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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Herne Bay
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Where will it all end... am shattered at the demise of Woolworths, so many memories, particularly the one in Balham where I bought my first Pepsi Cola in 1949. I remember Frankie Lane singing 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' over the PA system....Out the back (on a piece of waste land) was a derelict truck, Model 'T' I think, and I used to climb over it and ponder the mechanical mysteries of the horseless carriage.
Local firms are starting to disappear and I wonder how many of the Pubs and Restaurants will be able survive.
Sorry to be so gloomy but I can't remember a time with so little optimism. 
Don. (a sad old git living in the past.)
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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Oh, the rot set in for Woolworths when they became extravagant and laid Linoleum down on those old worn wooden floor boards with the knots that you could trip over.
Peter 
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magic9r
Joined: 13 Dec 2008
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The only thing worth having in Woolies for the last 20 years was on the Pick'N'Mix,
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Herne Bay
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Send not to know for whom the bell tolls etc' etc'...
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Rick
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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Location: Malta
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| wow, nice humber and a lovely shine on the paintwork and chrome!! |
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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I agree with you Peter - and dumped the broken biscuits. Mind you we were so poor we had to break our own!!
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Giggles
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
Posts: 302
Location: Tucked up under a patchwork quilt somwhere in Suffolk
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Series 2 Super Snipe. 
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peter scott
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