A British Institution Goes Bust: Farewell Woolworths (I’ll miss you)

Farewell Woolworths (I’ll miss you)

I bought some pick n mix in Woolworths this week and it was reduced. I felt a bit sad. Woolworths is a major British company which has provided a range of consumer goods for many generations. My local Woolworths is in Southbourne in Bournemouth and is about a 3 minute walk from me. My old local Woolworths was the one on Main Street, Bangor, Northern Ireland and the one in the Square at Newtownards. I’ve shopped quite a lot in Woolworths over the years. Its always been just a good shop. Sadly in this current credit crunch and recession, Woolworths was in massive debt and went into administration. By 5th January 2009 ALL 807 UK Woolworths stores will close their doors for good. It is indeed a sad end of the road to a shop which meant a lot to a lot of people.

Farewell Woolworths (I’ll miss you)

I’m not going to guess or give a reason for the decline, but the ongoing “credit crunch” coupled with the fact that Woolworths sells stuff which has more recently been available at Tesco or Asda, meaning customers may just do all their shopping at one shop and avoid Woolworths. There are many reasons for the sad demise and failure of the brand in the end, but I bid it a fond and sad farewell. From the Lego sets I used to buy there, to the CD singles section (I bought Stereotypes by Blur in Woolworths in 1996) to the pick and mix and the mini cans of pop such as Dr. Pepper I’ll keep my memories. While walking through Southbourne main street this week I took some photos of Woolworths for the memory. I’m working quite a lot so I may never visit Woolworths again, meaning the pick and mix I bought on Christmas Eve 2008 was my last ever purchase at Woolworths. Sad times, eh?

I wonder if any new shop will fill the void left over by that famous red and white brand of Woolworths? In 2009 I’ll walk past where the Woolworths once stood and ponder emptily what might’ve been for the brand. They have my support if they ever come back or are saved by any last ditch bids. Plus the Woolworths brand kind of lives on in Australia in the form of a supermarket. Perhaps I’ll visit Australia and buy something in their Woolworths.

I hope you all have some memories of Woolworths, interesting photo I’ve included on here shows the fact that the Woolworths website wasn’t even available. 2008 – the year that the Woolworths dream ended. Crying into my Earl Grey tea at the thought of it…

Woolworths Decline on BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7795746.stm

Woolworths Decline on Sky News:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Woolworths-Stores-Closures-Full-List-Of-Dates/Article/200812415191507?lpos=Business_First_Buisness_Article_Teaser_Region_8&lid=ARTICLE_15191507_Woolworths_Stores_Closures%3A_Full_List_Of_Dates__

Stuff I bought at Woolworths:
– Pick and Mix
– Lego
– Cans of fizzy drink
– Jigsaws
– CDs
– Videos
– DVDs

When your local Woolworths will close:
The first will be shut down just after Christmas on December 27, the last on January 5, 2009.
It follows the failure to find a buyer for the business. The entire workforce of 27,000 are losing their jobs.


