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Woolies is the best! In out town it's the biggest shop apart fron Tescownstheworld. Great fort all manner of things. But fear not Local residents of Ourtown bodyshop has just opened up so thats all OK then. fuckit
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Quote by Peanut
I couldn't give a toss really. It's just another shop to me. If they close down then I'll just buy whatever I might have got from there somewhere else.
If they were worth saving then they'd be saved. The 100 years plus they've been trading should have taught them something... obviously not.
Where is your sense of things traditional?
I do not want all the high street shops to shut, if that were the case we all would only go into one of them....Tescos...Sainsburys etc. That would be quite sad I think.
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Quote by Peanut
I couldn't give a toss really. It's just another shop to me. If they close down then I'll just buy whatever I might have got from there somewhere else.
If they were worth saving then they'd be saved. The 100 years plus they've been trading should have taught them something... obviously not.
Peanut!! Where is your sense of "Joie de vive"
Come on now, something must make you feel good and be jolly surely
Quote by kentswingers777
I couldn't give a toss really. It's just another shop to me. If they close down then I'll just buy whatever I might have got from there somewhere else.
If they were worth saving then they'd be saved. The 100 years plus they've been trading should have taught them something... obviously not.
Where is your sense of things traditional?
I do not want all the high street shops to shut, if that were the case we all would only go into one of them....Tescos...Sainsburys etc. That would be quite sad I think.
A shop is a shop is a shop. I use them to buy things. WTF should I care what they are called (other than to identify where they were the last time I visited) or how long they've been around.
Amazon's probably cheaper anyway :twisted:
Quote by Lost
I couldn't give a toss really. It's just another shop to me. If they close down then I'll just buy whatever I might have got from there somewhere else.
If they were worth saving then they'd be saved. The 100 years plus they've been trading should have taught them something... obviously not.
Peanut!! Where is your sense of "Joie de vive"
Come on now, something must make you feel good and be jolly surely
Oh easily, but to do so would be indiscreet :twisted:
Casanova
My first ever Saturday job was in Woolworths at the Elephant and Castle. I think I was about 14 years old (it was a very long time ago now) and it was in those days when you didn't have to be 16 and have a national insurance number etc in order to do a Saturday job - and it was the only way we could buy our own treats (Bunty, Jackie etc)
I remember being on the Pick and Mix counter in my lovely uniform - some sort of blue overall if I remember rightly
:violin: aahhhhhhhhh those were the days
I remember being on the Pick and Mix counter in my lovely uniform - some sort of blue overall if I remember rightly
:violin: aahhhhhhhhh those were the days
Interesting read of everyones posts.
To most people Wollies is a comfortable label a high street shop we all grew up with but in recent years (& no so recent years) its more of a "whats it for". Can get music / dvd elsewhere cheaper and more choice etc, domestic products have been scaled down and available elsewhere cheaper etc and same for the rest of their products, only thing I see that the high street has lost is the "pix n mix".
Wollies will be resigned to memories . . . mine will be buying cheap fishing tackle . . . first rod and reel was a woolworths special which caught and lost my first (big) fish and got me hooked into fishing.
To most people Wollies is a comfortable label a high street shop we all grew up with but in recent years (& no so recent years) its more of a "whats it for". Can get music / dvd elsewhere cheaper and more choice etc, domestic products have been scaled down and available elsewhere cheaper etc and same for the rest of their products, only thing I see that the high street has lost is the "pix n mix".
Wollies will be resigned to memories . . . mine will be buying cheap fishing tackle . . . first rod and reel was a woolworths special which caught and lost my first (big) fish and got me hooked into fishing.
Unfortunately i think Woolworths is beyond saving at this point.
However i have heard an interesting rumour from a well placed source, some stores will get a bit of a reprevive though by an unexpected way.
Apparently Deloitte & Touche LLP (the administrators) haven't got enough administrators that are senior enough to go into the stores and shut them all at the same time and so some will have to be left open.
However i have heard an interesting rumour from a well placed source, some stores will get a bit of a reprevive though by an unexpected way.
Apparently Deloitte & Touche LLP (the administrators) haven't got enough administrators that are senior enough to go into the stores and shut them all at the same time and so some will have to be left open.
its a shame for the people that work there.... but fact is we not buying things from big department stores anymore.. So like everything else it is supply and demand. Fact is, there is little, to no demand for woolworths. The sad fact is that come this time last year we will all have forgoten about it.
Quote by kentswingers777
I think this is shameful and disgusting, to allow this to happen.
If they can step in and save our greedy nasty banks, then they can step in and save this great British institution.
Think about all those thousands out of work just after Christmas. Save Woolies, not the greedy banks.
Whilst I agree that banks are greedy, and should to a certain degree be left to fend for themselves, a collpase of the banking system would have a devastating effect on the general public, because so many people depend on banks for their savings, to deal with income, to pay bills.
If a bank collapsed, and left thousands, hundreds of thousands high and dry, the non payment of a bill would lead to late charges and maybe affecting their credit ratings.
Woolworths may have been a significant part of our shopping history, but the reality is, they are a business, and they ultimately couldn't perform.
Thousands of businesses of all sizes fail every year for a multitude of reasons and are not bailed out. Fact is that Woolworths has lost it's way and has been in trouble for quite some time. If it was a viable business propostion, a buyer would have been found.
The major banks are a different matter. Had they been allowed to fail, the entire financial system would have collapsed and a lot more household names other than Woolies would have disappeared. Bailing them out was an unfortunate necessity.
The major banks are a different matter. Had they been allowed to fail, the entire financial system would have collapsed and a lot more household names other than Woolies would have disappeared. Bailing them out was an unfortunate necessity.
Sex God
Our local Woolies is closing tomorrow and it's an end of an era for sure. I don't care that the business was run badly or not up to date enough etc I don't care about the directorsor share holders particularily though the in store workers I feel for because they may struggle for a while. I hope they all get sorted double quick.
What I care for is that probably the largest non supermarket shop that has been in our town for all my life is not going to be there. It may sound facile and childish but I do have a slight feeling of bereavement.
RIP Woolies - Sorry to seeyou go :-(
What I care for is that probably the largest non supermarket shop that has been in our town for all my life is not going to be there. It may sound facile and childish but I do have a slight feeling of bereavement.
RIP Woolies - Sorry to seeyou go :-(
Sex God
Quote by Lost
Our local Woolies is closing tomorrow and it's an end of an era for sure. I don't care that the business was run badly or not up to date enough etc I don't care about the directorsor share holders particularily though the in store workers I feel for because they may struggle for a while. I hope they all get sorted double quick.
What I care for is that probably the largest non supermarket shop that has been in our town for all my life is not going to be there. It may sound facile and childish but I do have a slight feeling of bereavement.
RIP Woolies - Sorry to see you go :-(
What he said :cry:
It is of course another symptom of what Tesco and Sainsbury have done to our culture and communities. It started with the local greengrocer, butcher, fishmonger, baker etc and now it's got to the point where any shop smaller than a medieval city can't survive. A pox on them.
