Eighty-five years on: tracking down the ex-Woolworths in Stafford and Stoke
An anniversary is always as good an excuse as any to write a Woolworths-related blog post, and if you were around 85 years ago today...
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I’ve now visited and tracked a quarter of the ex-Woolies estate – but what have they all become?
Headlines: 214 ex-Woolworths stores visited, out of the 807 that closed following its collapse Of those, only 12 currently empty (6%) 7 continually empty (3%)...
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Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
Heron Foods, the Hull-based discount supermarket chain, has launched a new website as it takes its first steps into cyberspace. Described by Retail Week in...
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Tesco’s express demolition: photographs of the Gateshead store biting the dust
Demolition of Gateshead’s old Tesco superstore is nearing completion, just three weeks after it closed its doors to customers. After trading from the site since...
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Oops! Tesco’s Gateshead mailout sends customers to Poundland
Ahead of the Gateshead superstore’s closure on 22 April, Tesco has mailed details of its temporary store to local customers – but they may have...
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Wallsend’s Woolies history – from High Street West to High Street East
Over the last few weeks I’ve highlighted some of the North East towns – including Houghton-le-Spring and Alnwick – where Woolworths originally opened in one location...
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Heron Foods takes over Wallsend’s former Woolworths – 21 November opening planned
After much speculation, family-owned frozen food specialist Heron Foods has revealed itself as the new occupant of Wallsend’s former Woolworths store. Following my visit two...
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Poundland to take over Heron Foods site in Hexham
One of the few empty shops in Hexham will soon be occupied again, with Poundland set to move into the former Heron Foods site in Priestpopple....
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Conversion of North Shields Netto to Asda set to begin
I paid my first visit to an ex-Netto Asda Supermarket last weekend – more of which in the coming days – but meanwhile the process...
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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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Over to you – your ex-Woolies pics from Warrington, Batley and Beverley
With Woolworths having occupied something like 1,400 UK sites over the years, the chances of any one person having the time (or inclination) to track...
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Haldanes pledges that UGO will be “the icing on the Netto cake”
Following my recent post about Asda’s divestment of 39 surplus Netto stores, I had the pleasure of being invited to my first press conference last Friday,...
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What’s become of North Yorkshire’s former Woolies?
As well as comprehensively exploring the North East, and making the occasional excursion into Cumbria or Scotland, I’ve also clocked a few of North Yorkshire’s former...
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The ghosts of Washington’s former Woolworths
Back in February, I blogged about the former Woolworths store in Sunderland’s Fawcett Street, which closed in 2004 following its acquisition by Primark. At the...
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Shopping and lunching in Barnard Castle
A visit to the delightful County Durham market town of Barnard Castle always lifts the spirits, even if the weather when I was last there in...
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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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