Tracking down Darlington’s original Woolworths – 73 years after it relocated
Never one to let a good Woolworths anniversary pass me by, today – 20 September 2013 – represents 73 years since Darlington’s Woolworths store relocated...
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Opened on 8 July 1933, what’s become of the ex-Woolworths in Morden?
Regular readers will know that I always enjoy an obscure Woolworths anniversary, and today represents the 80th anniversary of the now-defunct chain opening its 498th store,...
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As Trinity Square shoots up, the demolition of Gateshead Tesco nears its end
Seven weeks after it shut its doors to customers, only a tiny fragment of Gateshead’s former Tesco superstore remains standing. Thompsons of Prudhoe – who...
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Superdry readies for 18 November opening in Durham
Superdry – the SuperGroup-owned fashion chain of the moment – is gearing up to open its new store in Durham’s Silver Street at 9am this coming Friday...
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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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Tracking down Oxford Street’s second ex-Woolworths
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...
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Jarrow’s Burton building – a retail history treasure with a Woolies twist
As a retail history enthusiast, you occasionally come across something so special and unexpected it almost takes your breath away – particularly when that something...
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Cumbria’s 100% hit rate of new Woolies tenants
In between touring the East Midlands, travelling up to Berwick, and stopping off in Horley on my way out the country, I also found time this...
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Wallis to open concession in Robbs of Hexham
Delivering on its promise to bring quality concessions to its recently acquired Robbs of Hexham store, it seems that Beales has already signed up the Arcadia-owned...
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