Taking a look around Alnwick
I’m ashamed to say that in more than a decade of living in the North East, I’d never – until yesterday – paid a proper...
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Newcastle gets Hollister, Tesco Express, new Next
A few interesting titbits of Newcastle retail news ahead of the opening of Eldon Square South – St Andrew’s Way – on 16 February. Anchored...
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Gosforth Woolies: before and after
I happened to be in Gosforth yesterday evening (paying a visit to the very good Loch Fyne restaurant), so used my mobile to capture a shot...
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Celebrate while you Wait
A few days ago, in talking about the closure of the adjacent Oil & Vinegar store, I referred to the Eldon Square Waitrose shop as...
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The fight to be Woolworths’ heir
Just a quick post this evening, but I wanted to flag up a well-written and interesting article by Kiran Stacey in yesterday’s Financial Times, entitled “The...
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Goodbye to Oil & Vinegar in Newcastle’s Eldon Square
After work, I trudged through the snow to the delightful Eldon Square Waitrose this evening, though not before giving the store a call to check that...
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Is this shop in Shields Road, Byker an old Woolies?
(UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, it’s been confirmed that the A&S Discount building was indeed Byker’s original Woolworths location, from 1927 until 1954) Here’s a...
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Unpacking Middlesbrough’s Woolies history
I’m always delighted when people comment on my blog posts, and a recent contribution from Gareth Hill has proved particularly interesting in shedding light on the history...
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Woolies Winter Wonderland…
…That was the theme of Woolworths’ 1998 Christmas TV advertisement, in the heady, Tellytubby days when, as the ad reminds us, everyone wanted a Talking Po....
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Newcastle’s Monument Mall transported through cyberspace to Staffordshire
It’s always fun to find links between my current home of Tyneside and my previous one of Staffordshire – Tamworth playing Gateshead in the Blue...
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Clas Ohlson heads northwards… though not quite far enough north yet
Happy New Year to you! You may recall that back in August last year (referring to 2009 as ‘last year’ is bound to take some...
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An early Christmas present for me, and a Happy Christmas to you
Given that I’ve only been blogging since July, I was surprised and a little humbled to see that the global media intelligence company Cision has...
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One day – ten former Woolies – one tired blogger
Back in September, you might recall me trumpeting the fact that I’d visited six old Woolworths in a day. Today, however, I must confess to visiting...
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A shabby view?
Visiting Whitley Bay in North Tyneside today, it was apparent that while there ARE indeed a lot of empty shops – as blogged about previously...
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Vælkomin til Newcastle!
Delighted to see from BBC News that Tyneside’s retail offer is sufficiently exciting to attract a festive shopping visit from 1,000 Faroe Islands residents! Surely...
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HobbyCraft shines, Borders stumbles
Mixed fortunes in the news today for two specialist retailers that both have a presence at Team Valley Retail World in Gateshead – HobbyCraft and Borders. Privately-owned HobbyCraft,...
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Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 3 – North East)
After Parts 1 and 2 of my former Woolworths photo gallery, it’s time to finish up – at least for the moment – with some more shots...
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After the loss of M&S and T&G, Whitley Bay gains B&M
Barely a day or two after writing about Whitley Bay Woolworths still being empty, I now read that it’s going to become a B&M Bargains store...
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Woolworths to make a high street return?
An interesting story in today’s Times about what it claims is Shop Direct’s plan to “bring Woolworths back to the high street”, with “room for...
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Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 2 – North Wales)
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...
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