Woolworths 2009
January 2nd, 2009 at 02:10
Poor Woolworths. A few weeks ago you were the shop that no one ever goes into, and now you’re destined to become another entry in the collective consciousness of uniquely British things that don’t exist any more, like Radio Rentals, BBC Choice and Opal Fruits – the sort of thing that Peter Kay might use as material in one of his stand up acts.
I walked past my local Woolworths today for the first time since it has closed down, and it was a shocking sight – just an empty shell.
I hope they replace it with something decent, as it’s literally the closest shop to my house and a mere one minute’s walk from my front door. If they could turn it into a new stop on the Bakerloo line it would be excellent.
I also went to Camden today, and was surprised to see that Camden High Street Woolworths is still open – so out of morbid curiosity and a desire to say we were among the handful of people to have been in Woolworths in 2009, my friend Dan and I decided to take a look around. It was bleak.
All the shelves were empty and there seemed little point of the shop being open – the only things they appeared to have not been able to get rid of were these:
2009 My Chemical Romance calendars.
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