011 Financial, Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 7 Comments

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'Notice of Peaceable Re-entry' at Alworths, Llandudno (7 Mar 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts

'Notice of Peaceable Re-entry' at Alworths, Llandudno (7 Mar 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts

Following a weekend of speculation about the future of ‘son of Woolworths’ chain Alworths, events have taken a further turn today with the news that bailiffs have seized the … Continue Reading

Alworths comes to Llandudno

Graham Soult July 22, 2010 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 12 Comments

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Former Woolworths in Llandudno (25 Sep 2009). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths in Llandudno (25 Sep 2009)

Well, that’s a coincidence. Having blogged about the former Woolworths in Llandudno just a couple of days ago, Alworths has announced today that it will be taking over the site for its 11th store – and its first in Wales.

Having been occupied by a discount book store (Publishers Book Clearance) … Continue Reading

A postcard from Caernarfon’s closed down Woolies

Graham Soult July 20, 2010 Property, Woolworths 4 Comments

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Former Woolworths, Caernarfon (July 2010). Photograph by Sally Daffarn

Former Woolworths, Caernarfon (July 2010). Photograph by Sally Daffarn

I’m not quite sure if it should be a cause for celebration or urgent self-reflection when my friends start emailing over photographs of old Woolworths that they have spotted on their travels… Whichever, many thanks to Sally Daffarn for capturing this shot of the former Woolies in Caernarfon, which she “saw on holiday and thought of you!”

Caernarfon is one of the North East Woolworths sites … Continue Reading

Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 2 – North Wales)

Graham Soult November 22, 2009 Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 8 Comments

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Former Woolworths - now B&M Bargains - in Rhyl (25 Sep 2009)

Former Woolworths - now B&M Bargains - in Rhyl (25 Sep 2009)

Last month I posted photographs of eight former Woolies stores as far apart as Tamworth in Staffordshire and Perth in Scotland. Now, as promised, I’m pleased to present another collection, this time from my visit to North Wales … Continue Reading