Here is a full list of the store closures in alphabetical order:
A
Aberdare 27 Dec 08
Aberdeen 27 Dec 08
Abergavenny 27 Dec 08
Abergele 2 Jan 09
Abertillery 2 Jan 09
Aberystwyth 27 Dec 08
Abingdon 5 Jan 09
Accrington 5 Jan 09
Acocks Green 30 Dec 08
Addiscombe 5 Jan 09
Addlestone 2 Jan 09
Airdrie 29 Dec 08
Aldershot 27 Dec 08
Alfreton 5 Jan 09
Alloa 29 Dec 08
Alnwick 30 Dec 08
Alton 2 Jan 09
Altrincham 27 Dec 08
Amersham 30 Dec 08
Ammanford 5 Jan 09
Andover 5 Jan 09
Antrim 30 Dec 08
Arbroath 27 Dec 08
Armagh 27 Dec 08
Ashby De La Zouch 27 Dec 08
Ashford 30 Dec 08
Ashford 2 Jan 09
Ashington 5 Jan 09
Ashton Under Lyne 27 Dec 08
Aveley Estate 30 Dec 08
Aylesbury 27 Dec 08
Ayr 27 Dec 08
B
Balham 5 Jan 09
Ballymena 27 Dec 08
Banbridge 30 Dec 08
Banbury 27 Dec 08
Bangor 30 Dec 08
Bangor 2 Jan 09
Banstead 2 Jan 09
Bargoed 2 Jan 09
Barking 30 Dec 08
Barkingside 5 Jan 09
Barmouth 30 Dec 08
Barnard Castle 27 Dec 08
Barnsley 27 Dec 08
Barnstaple 2 Jan 09
Barrow In Furness 2 Jan 09
Barry 5 Jan 09
Basildon 27 Dec 08
Basingstoke 5 Jan 09
Bathgate 29 Dec 08
Batley 2 Jan 09
Beaconsfield 5 Jan 09
Bearwood 5 Jan 09
Beccles 5 Jan 09
Beckton 2 Jan 09
Bedford 27 Dec 08
Bedminster 2 Jan 09
Bedworth 30 Dec 08
Belfast 2 Jan 09
Belfast ( Park Centre) 30 Dec 08
Bell Green 2 Jan 09
Bellevale 30-Dec-08
Bellshill 5 Jan 09
Belper 5 Jan 09
Berwick Upon Tweed 27 Dec 08
Bethnal Green 5 Jan 09
Beverley 2 Jan 09
Bexhill On Sea 5 Jan 09
Bexleyheath 27 Dec 08
Bicester 5 Jan 09
Bideford 5 Jan 09
Biggleswade 27 Dec 08
Billericay 2 Jan 09
Billingham 2 Jan 09
Bilston 2 Jan 09
Birkenhead 27 Dec 08
Birmingham 2 Jan 09
Birmingham 5 Jan 09
Bishop Aukland 2 Jan 09
Bishops Stortford 5 Jan 09
Bitterne 30 Dec 08
Blackburn 5 Jan 09
Blackheath 27 Dec 08
Blackpool 27 Dec 08
Blackpool 5 Jan 09
Blackwood 5 Jan 09
Blairgowrie 29 Dec 08
Blandford Forum 5 Jan 09
Bloxwich 2 Jan 09
Blyth 5 Jan 09
Bodmin 5 Jan 09
Bognor Regis 27 Dec 08
Bolton 2 Jan 09
Boness 29 Dec 08
Bootle 30 Dec 08
Boreham Wood 27 Dec 08
Boscombe 5 Jan 09
Boston 27 Dec 08
Bourne 27 Dec 08
Bow 5 Jan 09
Bracknell 5 Jan 09
Bradford 5 Jan 09
Braintree 27 Dec 08
Bramhall 27 Dec 08
Brechin 29 Dec 08
Brecon 30 Dec 08
Bridgend 5 Jan 09
Bridgnorth 5 Jan 09
Bridgwater 30 Dec 08
Bridlington 2 Jan 09
Bridport 5 Jan 09
Brierley Hill 2 Jan 09
Brighouse 5 Jan 09
