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Audio slideshow: The Wonder of Woolies Audio slideshow: The Wonder of Woolies
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After 99 years of trading, Woolworths' closing down sale has begun at the company's 815 branches across the UK. Broken biscuits, sweets, light bulbs, cheap aftershave, hot roasted peanuts, hi-fi towers and haberdashery - it could only be Woolies.
Shoppers may not have been spending enough money there in recent years - but for many, since childhood, Woolworths has been at the heart of their weekly shopping habits. After 99 years on the British High Street, Woolworths begins its closing down sale on Thursday. It may have struggled to stay in step with today's shopper, but like any institution it will be missed. Take a nostalgia trip to the "Wonder of Woolies" - and hear what people in Shirley, Southampton, think of their local store.
Take a nostalgia trip to the 'Wonder of Woolies' - and hear what people in Shirley, Southampton, think of their local store.
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Slideshow by Paul Kerley. Publication date 11 December 2008.Slideshow by Paul Kerley. Publication date 11 December 2008.
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