Woolworths has gone into administration. What a sad day. The great British institution was so very close to being one hundred years old.. The first store opened in Liverpool in 1909 (I'm not sure when they decided that grammar wasn't important and dropped the apostrophe but, given the circumstances, I'm willing to overlook it - perhaps they coudn't afford it anymore). I have many fond childhood memories of the rows and rows of shelves filled with cheap everything and of the glorious pick and mix. Other stores attempted pick and mix, but it was Woolworths that truly suceeded. And, as an adult, life last summer would have been so much less comfortable without Woolworths at the end of the street to supply me with pillows, sheets, Othello and god knows what else for under a fiver. So, the next time I have a drink, I shall raise my cheap, cheap, eight for under a fiver glass to Woolworths - gone but not forgotten.
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