Brighton 30 Dec 08
Brighton (London Road) 30 Dec 08
Bristol 27 Dec 08
Bristol – Filton 2 Jan 09
Bristol – Imperial Park 2 Jan 09
Brixton 5 Jan 09
Broadstairs 30 Dec 08
Broadwater 5 Jan 09
Bromley 27 Dec 08
Bromsgrove 2 Jan 09
Broughty Ferry 29 Dec 08
Buckingham 30 Dec 08
Bulwell 2 Jan 09
Burnley 5 Jan 09
Burnt Oak (Edgware) 2 Jan 09
Burslem 2 Jan 09
Burton On Trent 2 Jan 09
Bury St Edmunds 27 Dec 08
Buxton 27 Dec 08
Byker 2 Jan 09
C
Caernarfon 2 Jan 09
Caerphilly 27 Dec 08
Camberley 2 Jan 09
Camberwell (Denmark Hill) 5 Jan 09
Camborne 5 Jan 09
Camden Town 5 Jan 09
Campbeltown 29 Dec 08
Cannock 5 Jan 09
Canterbury 27 Dec 08
Canvey Island 5 Jan 09
Cardiff (Albany Road) 2 Jan 09
Cardiff (Clifton Street) 2 Jan 09
Cardiff (Cowbridge Rd East) 5 Jan 09
Cardigan 5 Jan 09
Carlisle 27 Dec 08
Carmarthen 2 Jan 09
Castle Douglas 2 Jan 09
Castleford 5 Jan 09
Caterham 2 Jan 09
Chadwell Heath 2 Jan 09
Chard 27 Dec 08
Chatham 2 Jan 09
Cheetham Hill 2 Jan 09
Chelmsford 2 Jan 09
Chelmsley Wood 27 Dec 08
Cheltenham 27 Dec 08
Chepstow 27 Dec 08
Chertsey 2 Jan 09
Chester 30 Dec 08
Chester Le Street 27 Dec 08
Chesterfield 27 Dec 08
Chichester 2 Jan 09
Chigwell 30 Dec 08
Chingford Mount 2 Jan 09
Chippenham 2 Jan 09
Chorley 27 Dec 08
Chorlton Cum Hardy 27 Dec 08
Christchurch 30 Dec 08
Cinderford 30 Dec 08
Cirencester 27 Dec 08
Clacton On Sea 27 Dec 08
Clapham High St 27 Dec 08
Cleethorpes 30 Dec 08
Clevedon 30 Dec 08
Cleveleys 2 Jan 09
Clifton 2 Jan 09
Clifton 5 Jan 09
Cliftonville 30 Dec 08
Clitheroe 5 Jan 09
Clydebank 27 Dec 08
Coalville 30 Dec 08
Coatbridge 29 Dec 08
Colchester 2 Jan 09
Coleraine 2 Jan 09
Colwyn Bay 5 Jan 09
Congleton 30 Dec 08
Connswater 30 Dec 08
Consett 27 Dec 08
Conwy 27 Dec 08
Corby 2 Jan 09
Corstorphine 27 Dec 08
Cosham 27 Dec 08
Cotteridge 30 Dec 08
Coulsdon 2 Jan 09
Coventry 27 Dec 08
Coventry 2 Jan 09
Cowdenbeath 5 Jan 09
Cowes 2 Jan 09
Cowley 5 Jan 09
Crawley 2 Jan 09
Crewkerne 2 Jan 09
Cromer 30 Dec 08
Cross Gates 27 Dec 08
Crouch End 27 Dec 08
Crowborough 30 Dec 08
Croydon 30 Dec 08
Cumbernauld 29 Dec 08
Cupar 5 Jan 09
Cwmbran 5 Jan 09
D
Dagenham 5 Jan 09
Dalkeith 29 Dec 08
Darlington 27 Dec 08
Dartmouth 2 Jan 09
Dawlish 2 Jan 09
Deal 2 Jan 09
Debden Estate 2 Jan 09
Denbigh 27 Dec 08
Derby 27 Dec 08
Derby 2 Jan 09
Devizes 5 Jan 09
Dewsbury 27 Dec 08
Didcot 2 Jan 09
