Woolworths, High Street, Dumbarton

I miss Woolies very much Joe! I wish I had taken a picture of the one in Yeovil. So many more High Street names gone since though! :-(
Have a good new week. Cheers, Rosa.

Thanks, Rosa. I miss Woolies too. The last thing I bought in here was a pair of scissors that are next to me on my desk at the moment. They are still going strong.

This shop is now the local Wetherspoon pub called 'The Captain James Lang', in which I haven't spent a penny! In between, it was a 'Spar' supermarket, which I did visit a couple of times.

There are a few photographs of the Yeovil branch of Woolworths on Flickr. You can find one here.

I hope you have a good new week too.

Cheers,

Joe

It looks rather sad and empty in the flickr link :-( It used to be so busy and bustling. I bought my first ever bathing costume in there and loved it! I have saucepans still going strong and probably have also bought scissors there! I think it is now Primark in Yeovil, but I haven't been to the town for so long, that I don't quite remember!! Cheers, Rosa.

Well, at least it's not a Wetherspoon pub. LOL. Cheers, Joe

Superbe et belle scène de rue avec ce remarquable
magasin en liquidation totale des stocks.
Bonne soirée.

Merci pour ce beau compliment, Malik. Amitiés, Joe

The signs zing with colour as a Contrast to the dark day and wet weather. Nice one!

Thanks for your very kind comment, Diana. Cheers, Joe

Have they gone everywhere, Joe? If so, it escaped me. Shows how long I've been away from Blighty!

Yes, Andy, 'Woolies' went into administration in January, 2009. All the best, Joe

Ah. The same economic downturn that kicked me out and got me to start afresh with a totally different (and miles better) career path, ie. teaching English in a foreign clime! (tons better than financial services!)

I had a career change too, Andy. I left the whisky industry to retrain as an IT Officer. It was a great move for me. All the best, Joe

I remember them going. It seemed incredible. There couldn't be a world without Woolworths. I bought my first make up there, The Kirkcaldy one is now an indoor market so you can still buy all sorts of things on the premises.

Yes, indeed, Jean, it's difficult to image a world without 'Woolies'. I remember, with nostalgia and affection, the 'Pic 'n' Mix' counter at my local branch. Thanks for your very kind comment. All the best, Joe

I remember they always had a great bargain books bin. I discovered a copy of A Samuel Beckett Reader, edited by John Calder, a Signet classic, in Woolworths in Mexborough. That and the Pic ‘n’ Mix, you couldn’t complain. But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'.

I used my local 'Woolies', Steve, for stocking up on pencils, sharpeners and erasers, when it was time to go back to school. Thanks for your great comment. All the best, Joe

most beautiful image
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Wish you a SAFE serene week ahead.

Thanks for your very kind comment, Annemarie. Cheers, Joe

Woolies was a big part of my childhood. I remember saving up pennies and halfpennies to collect the colourful plastic bambis, after I had seen Bambi in the late 40s. I wish I still had one to remind me. Our local Woolies in Shrewsbury is now an H&M fashion store.

Thanks, Amelia, for your visit and very kind comment. Our 'Woolies' is now a Wetherspoon pub, which I do not frequent. All the best, Joe

Buying greaseproof paper cones of warm peanuts is my Leytonstone Woolies memory