Woolworths Closing
The end of the shop that was in every town.
807 stores, 27,000 staff, and the moment the British high street visibly changed.
Woolworths was the shop for pick 'n' mix, singles, school uniform and Ladybird clothes. When it went, a lot of towns lost their anchor.
The closing-down sales in December 2008 were genuinely grim: shelves stripped, then the fittings sold, then the shopfront covered.
Cost back then
Everything under a fiver
Goes for now
Woolworths carrier bags and signage sell to collectors