Dingwall 29 Dec 08
Diss 30 Dec 08
Doncaster 27 Dec 08
Dorchester 5 Jan 09
Dorking 27 Dec 08
Douglas 29 Dec 08
Dover 30 Dec 08
Dovercourt 30 Dec 08
Downham 30 Dec 08
Driffield 5 Jan 09
Dudley 27 Dec 08
Dumbarton 5 Jan 09
Dumfries 5 Jan 09
Dundee 27 Dec 08
Dungannon 30 Dec 08
Dunoon 27 Dec 08
Dunstable 5 Jan 09
Durham 27 Dec 08
E
Earlstown 2 Jan 09
East Dereham 27 Dec 08
East Grinstead 27 Dec 08
East Ham 30 Dec 08
East Kilbride 5 Jan 09
East Molesey 30 Dec 08
Eastleigh 27 Dec 08
Eastwood 5 Jan 09
Ebbw Vale 30 Dec 08
Edgware (Station Road) 2 Jan 09
Edinburgh 29 Dec 08
Edinburgh (Big W) 5 Jan 09
Egham 2 Jan 09
Elephant And Castle 2 Jan 09
Elgin 29 Dec 08
Ellesmere Port 30 Dec 08
Elm Park 30 Dec 08
Eltham 30 Dec 08
Ely 30 Dec 08
Enfield Highway 27 Dec 08
Enfield Town 30 Dec 08
Enniskillen 27 Dec 08
Epsom 2 Jan 09
Erdington 2 Jan 09
Erith 2 Jan 09
Evesham 30 Dec 08
Exeter 2 Jan 09
Exmouth 5 Jan 09
F
Fakenham 27 Dec 08
Falkirk 27 Dec 08
Falmouth 30 Dec 08
Fareham 5 Jan 09
Farnborough 5 Jan 09
Farnham 5 Jan 09
Farnworth 5 Jan 09
Faversham 2 Jan 09
Felixstowe 5 Jan 09
Fishponds 30 Dec 08
Fleet 30 Dec 08
Fleetwood 5 Jan 09
Flint 30 Dec 08
Folkstone 30 Dec 08
Forfar 29 Dec 08
Fort William 29 Dec 08
Fraserburgh 27 Dec 08
Frome 27 Dec 08
G
Gainsborough 30 Dec 08
Galashiels 2 Jan 09
Gateshead 2 Jan 09
Gillingham 30 Dec 08
Gillingham 30 Dec 08
Girvan 29 Dec 08
Glasgow 5 Jan 09
Glasgow 5 Jan 09
Glasgow (Byres Rd) 5 Jan 09
Glasgow (Dunbarton Rd) 27 Dec 08
Glasgow (Shawlands) 5 Jan 09
Glastonbury 2 Jan 09
Glenrothes 5 Jan 09
Glossop 30 Dec 08
Gloucester 2 Jan 09
Godalming 30 Dec 08
Goole 30 Dec 08
Gosforth 2 Jan 09
Gosport 30 Dec 08
Grantham 2 Jan 09
Gravesend 27 Dec 08
Grays 5 Jan 09
Great Yarmouth 5 Jan 09
Greenford 5 Jan 09
Greenock 27 Dec 08
Grimsby 2 Jan 09
Guernsey 30 Dec 08
Guildford 27 Dec 08
H
Hackney 30 Dec 08
Hadleigh 5 Jan 09
Hailsham 5 Jan 09
Halesowen 30 Dec 08
Halifax 27 Dec 08
Halstead 30 Dec 08
Hamilton 5 Jan 09
Hanley 27 Dec 08
Harlow 27 Dec 08
Harold Hill 5 Jan 09
Harrogate 5 Jan 09
Harrow 27 Dec 08
Hartlepool 27 Dec 08
Haslemere 27 Dec 08
Hastings 2 Jan 09
Haverfordwest 27 Dec 08
Haverhill 5 Jan 09
Hawick 2 Jan 09
Hayes 2 Jan 09
Hayes 2 Jan 09
Haywards Heath 27 Dec 08
Heanor 30 Dec 08
Heckmondwike 30 Dec 08
Helensburgh 5 Jan 09
Helston 2 Jan 09
Hemel Hempstead 5 Jan 09
