woolworths

Wilkinson's nearly ready from technomist 11 days old

[ ... ] the hole left by Woolworths is finally filled, though I suspect that some of the pound shops in Walthamstow will now find they will have to work ...

The Archipelago is Two from technomist 52 days old

It's interesting to look back at my concerns of a couple of years ago, when I first started writing about the lower end of Walthamstow High Street. Back ...

7 Stars "re-opens" from technomist 93 days old

[ ... ] store. As with Woolworths and Hollywood Cosmetics, I feared that the firm was going belly up, especially as they began their deep discounting in ...

The Wonder of Wilkinsons? from technomist 95 days old

[ ... ] The humiliation of Woolworths, though, was not yet complete. It required a gutting crew followed by the arrival of banner adverts this week showing ...

Spinsters Seduced by Seven Sisters from technomist 106 days old

More chipboard. This time, not Woolworths, but chipboard marking the passing of a business which most people will not notice having gone. The loss ...

Woolworths from technomist 117 days old

As if someone had been reading my lament about the unpleasant corrigations covering the broken windows at Woolworths, some workmen in hard hats and flourescent ...

Getting in first from technomist 119 days old

The windows at Woolworths are covered over with corrigated iron. This has been done by a damage control company hired to do a cheap bodge job after someone ...

The Turkish Shop expands into South Woodford from technomist 189 days old

[ ... ] bought the Woolworths there and been fitting it out as a supermarket on the same lines as the Turkish Shop (actually, it's officially the ...

High Street Cars from technomist 199 days old

High Street Cars is not actually on the High Street. It's on Palmerstone Road, at number 12, at the entrance to Osborne Grove. To the left, over Osborne ...

Coco from technomist 213 days old

Coco an African Grey Parrot is missing. When I read the notice I began wondering why Coco seemed like a name for a boy parrot. In fact, she's a girl. ...