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One day – ten former Woolies – one tired blogger
Well worth it? Well, perhaps... 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 (and photographing)...
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Shopping and lunching in Barnard Castle
Market Cross, Barnard Castle (29 August 2009) 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 March was...
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The ghosts of Washington’s former Woolworths
Former Woolworths (now Heron Foods), New Washington (Concord) (17 Jun 2010) Back in February, I blogged about the former Woolworths store in Sunderland’s Fawcett Street, which closed in 2004 following...
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What’s become of North Yorkshire’s former Woolies?
Former Woolworths, Whitby (16 Aug 2010) 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...
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Haldanes pledges that UGO will be “the icing on the Netto cake”
UGO 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, in Leeds. Appropriately held just a...
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Over to you – your ex-Woolies pics from Warrington, Batley and Beverley
Former Woolworths (now Poundland), Warrington (27 Dec 2010). Photograph by Beth Anderson With Woolworths having occupied something like 1,400 UK sites over the years, the chances of any one person...
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Felling and North Kenton – two more long-closed Tyneside Woolies
Former Woolworths, Felling (17 Jun 2010) 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 favourite...
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Conversion of North Shields Netto to Asda set to begin
Notice at Netto North Shields (8 Aug 2011) I paid my first visit to an ex-Netto Asda Supermarket last weekend – more of which in the coming days – but meanwhile the process of converting 147 Netto...
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Poundland to take over Heron Foods site in Hexham
Poundland fascia 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. Though no opening date has been confirmed...
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Heron Foods takes over Wallsend’s former Woolworths – 21 November opening...
Soon-to-be Heron Foods, Wallsend (15 Nov 2011) After much speculation, family-owned frozen food specialist Heron Foods has revealed itself as the new occupant of Wallsend’s former Woolworths store....
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Wallsend’s Woolies history – from High Street West to High Street East
High Street West, Wallsend (8 Aug 2011) 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...
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Oops! Tesco’s Gateshead mailout sends customers to Poundland
Tesco Gateshead mailout (13 Apr 2012) 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 trouble finding it...
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Tesco’s express demolition: photographs of the Gateshead store biting the dust
Demolition of Tesco Gateshead (13 May 2012) 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...
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Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
New Heron Foods website (18 May 2012) 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 2009 as...
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I’ve now visited and tracked a quarter of the ex-Woolies estate – but what...
Former Woolworths, Newton Aycliffe (5 Jan 2012) 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...
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Eighty-five years on: tracking down the ex-Woolworths in Stafford and Stoke
Original former Woolworths (now River Island), Stafford (3 Feb 2013) 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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