Henley On Thames 30 Dec 08
Hereford 2 Jan 09
Herne Bay 30 Dec 08
Hertford 27 Dec 08
Heswall 5 Jan 09
Hexham 30 Dec 08
High Wycombe 5 Jan 09
Highgate 30 Dec 08
Hillsborough 30 Dec 08
Hinckley 2 Jan 09
Hitchin 30 Dec 08
Hoddesdon 30 Dec 08
Holbeach 30 Dec 08
Holyhead 27 Dec 08
Holywell 27 Dec 08
Honiton 27 Dec 08
Hook (Chessington) 27 Dec 08
Horncastle 5 Jan 09
Hornchurch 2 Jan 09
Houghton Le Spring 30 Dec 08
Hounslow 30 Dec 08
Hove 27 Dec 08
Huddersfield 5 Jan 09
Hull 5 Jan 09
Hunstanton 30 Dec 08
Huntingdon 2 Jan 09
Hyde 30 Dec 08
Hythe 5 Jan 09
I
Ilford 2 Jan 09
Ilkeston 5 Jan 09
Ilkley 5 Jan 09
Inverness 5 Jan 09
Ipswich 27 Dec 08
Irvine 5 Jan 09
J
Jarrow 2 Jan 09
Jersey 30 Dec 08
Johnstone 5 Jan 09
K
Keighley 27 Dec 08
Kendal 2 Jan 09
Kenilworth 27 Dec 08
Kentish Town 27 Dec 08
Kenton 2 Jan 09
Keswick 29 Dec 08
Kettering 5 Jan 09
Kidderminster 27 Dec 08
Kilburn High Road 27 Dec 08
Kilmarnock 5 Jan 09
Kings Heath 5 Jan 09
Kings Lynn 27 Dec 08
Kingsbridge 27 Dec 08
Kingsbury 2 Jan 09
Kingstanding 30 Dec 08
Kingston Upon Thames 2 Jan 09
Kingswinford 5 Jan 09
Kingswood 27 Dec 08
Kirkcaldy 5 Jan 09
Kirkintilloch 27 Dec 08
Kirkwall 27 Dec 08
L
Lanark 27 Dec 08
Lancaster 2 Jan 09
Lancing 2 Jan 09
Largs 29 Dec 08
Leamington Spa 30 Dec 08
Ledbury 30 Dec 08
Lee 2 Jan 09
Leeds 2 Jan 09
Leek 30 Dec 08
Leigh 5 Jan 09
Leigh On Sea 5 Jan 09
Leigh Park 30 Dec 08
Leighton Buzzard 5 Jan 09
Leith 27 Dec 08
Leominster 27 Dec 08
Letchworth 2 Jan 09
Leven 29 Dec 08
Lewes 5 Jan 09
Lewisham 27 Dec 08
Leyton 2 Jan 09
Leytonstone 5 Jan 09
Lichfield 5 Jan 09
Lisburn 30 Dec 08
Liskeard 30 Dec 08
Littlehampton 27 Dec 08
Liverpool 30 Dec 08
Liverpool 30 Dec 08
Liverpool 5 Jan 09
Livingston 5 Jan 09
Llandudno 27 Dec 08
Llanelli 27 Dec 08
Lochee 29 Dec 08
Londonderry 30 Dec 08
Long Eaton 27 Dec 08
Longton 30 Dec 08
Loughborough 30 Dec 08
Loughton 5 Jan 09
Louth 5 Jan 09
Lower Edmonton 2 Jan 09
Lowestoft 5 Jan 09
Ludlow 5 Jan 09
Lurgan 27 Dec 08
Lydney 5 Jan 09
Lymington 5 Jan 09
M
Macclesfield 5 Jan 09
Maesteg 30 Dec 08
Magherafelt 30 Dec 08
Maghull 27 Dec 08
Maidenhead 27 Dec 08
Maidstone 27 Dec 08
Maldon 5 Jan 09
Malton 27 Dec 08
Malvern 5 Jan 09
Manchester 2 Jan 09
Mansfield 2 Jan 09
March 5 Jan 09
Margate 27 Dec 08
Market Drayton 30 Dec 08
Market Harborough 27 Dec 08
