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Felling and North Kenton – two more long-closed Tyneside Woolies

Graham Soult May 03, 2011 Retail History, Woolworths No Comments

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Former Woolworths, Felling (17 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths, Felling (17 Jun 2010)

This is my 200th blog post since starting Soult’s Retail View back in July 2009, so it seems only appropriate for it to bring together two of my favourite topics – Woolworths and Tyneside!

Regular readers will recall that I’ve written about all … Continue Reading

The ghosts of Washington’s former Woolworths

Graham Soult June 22, 2010 Retail History, Woolworths 5 Comments

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Former Woolworths (now Heron Foods), New Washington (Concord) (17 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now Heron Foods), New Washington (Concord) (17 Jun 2010)

Back in February, I blogged about the former Woolworths store in Sunderland’s Fawcett Street, which closed in 2004 following its acquisition by Primark.

At the time, I noted the curious lack of Woolies stores left on Wearside … Continue Reading

Finding old Woolworths stores in unlikely places, courtesy of The New Bond

Graham Soult May 28, 2010 Retail History, Woolworths 25 Comments

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Copies of The New Bond. Photograph by Graham Soult

Copies of The New Bond

One of the things I most love about researching retail history is the way that interesting stories can emerge from the tiniest leads. 

As a Woolworths enthusiast, I’ve recently discovered that a fantastic starting point for retail history nuggets of a Woolies nature is The New Bond, the ‘house journal’ of F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd that was published between 1935 … Continue Reading