General Chat

Hi all,

I will miss the pic n mix for sure, big bags of this and that.

oh well, might just start up a pic n mix shop..lol

GA

CAN ANYBODY REMEMBER JACKO THE MONKEY
THEY SOLD IN THE TOY DEPARTMENT
I THINK I STILL HAVE MINE SOMEWHERE IN THE LOFT

Yes I remember Miners make up, the first I ever wore.

Ann
Glos

This was my first real saturday job way back in the early seventies, also when we were very young my mum worked in woolies on the sweetie section. in th edgware rd,. Christmas was great and we would pop in to see her on saturdays and pick a sweetie Probaly our fault woolies went down hill. Although i did work hard in the old marylebone road store on Electricals.


sue salty ault

Used to go to a Woolies where ever were we out and about on hols .Got something from each one! Ladybird clothes when kids were young,videos,and best of all the pick and mix...who remembers miners make up?? and there were always hair clips and plastic chunky bangles.. Last thing i bought from Woolies in i think Henly,was Dusty Springfields album,and still have christmas decorations from 1970s ,in their boxes...flog it of the future i think!!!!

that's good news Joy isn't it. I never used Wooly's that much I must confess and think it has been in serious decline long before the credit crunch. It's good tho if some of those staff get their jobs back.
x

SOME GOOD NEWS ICELAND
HAVE BOUGHT 40 OF THE WOOLWORTHS STORES
AND ARE LOOKING AT
EMPLOYING SOME OF THE WOOLIES EX STAFF

pic n mix for me lol

Fee xx

Always found that the Woolies stores in different towns varied according to site availability and to whatever they stocked accordingly. When I was a kid our local W's had two floors and, as some one else said, like theirs it had everything from a food hall to toys, furnishing items and paint. Many a time I have found some item I wanted in Woolies if nowhere else. Will definitely miss it from the high street.

it sure is the end of a era

thanks mau i never realised they couldnt sign on

Have an old School mate on Friends that started at Woolies when he left school at 15 in 1972 and has never worked anywhere else poor sod will probably never work again unless he has a local B & Q!!!!!!!

tony

but if made redundant Joy they cannot,for a good few weeks, look for another job....
Maux

I BET THE JOB CENTRES BUSY THIS MORNING

when I left school in 1976 I worked in Lincoln Woolies, it was a very busy shop where you could get everything from bread to paint.
The counters were the old ones where the assistant stood in the middle. There was a refit and the shops old cafe was pulled out replaced by a more modern one, and a bright paint job. All fixtures were changed to shelving, and the food department taken out. We used to get bomb scares (really) and have to get the customers out, those in the cafe were reluctant to leave their paid for meals! The staff had to search the store for a bomb, while the bomb squad were waited for. (Days of IRA). Then years later our Woolies closed down, everything went. A new Woolies opened in a new building but it was never the same, and it also closed. The nearest was Big W 16 miles away but I never found the need to go there for anything. It's sad though, all the jobs lost. And an icon of the British High St gone.

Morning All

Everything had to be sold off,lots of our local shops bought the shelves,fittings etc.
My Daughter,who'd worked at our Woolies for 8 years, thankfully found another job before redundants were started. She has told me workers who have been awarded redundancy are still waiting for their money,but in the meantime cannot seek another job or claim any benefits at all. What are they expected to live on?
Their unions are also fighting for their pension fund contributions,they will lose a % of that money too.

Look on Ebay to see Woolies' items that could become collections in years to come........workers name badges,price cards and even pic&mix adverts Col ;O)

WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT THE FLOOR TILES ????

I used to but my childrens clothes from ladybird they were a very make...

I heard they are selling everything off even the shevles and rumour has it the floor tiles are being ripped up..

I bought a Roxy Music LP in Woolies back in the 80's but when I got it home it was the wrong one...so I recorded it, took it back and exchanged it for the one I wanted...and recorded that too. I had a brilliant 2-album tape then hehe

I bought my first record in Plymouth Woolies back in the early 60's.I think it was Dusty Springfield.

I'll miss the wooden floors, the high double sided counters and......oh, they got rid of them years ago didn't they.

Ok, then I'm going to miss the Pic n Mix.

Good ol' Woolies, the High streets won't be the same without them.

K