Woolworths,when does yours close ?

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clapham_gull

Legacy Fan
Aug 20, 2003
25,885
Walked past on Saturday and although the doors were open, you could probably put the stock in a couple of cardboard boxes.
 




bigc

New member
Jul 5, 2003
5,740
I wonder what will happen to our Brighton ones.

I can see the one nearby my work in Brixton become a poundland..
 




skipper734

Registered ruffian
Aug 9, 2008
9,189
Curdridge
I wonder what will happen to our Brighton ones.

I can see the one nearby my work in Brixton become a poundland..


Ironic really. As that was Wooleys philosophy when it started.
 


Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,300
I wonder what will happen to our Brighton ones.

I can see the one nearby my work in Brixton become a poundland..

I was told recently that the Western Road site is becoming a H & M store (apparently they were in there measuring up and even removing bricks from the walls as a part of a survey a couple of weeks before Woolies went into administration)

London Road site might be changing into an Iceland
 






¡Cereal Killer!

Whale Oil Beef Hooked
Sep 13, 2003
10,217
Somewhere over there...
I was told recently that the Western Road site is becoming a H & M store (apparently they were in there measuring up and even removing bricks from the walls as a part of a survey a couple of weeks before Woolies went into administration)

London Road site might be changing into an Iceland

I hear the Hove (closing on the 27th) one may also be changing to an Iceland.
 




Taybha

Whalewhine
Oct 8, 2008
27,681
Uwantsumorwat
Wierd how the government fell over themselves to try n bail out the banks n building societies yet totally fooking not bothered by the loss of 26,000 low paid in the main workers jobs,summat really f***ed up with this world when the pound sign rules over humanity.
 






Arthur

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
8,762
Buxted Harbour
Wierd how the government fell over themselves to try n bail out the banks n building societies yet totally fooking not bothered by the loss of 26,000 low paid in the main workers jobs,summat really f***ed up with this world when the pound sign rules over humanity.

:laugh: you are being serious aren't you!!
 


RM-Taylor

He's Magic.... You Know
NSC Patron
Jan 7, 2006
15,307
Closes here on the 2nd January, although the other two within 5 miles close before that date.

Looks like it's going to become a new bigger Primark, so therefore I will have Saturdays all to myself while the missus is busy working :laugh:
 




Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,300
Wierd how the government fell over themselves to try n bail out the banks n building societies yet totally fooking not bothered by the loss of 26,000 low paid in the main workers jobs,summat really f***ed up with this world when the pound sign rules over humanity.

Seeing as the Government is now bailing out the car industry in Jaguar and Landrover, yes it does seeem wierd which companies the Government deem worth saving and those that can disappear into history.

With Woolies, it's not just their staff that are losing their jobs, there are also reps, suppliers etc affected too, but i guess everyone already see retail staff as the lowest of the low, and the car industry as gods so no surprise really
 


Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
72,401
i guess everyone already see retail staff as the lowest of the low, and the car industry as gods so no surprise really


Wouldn't do the economy, the environment or individual householders any harm whatsoever IMHO if the country switched overnight to, say, the Maltese or Cuban way, whereby funky old vehicles are kept in perfect running order for twenty or thirty or forty years. Who really NEEDS a new car?
 




Arthur

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
8,762
Buxted Harbour
Yep finding out your now unemployed at xmas is quite serious to those that have been sacked

So what would you be more upset up about; the fact you'd have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in savings or the fact that you couldn't pop down the high street and get some pick and mix?

Woolworths is a national institution and yes it will be sad to see it go from the high street but you can hardly compare it's inability to move with the times to the Government's bail out of the banking industry.
 


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