Old Woolies fascia exposed as Byker Wetherspoon’s readies for October opening
The Newcastle suburb of Byker will gain a welcome addition when its new Wetherspoon pub – The High Main – opens at 63 Shields Road on 22...
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Pick ‘n’ mixed grill: the ex-Woolworths that are now Wetherspoons
There are 870 Wetherspoon pubs, including a few in former Woolworths premises. Here are the ex-Woolies Wetherspoons I’ve come across on my travels to date.
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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...
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Hessle Road’s long-gone Woolworths and its successors
While tearing around Barnsley and Hull visiting UGO supermarkets last month, I was pleased to be able to work in an unexpected ex-Woolworths. Not knowing Hull...
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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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From no sprouts to no claims – an unusual use for an old Safeway
It’s amazing how a throwaway remark can prompt an entire discussion on something unexpected… In my January post about the divvying up of Netto’s North...
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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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Remembering Byker Woolies’ Mr Corson and his Staff
I’ve mentioned Woolies’ old ‘house journal’, The New Bond, almost as often as I’ve written about the history of Byker’s Woolworths stores, so I was...
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Mystery of Shields Road ‘Woolies’ building solved
Since I first blogged about it just over a year ago under the heading ‘Is this shop in Shields Road, Byker an old Woolies?’, the history...
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Eth-alworth Austin
As variety chain Alworths celebrates its first birthday today, the opening of stores in Newark and Maidenhead has now been confirmed for later this month –...
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Piecing together the history of Shields Road’s 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) Since I...
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From Macs to Maxx – three busy days for Tyneside retail
Returning home after a two-week holiday in Montenegro (more of which in due course), it seems like quite a lot has been happening within Tyneside’s retail scene...
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Logging the North East’s long-closed former Woolies
Last week’s blog post about the long-closed former Woolworths in Benwell seems to have opened the floodgates to lots of comments and insights about other nearly-forgotten...
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Finding old Woolworths stores in unlikely places, courtesy of The New Bond
One of the things I most love about researching retail history is the way that interesting stories can emerge from the tiniest leads. As a...
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The ongoing mystery of Byker’s (possible) former Woolies
(UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, it’s been confirmed that the A&S Discount building was indeed Byker’s original Woolworths location.) Back in January I posted a...
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Lost in (Ethel) Austin?
Reports that value fashion retailer Ethel Austin and its sister homewares business, Au Naturale, are poised to enter administration – less than two years after both chains...
Read more....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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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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