The above pictures were taken in Middlesbrough some time last year. I wrote in this blog from 2009 that the Woolworths shop had been opened by another cheapo store who captured the vibe perfectly.When they took the signage down from inside the centre, (have a look at the picture in the blog I linked to) I put in a complaint to which they replied. The communications can be read in my book Musings.
Yesterday however, I spotted that they have opened a new shop in the old Woolworths. Obviously this isn't the major problem, as Waremart closed down early on in 2010.
There are however, two problems:
First of all, the shop looks like a regular pound shop. Not that it looks out of place these days, but the vibe of Woolworths is no longer apparent. People went to Waremart because of nostalgia. This new shop has missed the point.
The other problem is that they have taken the signage from outside. This was perhaps the last big Woolworths sign in the country. Emily and I looked in the skips around the vicinity, but the piece of our history had gone.
