As South Shields’ Woolies is filled, there’s good news for Byker and Wallsend too
Store Twenty One has opened its doors in South Shields today, meaning that the whole of the former Woolworths unit at 100-108 King Street (store...
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Peacocks and Poundland get ready to open in Hitchin’s former Woolworths
Earlier in the week I mentioned how the former Woolworths in Newquay had been divided up between Poundland and Peacocks. Now the same process is...
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The new occupants of Cornwall’s ex-Woolies – plus one that’s still empty
Having visited and photographed nearly 150 ex-Woolworths sites in the last three years (including 17 in the last week alone) – 50 of which are yet...
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As Wellworths becomes Wellchester, Claire Robertson talks tweaking and expansion
For someone who makes a habit of visiting old Woolworths – and I’ve racked up about 140 so far – there can be few ex-Woolies...
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Swindon’s former Woolworths store – past, present and an uncertain future
If you saw my earlier post about the shiny new BHS in Swindon, you might be wondering what happened to the retailer during the 18-month period...
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Derby’s original Woolworths site – and a precedent for today’s retail churn
Back in January I blogged about Burton upon Trent’s original Woolworths store, and promised to turn my attention in a future post to the nearby...
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One of the oldest and one of the newest: ex-Woolies spotting in North Somerset
In recent weeks, new developments in Newcastle, the collapse of TJ Hughes and the ongoing conversion of ex-Netto stores have given me plenty of topics...
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Newcastle’s TJ Hughes is saved – but Middlesbrough’s is to close within days
There was good news for Newcastle city centre earlier this week, with the announcement that the TJ Hughes store in Grainger Street had been sold,...
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A tale of three Tyneside ex-Woolies – Jarrow, North Shields and Wallsend
While Store Twenty One is about to take over the unoccupied part of South Shields’ former Woolies, the ex-Woolworths in Jarrow – already part-occupied by Store...
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Store Twenty One adds another North East Woolies site to its portfolio
The Indian-owned value fashion retailer, Store Twenty One, is to add a fourth North East ex-Woolies site to its estate, taking over the empty portion...
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Poundstretcher takes over Llandudno Alworths after all
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...
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Redruth: the Cornish town that lost its Woolies twice
In my last post I mentioned my February visit to Cornwall, writing about one of the county’s former Woolworths – in Launceston (store #812) –...
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5-7 Southgate Street, Launceston – historic birthplace and former Woolworths [updated]
The hazard of doing so much travelling around interesting towns is that I end up with more retail-related photographs – and topics to blog about...
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24,000 sq ft BHS to fill Hartlepool’s ex-Woolies site
As I briefly noted last week, Middlesbrough’s ex-Woolworths store isn’t the only one on Teesside to have recently found a new occupant. At the end...
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Poundworld’s multi-price format, Discount UK, lands in Middlesbrough
Down on Teesside last week, I’d only really planned to have a quick look around Middlesbrough while waiting for my connecting bus to Redcar. However, I...
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Poundstretcher expands with purchase of failed Alworths stores
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...
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Redcar’s original ex-Woolies – and a new real shop among the virtual ones
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,...
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Redcar’s ‘virtual shops’ – with added authenticity
There’s nothing like glorious weather to bring a British seaside resort to life, and Redcar, on the Tees Valley coast, had a really great buzz about...
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Felling and North Kenton – two more long-closed Tyneside Woolies
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...
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Upmarket Pinner trades ex-Woolies pound shop for WHSmith – but not everyone’s happy
Many thanks to Bryan Roberts from Kantar Retail iQ, who let me know via Twitter that the old Woolworths in Pinner, north west London, has recently...
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