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Newcastle’s Co-op food hall to ‘cease trading’ on 31 December

Graham Soult December 03, 2011 Property, Regeneration, Retail History, Supermarkets 4 Comments

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Closing-down poster at Newgate Street Co-op, Newcastle (2 Dec 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Closing-down poster at Newgate Street Co-op, Newcastle (2 Dec 2011)

Newcastle city centre’s Co-op supermarket is to close down this month, bringing to an end nearly a century-and-a-half of Co-operative presence in Newgate Street. Posters in the windows and instore – which I spotted while passing by yesterday – reveal that the store will ‘cease trading as a Co-operative’ at 6pm on New Year’s Eve (31 … Continue Reading

Tracking down Oxford Street’s second ex-Woolworths

Graham Soult April 11, 2011 Retail History, Woolworths 3 Comments

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Former Woolworths (now HMV), 150 Oxford Street (6 Apr 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now HMV), 150 Oxford Street (6 Apr 2011)

While in London last week, High Holborn (store #173) and Tottenham Court Road (#175) weren’t the only two ex-Woolworths I managed to work into my travels.

Back in November, you might recall that I … Continue Reading

Initial reactions to the new St Andrew’s Way mall at Eldon Square

Graham Soult February 16, 2010 Department Stores, Shopping Centres 10 Comments

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Debenhams, Eldon Square (16 Feb 2010). Photograph by Peter (aka 'Newcastle Historian')

Debenhams, Eldon Square (16 Feb 2010). Photograph by Peter (aka 'Newcastle Historian')

I might have been busy at work at 10:30 a.m this morning, but many thousands of others evidently weren’t, judging from the crowds that attended the grand opening of St Andrew’s Way! Such was the excitement, Eldon Square was once again a trending topic on Twitter for much … Continue Reading

Updates on Newcastle city centre’s new Tescos

Graham Soult January 30, 2010 Property, Shopping Centres, Supermarkets 1 Comment

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Tesco Metro, Clayton Street (30 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Tesco Metro, Clayton Street (30 Jan 2010)

Heavy overnight snow provided a good excuse to take a walk into Newcastle today, rather than trying to drive anywhere further afield. It was also an opportunity to see what was happening with Newcastle’s two new city centre Tescos.

The internal fit-out of the Tesco Metro in Clayton Street – part of the … Continue Reading

Newcastle gets Hollister, Tesco Express, new Next

Graham Soult January 19, 2010 Property, Shopping Centres 8 Comments

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Debenhams, Eldon Square South. Photograph by Graham Soult

Debenhams, Eldon Square South

A few interesting titbits of Newcastle retail news ahead of the opening of Eldon Square South – St Andrew’s Way – on 16 February. Anchored by a new Debenhams store, Eldon Square South is of interest beyond Tyneside as one of only a handful of major retail developments to be opening in the UK during 2010. 

I … Continue Reading

Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 1)

Graham Soult October 13, 2009 Property, Supermarkets, Woolworths 15 Comments

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Former Woolworths in Houghton-le-Spring

Former Woolworths in Houghton-le-Spring

Though I can’t claim to make a habit of visiting six old Woolies stores in the same day (including Houghton-le-Spring, above), I have managed to build up a pretty good collection of former Woolworths pics over the last year or so – snapping them as I spot them, and, it must be admitted, making the occasional detour expressly to get another one.

I figured that it … Continue Reading