Marlborough 27 Dec 08
Maryport 2 Jan 09
Mastrick 29 Dec 08
Matlock 5 Jan 09
Melksham 5 Jan 09
Melton Mowbray 30 Dec 08
Mere Green 30 Dec 08
Merthyr Tydfil 30 Dec 08
Metro Centre 27 Dec 08
Mexborough 30 Dec 08
Middlesbrough 27 Dec 08
Milford Haven 30 Dec 08
Mill Hill 30 Dec 08
Milton Keynes 2 Jan 09
Minehead 5 Jan 09
Mold 2 Jan 09
Monmouth 30 Dec 08
Montrose 5 Jan 09
Morden 2 Jan 09
Morecambe 27 Dec 08
Morpeth 30 Dec 08
Morriston 27 Dec 08
Motherwell 5 Jan 09
Musselburgh 29 Dec 08
Muswell Hill 5 Jan 09
N
Nailsea 5 Jan 09
Nairn 29 Dec 08
Nantwich 27 Dec 08
Neath 5 Jan 09
Nelson 27 Dec 08
New Addington 5 Jan 09
New Ferry 27 Dec 08
New Malden 27 Dec 08
New Milton 5 Jan 09
Newark 27 Dec 08
Newbury 30 Dec 08
Newcastle Under Lyme 5 Jan 09
Newcastle Upon Tyne 27 Dec 08
Newhaven 2 Jan 09
Newmarket 27 Dec 08
Newport 27 Dec 08
Newport 30 Dec 08
Newport 30 Dec 08
Newport 5 Jan 09
Newport Pagnell 5 Jan 09
Newquay 30 Dec 08
Newry 27 Dec 08
Newton Aycliffe 2 Jan 09
Newtown 5 Jan 09
Newtownards 30 Dec 08
North Berwick 27 Dec 08
North Cheam 30 Dec 08
North Finchley 5 Jan 09
North Shields 2 Jan 09
North Walsham 5 Jan 09
Northallerton 27 Dec 08
Northampton 2 Jan 09
Northenden 5 Jan 09
Northfield 30 Dec 08
Northwich 2 Jan 09
Norwich 2 Jan 09
Notting Hill 27 Dec 08
Nottingham 27 Dec 08
Nuneaton 27 Dec 08
O
Oban 29 Dec 08
Old Swan 27 Dec 08
Oldfield Park 5 Jan 09
Oldham 5 Jan 09
Ormskirk 27 Dec 08
Orpington 27 Dec 08
Oswestry 30 Dec 08
Otley 30 Dec 08
Oxted 2 Jan 09
P
Paignton 30 Dec 08
Palmers Green 5 Jan 09
Parkstone 30 Dec 08
Peckham 30 Dec 08
Pembroke Dock 30 Dec 08
Penarth 5 Jan 09
Penge 27 Dec 08
Penrith 27 Dec 08
Penzance 27 Dec 08
Perth 5 Jan 09
Peterborough 5 Jan 09
Peterhead 29 Dec 08
Peterlee 2 Jan 09
Petersfield 5 Jan 09
Petts Wood 2 Jan 09
Pinner 27 Dec 08
Pinner (Rayners Lane) 2 Jan 09
Plumstead 2 Jan 09
Plymouth 2 Jan 09
Plymstock 5 Jan 09
Pontefract 27 Dec 08
Pontypool 2 Jan 09
Pontypridd 5 Jan 09
Poole 5 Jan 09
Poplar 27 Dec 08
Port Glasgow 29 Dec 08
Port Talbot 30 Dec 08
Portadown 27 Dec 08
Porth 2 Jan 09
Porthcawl 27 Dec 08
Porthmadog 30 Dec 08
Portslade 2 Jan 09
Portsmouth 27 Dec 08
Portsmouth 2 Jan 09
Potters Bar 2 Jan 09
Prescot 2 Jan 09
Prestatyn 2 Jan 09
Preston 27 Dec 08
Prestwick 27 Dec 08
Pudsey 2 Jan 09
Putney 5 Jan 09
Pwllheli 2 Jan 09
R
Radford 30 Dec 08
Ramsgate 27 Dec 08
