General Chat

Theyre partly to blame.....the kids clothes are overpriced and fall to bits after a few washes. My son got a small bag of pick n mix from there the other day, it came to nearly £4 lol. 4 quid for a pick n mix! Think they've taken it for granted that they were safe, that they'd always have customers.

last few times ive been to woolworths not been able to get what I want. They should have updated years ago!

Speaking at work this morning quite a few of us said we had not been in Wollies for a year or more. Remember I used to visit at least once a week when the children were young, so perhaps it is our fault.
Carol

Karrie hiya xx I agree about the job losses. Yes, Woolies have gradually lost their way in recent years, but you would have thought that they would have had ample resources to get by, Yet another empire without foundations I fear As for C & A lol I think I was the man from C & A ... Remember those adverts ?

I still have a coat i bought at C&A how sad is that? I remember going straight from new years eve partys a little worse for wear to queue for thier wonderfull sales, in party frock in freezing cold snow, didnt feel the cold then.Lin

My son is going to lose his Saturday job... he is gutted... i feel so sorry for all those losing their jobs

My first job too Dizzi ~ 4th generation of my lot to work there afore we left school

MY FIRST JOB

sad ! I bought my first chocolate buttons in Woolies as a child, when they came loose in little white paper bags....my mum bought things in there for her mum when she was a kid....

I know they made a huge mistake a number of years back when they tried to 'get clever' and redesigned a lot of their shops.... made them very 'shopper unfriendly' .

It will be a huge blow to the town in Wales I have just moved from, Woolworths was really the only shop there where you could go for everything (no major shops at all) ... and very busy all year but especially in the tourist season.

Rose xx

I remember it was th first shop to sell Slush Puppies near us lol

Treehunter I remember C & A - they had a wonderful white horse in the doorway that as a kid I used to love to have a go on.

I hope they stay open until after xmas

be nice if some one could help them stay open.

I miss C & A's do you remeber them

Woolies will try to stay open over xmas ...

MFI are going into adminstration also announced today

Woolworths to me always brings to mind the big red scales at the front of the shop. I suppose every woolies had a set ?
If we got lost in there as kiddies we had to go to the scales for Mum to find us.

Take a look at this

http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/

i might open a soup kitchen before its too late

jill dont tempt fate lol i bet a few of them are on the wobble.. it might be all closing down sales for xmas

Really - I hadn't heard anything about them closing......have they shut now or are they going to get through Xmas and then close ?

pmsl

Oh are Burtons going too? Now where shall I buy his socks?

thats my last minute xmas shopping dash gone for a burton lol