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Shocking that woolworths are going to be no more. Used to the love the pick n mix when I was younger  :(

At Christmas as well.... a) that must be their beusiest period and b) think of all the redundancies. Shit.

I hate woolworths.

fuck where is yeovil going to buy his clothes?

Although strangely appropriate that MFI should fall apart

35,000 people across the UK apparently.

I went in there the other day and it was empty, i think they've been struggling for a while. Pick n mix was amazing though.

That's my urine you're eating after I've been fondling the sherbet saucers with my piss soaked fingers.

Actually not surprising that they’re in trouble.  “Woolies”  doesn’t really have a place on the High Street anymore.  Virgin and HMV are usually better value for music and DVD’s, Game for all that gubbins and Toy’s R Us for the Glitters amongst us has a far better selection.

A pick & Mix franchise selling traditional old school penny sweets, US rubbish etc as well could be a winner.

Virgin was spot on in selling their Megastores to Zavvi because I'd imagine they'll be on there way sooner or later. As far as I know HMV is fine.

Sad because as a kid Woolworths was the shop for toys et al. But it's been largely shit for years and this doesn't suprise me one bit.

Woolworths has got worse and worse for toys and stationary, which was about all I ever bought there...other than Pick n Mix, which was immense! Cheaper than anywhere else and such a big choice!!!

Oh wait, Johno's brother works for Woolies...that ain't good...

oh dear whats happened!? ( its ok i'll look myself in a mo )

I was only in there today, it was packed so i didnt stop in there long as i didnt have time to que. I go there every xmas they are more often than not cheaper than toys are us on everyday toys.
Didnt have monopoly though, which seems to be sold out everywhere n i need it!
My friend has just started work there too. Hmmmm.

I might do a Diamandis - buy it for a £1 and asset strip it.

You'd just eat all the pick n mix you fat fuck.

Lets get the orange hats out and protest round the back of a Woolworths about the running of the company.

Sssh!

I think Its sad - best place to spend your pocket money when you were little!!

I cant imagine Nam without a Woolies!

Weren't Woolies just about to build or open as hop in Calne?  By the old kwik save site?  Bloody typical that is, I expect that'll stay empty for years now, or left half built.  Poor old Caln-ites.

Woolys will get through Xmas and then they may close!

Cant see the new one in Calne being built now?

Trottmans closing in April....Like Harris closing down all over again...

Trottmans is closing????  London Road Inn's closing too.  Bloody hell what next?  Poor poor ol' Caln-ites.

When does the london road inn close? I usually go in there for a xmas day drink?

Well the present landlords looking to leave, it's making no money and they're looking for someone to take it on, but as of yet no interest.  Rumour is it'll close, not sure when though.  You'll have to pop up the Talbot.

Woolies problem, well in my opinion - what do they sell? OK you can get toys, and CDs , erm, childrens clothes and er, papers, sweets and stuff.

What makes you think -oooh Woolies is the place to go for that rather than any other of the hundred shops that do similar things with a bigger range or better prices?

It's sad for sure.

They dont have any Sam. Sold all the buildings and lease them back....thats what has fucked em.

Like STFC and the Council...

Spoke to one of the Trottmans in the shop yesterday......Shop still makes a good profit...no rent for the shack!
Somebody has agreed to buy the land and buildings and build new shops and flats but he reckons they wont now the credit crunch has bit.
That fruit shop in the precinct has closed as well....

Oh yeah I forgot about the Woolies in Calne - Oh my god I walked through the precsinked (sp) for the first time in years the other night - scary stuff! Trotmans is an insitution - I always used to go in there with my Grampy!

Oh Jan I saw some of your lot in the Kings a couple of Sats ago - Christ like was to quote Dave Byrne "like a mourge"

The precinct needs blowing up!!

My local effort was jam packed today with vultures.

Smells like another salad cream scandal to me.

woolies problem is pretty much the same as countless others, the death of the high street. Main guilty party to this is tescos.

Daughter works in Swindon Woolies, despite all the promises a lot of them never got their pay into the bank today!  They reckon it is a clerical error, affecting an awful lot of people.  Suspicious I think.

my mate works in woolworths and by all acounts its been going down the shitter for a long while

Let's face it, Woolies is shit - not much better than a pound shop!

They sell shit, pikey products like you see on QVC (other than CD's etc) and the decent stuff they sell can be bought from other places for less.

OK some people will lose their jobs but Woolies will be no great loss to the British shopper.

Quite... Speaking of TV channels like QVC, this woman came into work trying to get some Swingin' Sixties compilation and couldn't get past the fact that I hadn't seen the advert on price bid tv.

Do you mean Price Drop or Bid? They're owned by the same people and quite similar.

They're all ace though. Not much more having a relaxing afternoon watching the crafts special. It's like a massively extended super chilled out art attack. Fucking ace.

I dunno... probably the former now you mention it.

She essentially called me a twat for not ever watching.

It was John the landlords official leaving do last Saturday, he's off to do something with a skiing firm. I know he's had a bit of interest in taking it over from a few parties, but it seems to have fallen through every time.

The place was only really making any money when Steve Lane was running it on behalf of the 'Bug and Spider' chain, and it's been going steadily downhill since he left.

It's been my 'local' for years, although since my kids were born I don't go down that often, but theres a couple of the regulars that will be lost without it.

Swindon Woolies is closing on 2nd January. Get 'yer bargains.

Do you know if it's open xmas day this year?

Well i wasnt happy with them,i baught an advent calender there only to find all the windows boarded up.
On a serious note as a driver it will effect thousands of HGV drivers..Wincanton Logistics had the contract for the Swindon depot,a very sad state of affairs.
The knock on chain effect on the closure for small companys who supplied Woolies will be devastating.

...in Taiwan.

Well i was in Bourneville Brum a while ago Axs and Cadburys are/were a very big supplier to Woolies along with lots of printing firms...but i take your point.

Was only a crap joke leefer.

If someone wants a chocolate bar they will still buy one frrom somewhere else. It's probably more things like their stationery and posters / merchandising that are UK based, as well as all the logistics, like you said.

But you were right Axs...customers can only buy so much crap cant they...i mean Harrods and Hamleys are reporting brisk buisness...and they aint cheap.

I might be tired and / or slow but I don't really get what your saying there.

On the bright side isnt Devizes one of the last ones to close?

Yes the 'vize one is open till the 5th. I could barely contain my excitement on hearing the news.

Dave devizes must be the ace place i bet you creamed!.
My nan lives there, however i havent spoke to her for at least 10 years

I don't think I've ever been inside your nan in Devizes tbh.

Um, I meant to put:

I don't think I've ever been inside Woolworths in Devizes tbh.

Freudian slip.

haha

 I thought Freduian was a Freudian slip...