On the hunt for Houghton-le-Spring’s original Woolworths
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know by now that Woolworths in its prime had a long record of modernising its estate: both in...
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M&Co and the ex-Woolies in Sidmouth and Sherborne
In previous posts, I’ve noted the difficulty I have in finding time to blog about all the former Woolworths sites that I’ve visited – not a...
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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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Houghton has a le-Spring in its step – the changing fortunes of the North East’s ex-Woolies sites
With a dwindling number of empty Woolworths stores remaining in the North East, it doesn’t take too long to check out whether anything’s happening on...
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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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Sunderland’s old Woolies – a survivor almost to the end
In an earlier post, I talked about some of the large, city centre Woolworths stores – such as the branches on Newcastle’s Northumberland Street and Sheffield’s...
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Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 1)
Though I can’t claim to make a habit of visiting six old Woolies stores in the same day (including Houghton-le-Spring, above), I have managed to build up...
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How many former Woolworths can Graham visit in one day?
How about SIX? Stop one is High Street in Redcar, where the former Woolworths store has recently become a branch of the Yorkshire Trading Company....
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