Tagged: Bishop Auckland

McEwens of Perth a few years before closure. Photograph by Kim Traynor (8 Oct 2013)

September 13, 2017

Beales opening in Perth shows that the department store isn’t yet dead

The news that Beales is to take over the ex-McEwens department store site in Perth, with an expected opening in November, was a surprise on various levels.

BHS (former Woolworths), Middleton Grange, Hartlepool (7 Mar 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Shopping Centres / Woolworths

October 12, 2016

Exclusive: Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange secures B&M to fill empty BHS spot

Value retailer B&M is taking over the prominent 24,000 sq ft ex-BHS in Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange shopping centre, with jobs being advertised from today.

Former Woolworths (now Boyes), Bishop Auckland (19 Nov 2013). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Variety Stores / Woolworths

November 26, 2013

Five years on from Woolies’ collapse, Boyes signs for the Coalville store

It’s hard to believe that it’s five years ago today – on 26 November 2008 – that Woolworths collapsed into administration after trading in the...

Ethel Austin, Blaydon (12 Apr 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Brands / Fashion Stores / Property

August 7, 2012

Rescued for the fourth time, can Ethel Austin really have a future?

When value clothing retailer Ethel Austin fell into administration for the fourth time in as many years three weeks ago, it’s fair to say that its chances of...

Game in Sunderland's High Street West - now closed (13 Mar 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Financial / Online / Property / Specialist Retailers

March 26, 2012

Twenty-one North East stores close immediately as Game collapses

Twenty-one Game and Gamestation shops in the North East are among the 277 stores that have closed immediately following Game Group’s collapse into administration this...

Poundland, Hexham (19 Nov 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Market Towns / Overseas / Property / Retail Parks / Variety Stores / Woolworths

November 21, 2011

Hexham Poundland opens; Ashington to follow

Poundland opened the doors of its new Hexham store last Thursday (17 November) – and I understand that another Northumberland Poundland will be opening in Ashington...

Boyes, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland (24 Jan 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Variety Stores / Woolworths

January 24, 2011

Bishop Auckland’s busy Boyes

Last time I visited Bishop Auckland, the former Woolworths still had no new occupant. Passing through again, I was keen to check out Boyes’ transformation.

Former Woolworths (now Boots), Crook (6 Nov 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Market Towns / Property / Retail History / Woolworths

December 10, 2010

Crook’s long-lost Woolies

Imagine a small town whose Woolworths opened in the 1930s, closed in the 1970s, and is now occupied by Boots. A town where, even all those...

Boyes fascia. Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Variety Stores / Woolworths

November 8, 2010

Bishop Auckland Boyes to open doors on 19 November

Boyes, the Scarborough-based variety retailer, has revealed that its latest store – in Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies premises – will open for business on Friday 19...