Rawtenstall 30 Dec 08
Rayleigh 5 Jan 09
Reading 5 Jan 09
Redcar 5 Jan 09
Redditch 5 Jan 09
Redhill 27 Dec 08
Retford 5 Jan 09
Rhyl 5 Jan 09
Richmond 2 Jan 09
Ringwood 27 Dec 08
Ripon 2 Jan 09
Rochdale 30 Dec 08
Romford 27 Dec 08
Romford 2 Jan 09
Romsey 5 Jan 09
Rose Hill Sutton 2 Jan 09
Ross On Wye 30 Dec 08
Rotherham 5 Jan 09
Rotherham 27 Dec 08
Rothesay 29 Dec 08
Royston 5 Jan 09
Rugby 5 Jan 09
Rugeley 27 Dec 08
Ruislip 27 Dec 08
Runcorn 5 Jan 09
Rushden 5 Jan 09
Rustington 27 Dec 08
Rutherglen 5 Jan 09
Ryde 30 Dec 08
Rye 5 Jan 09
S
Saffron Walden 5 Jan 09
Salford 2 Jan 09
Salisbury 30 Dec 08
Saltcoats 29 Dec 08
Sandbach 5 Jan 09
Sanderstead 30 Dec 08
Sandown 30 Dec 08
Scarborough 2 Jan 09
Scunthorpe 27 Dec 08
Seaford 30 Dec 08
Seaton 30 Dec 08
Selby 5 Jan 09
Selsdon 2 Jan 09
Sevenoaks 5 Jan 09
Shaftesbury 2 Jan 09
Shanklin 2 Jan 09
Shaw 2 Jan 09
Sheerness 5 Jan 09
Sheffield 27 Dec 08
Sheldon 2 Jan 09
Shepton Mallet 5 Jan 09
Sherborne 2 Jan 09
Sheringham 30 Dec 08
Shipley 5 Jan 09
Shirehampton 30 Dec 08
Shirley 2 Jan 09
Shirley 5 Jan 09
Shoreham By Sea 30 Dec 08
Shotton 5 Jan 09
Shrewsbury 2 Jan 09
Sidcup 2 Jan 09
Sidcup 2 Jan 09
Sidmouth 30 Dec 08
Sittingbourne 30 Dec 08
Skegness 5 Jan 09
Skipton 30 Dec 08
Sleaford 5 Jan 09
Slough 2 Jan 09
Slough 2 Jan 09
Solihull 27 Dec 08
South Harrow 2 Jan 09
South Oxhey 27 Dec 08
South Shields 27 Dec 08
South Woodford 27 Dec 08
Southall 2 Jan 09
Southampton 2 Jan 09
Southbourne 2 Jan 09
(A photo I took on the LAST EVER DAY OF WOOLWORTHS, SOUTHBOURNE):

Southend On Sea 27 Dec 08
Southport 27 Dec 08
Southsea 2 Jan 09
Southwark 2 Jan 09
Southwick 2 Jan 09
Spalding 5 Jan 09
Spennymoor 2 Jan 09
St Albans 2 Jan 09
St Annes On Sea 2 Jan 09
St Austell 27 Dec 08
St Helens 27 Dec 08
St Ives 30 Dec 08
St Ives 2 Jan 09
St Neots 2 Jan 09
St. Andrews 5 Jan 09
Stafford 2 Jan 09
Staines 2 Jan 09
Stamford 2 Jan 09
Stanley 30 Dec 08
Stevenage 2 Jan 09
Stirling 5 Jan 09
Stockbridge 29 Dec 08
Stockport 2 Jan 09
Stockton On Tees 30 Dec 08
Stockton On Tees (Oot) 30 Dec 08
Stoke Newington 27 Dec 08
Stoke On Trent 2 Jan 09
Stone 30 Dec 08
Stornoway 27 Dec 08
Stourbridge 30 Dec 08
Stourport On Severn 2 Jan 09
Stowmarket 30 Dec 08
Strabane 30 Dec 08
Stranraer 29 Dec 08
Stratford Centre 27 Dec 08
Stratford Upon Avon 30 Dec 08
Streatham 27 Dec 08
