LOOKING BACK AT OUR BELOVED WOOLWORTH

It's a truism that you rarely miss something in your life until it has gone.  Many people haven't forgotten good old Woolies that could be found in numerous high streets all over the UK until the company folded around a dozen years ago.What a shame to hear, in 2008, that our beloved Woolworth stores may be closing their doors, not only in Brentwood and Billericay, but nationwide. 

As the shutters clanged down on the chain’s final 199 shopfronts in market towns across the British Isles on 6 January 2009, a little piece of UK high street history passed away. No longer would we have access to a one-stop shop answering to all of our most disparate needs.Recently, I was asked to research the story of F W Woolworth in the UK and have unearthed  some fascinating tales surrounding this famous organisation that had started so long ago.