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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

A little bit of Newcastle retail history uncovered

Graham Soult August 28, 2009 Independent Stores, Property, Retail History 3 Comments

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Fascia of former George Rye store, Newcastle

Fascia of former George Rye store, Newcastle

Walking through Newcastle’s Bigg Market last Sunday, I was interested to see that part of the William Hill bookmaker’s fascia appeared to have dropped off, exposing some much earlier signage underneath (above).

I was also curious to note how the height of the fascia had evidently been increased from what it was previously, with the top portion of the adjacent doorway concealed as a result.

The uncovered ‘Geor’ … Continue Reading