Memories of Woolworths

[MarzipanQ]

Part of getting old I guess but I can still remember trips to Woolies with my beloved Grandma and spending hours looking at all the "treasures" I could buy with my 2bob. And with Christmas just gone it reminds me of my delightful grandpa showing the greatest of pleasure with his annual present from me as a child of a yellow plastic tobacco pouch and making me feel I had got him "just what I wanted my girl" when he really preferred his old St Bruno tin:) Anyone else losing these kind of memories?

[badcompany]

hahaha! i honestlly thought when i read this bit ''it reminds me of my delightful grandpa showing the greatest of pleasure with his annual present from me as a child of WORTHERS ORIGINAL TOFFEE!'' i really though you was going to say that!

[bensmum]

I remember when they used to sell biscuits by the pound and we used to buy my dad a bag of coconut pyramids as a treat every so often.
If we ever went away on holiday the first thing we did on arrival was find a Woolies and stock up on those folding plastic macs and rain hoods.

[dustinmyeye]

i dont have any fond memories as such concerning woolies but i do have to say , i was in there yesterday and it just looked so sad that the whole shop was bare and desolate looking. its such a major name and to not see it will be strange.

[angiep429]

I remember my aunt taking me and my sister for a day out to do our Christmas shopping and telling us if we got lost to go and stand by the giant scale they used to have by the main entrance 'til we all met up again!

[MarzipanQ]

Sorry to disappoint bad lol but he really was an old fashioned gentleman - stepping off the pavement for ladies & tipping his trilby:) And Angie you just brought back another memory - God, I can hear my Grandmother from 50 years ago saying the same thing. Ohh heck, I'm getting sad now - wish I'd not started lol Blame the telegraph for it's old photos of Woolies that started the question :)

[teddybon]

K Tel records and the latest gadget s from Ronco, the buttoneer and the rhinestone punch....

[garner]

I remember waiting for the Ladybird sale of childrens school clothes, they were always good washers and kept their colour.I think most mums go to Asdas now and don't have to wait for a sale as they are cheap to start with.

[northboy]

i use to get my records from there in the 70`s
and remember them selling the big badges with bcr, donny osmond,david cassidy,slade,gary glitter,marc bolan etc on them
no one had a pick n mix like woolies..lol

[northboy]

angie p-the big red weighing scale near the entrance,,i remember that,,they had one in birkenhead

[gina32]

and they used to sell cooked meat and cheese as well

[Bettyboo22]

I remember going when my little sister was born and getting her some ladybird clothes and my mum bought me a ladybird book

[Bathsheba]

I remember not being allowed to have any sweets from the pick+mix , my mother said they would be full of germs :(

[pianoman81]

my Gf worked for woolies, shes been made redundant but she's got another job lined up better pay etc, and she shoud recieve some rendundancy entitlement. shes been there about 6 years.

on the upside, today they had 90% off everything as it was this particular stores last day of trading, so we have 700 pounds worth of xbox and playstation stuff sitting around that she got for..... a whopping, 13 english pounds .

ebay profit ahoy !!

Woolies problem was they never moved with the times, they never had a "indiviual appeal" , they continued to charge extortionate profit for cds, games, consoles, etc .

Thats probably not entirely fair, thing is retail just cant keep up for the internet, people would rather order stuff from the interweb at 2am in their underwear whilst eating wotsits and get it delivered to their door instead of as said already, going into town, parking up, standing in a queue and paying extra for the priviledge .

Retail is only going to get worse, whsmith isnt looking great but electronics are going to soon vanish as well , currys, pc world, comet etc .

Sad but inevitable.

Woolies was great when i was a kid, had lego in there that i couldnt buy at my local toyshop - happy days.

those days are long gone though .

[Bathsheba]

Did your Mum tell you that dirty boys had spat on them, Visi?