Stretford 27 Dec 08
Strood 5 Jan 09
Stroud 5 Jan 09
Sudbury 5 Jan 09
Surbiton 5 Jan 09
Sutton 5 Jan 09
Sutton Coldfield 27 Dec 08
Sutton In Ashfield 27 Dec 08
Swadlincote 30 Dec 08
Swaffham 5 Jan 09
Swanage 27 Dec 08
Swansea 2 Jan 09
Swindon 2 Jan 09
Swinton 2 Jan 09
Swiss Cottage 2 Jan 09
T
Tamworth 2 Jan 09
Taunton 5 Jan 09
Tavistock 27 Dec 08
Teddington 30 Dec 08
Teignmouth 27 Dec 08
Telford 2 Jan 09
Tenby 2 Jan 09
Tenterden 27 Dec 08
Thame 5 Jan 09
Thetford 5 Jan 09
Thorne 2 Jan 09
Thurrock 2 Jan 09
Thurso 29 Dec 08
Tiverton 27 Dec 08
Tonbridge 2 Jan 09
Tonypandy 27 Dec 08
Tooting 2 Jan 09
Torquay 27 Dec 08
Totnes 2 Jan 09
Totton 2 Jan 09
Tredegar 2 Jan 09
Troon 29 Dec 08
Trowbridge 27 Dec 08
Truro 5 Jan 09
Tunbridge Wells 2 Jan 09
Twickenham 30 Dec 08
U
Uckfield 27 Dec 08
Ulverston 29 Dec 08
Upminster 27 Dec 08
Upper Norwood 2 Jan 09
Urmston 30 Dec 08
Uttoxeter 27 Dec 08
Uxbridge 27 Dec 08
W
Wakefield 2 Jan 09
Wallasey 27 Dec 08
Wallington 30 Dec 08
Wallsend 2 Jan 09
Walsall 27 Dec 08
Waltham Cross 27 Dec 08
Walthamstow 30 Dec 08
Walton On Thames 27 Dec 08
Walton On The Naze 30 Dec 08
Wanstead 30 Dec 08
Wantage 30 Dec 08
Warminster 5 Jan 09
Warrington 5 Jan 09
Warwick 30 Dec 08
Waterloo 2 Jan 09
Waterlooville 5 Jan 09
Watford 2 Jan 09
Watford 2 Jan 09
Wealdstone 2 Jan 09
Wednesbury 27 Dec 08
Wednesfield 5 Jan 09
Welling 2 Jan 09
Wellingborough 27 Dec 08
Wellington 30 Dec 08
Wellington 2 Jan 09
Wells 5 Jan 09
Welshpool 2 Jan 09
Wembley 2 Jan 09
Wembley 2 Jan 09
West Bromwich 30 Dec 08
West Byfleet 2 Jan 09
West Ealing 30 Dec 08
West Hounslow 2 Jan 09
West Norwood 30 Dec 08
West Wickham 30 Dec 08
Weston Super Mare 27 Dec 08
Weymouth 5 Jan 09
Whitby 27 Dec 08
Whitchurch 27 Dec 08
Whitehaven 27 Dec 08
Whitley Bay 30 Dec 08
Whitstable 30 Dec 08
Wick 29 Dec 08
Wickford 2 Jan 09
Widnes 30 Dec 08
Wimbledon 27 Dec 08
Wimbourne 2 Jan 09
Windsor 30 Dec 08
Winton 27 Dec 08
Wisbech 5 Jan 09
Wishaw 29 Dec 08
Witham 27 Dec 08
Withernsea 2 Jan 09
Witney 27 Dec 08
Woking 5 Jan 09
Wokingham 27 Dec 08
Wolverhampton 2 Jan 09
Woodbridge 5 Jan 09
Woolston 30 Dec 08
Worcester 2 Jan 09
Workington 27 Dec 08
Worksop 5 Jan 09
Worthing 5 Jan 09
Wrexham 5 Jan 09
Wymondham 5 Jan 09
Y
Yardley 30 Dec 08
Yate 27 Dec 08
Yeovil 27 Dec 08

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