Did Woolworths used to sell meat and fish?
SparkleBabe
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I need to settle an argument with my mum. She is convinced that when she was young, in the 60's and 70's that Woolworths had a seperate floor, it was a food hall that sold fresh and cooked meats, fish, cheese and alcohol, as well as tinned foods. She can even remember apparently that above the fish counter, there was a huge plastic model of a salmon with like a waterfall thing gushing over it.
Now Im convinced that she is getting her wires crossed. That would mean that in those days Woolies was a supermarket. I think she is confusing it with Tesco's which was in the town centre in those days.
Or is she right?
Now Im convinced that she is getting her wires crossed. That would mean that in those days Woolies was a supermarket. I think she is confusing it with Tesco's which was in the town centre in those days.
Or is she right?
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http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/1960s-food4thought.htm
She's right. Ours had a small food section upstairs, I certainly remember there being sliced cooked meats and stuff. This was around the 70's I think, don't know when they stopped
The amount of people queuing up in that shop in the 1920s.
:eek:
How random. Buying a car from Woolies!
Guess I'll have to eat humble pie now
Woolies came to my town in 1968 I think
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I remember buying records in boots, and I remember buying cheese etc at woolworths in the 60s.
Or am I thinking of something else?
Oooh yes! I remember when I was a kid they used to have a whole section upstairs that sold CD's and videos and also electronic stuff such as computers and photocopiers etc
Now we just think of them as Boots the chemist.
http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=777
They were massive back in their day.Profits built the first skyscraper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building
She's right, ask if hers had a cafe too, thinking on that, when I had a weekend in Blackpool back in the 70's the Woolies there had a restaurant upstairs which was open until about 10pm.
I think Woolworths on the front in Blackpool may still have a cafe/restaurant. Or at least until recently, I used to go almost every year and I'm sure there was a cafe at least some of the time.
There is a cafe that was added in the early 90's. I can remember it opening. I don't remember one before that, but there may have been on in the food hall.
Woolworths was one of those stores were you could get all kinds of things. Now it has been reduced to a tiny shell.
Quite sad really when you consider the variety it once provided.
Back in the 80s, in a larger Boots store they had departments such as:
Gardening
Outdoor Living (barbecues, patio furniture)
Pet Food/Care
Books & Stationery
Bathrooms
Cookshop (everything from cups and knives to microwave ovens)
'Finishing Touches' (pictures, vases etc)
Toys & Games
Sport & Leisure (sports clothing & accessories)
Coffee Shop (with nice pastries, soup & jacket potatoes)
The ones at Birmingham and Peterborough even had a 'Bedrooms' department!!!
How times change