Which was your favourite pick 'n mix sweet? This shopper was grabbing a last bag before the Durham branch of Woolworths closed in 2008.Which was your favourite pick 'n mix sweet? This shopper was grabbing a last bag before the Durham branch of Woolworths closed in 2008.
Which was your favourite pick 'n mix sweet? This shopper was grabbing a last bag before the Durham branch of Woolworths closed in 2008.

Remembering Woolworths in Sunderland: 11 memories including pick n' mix, VHS and Christmas essentials

By Chris Cordner
Published 10th Feb 2023, 04:55 BST
A bag from the pick n mix, Ladybird clothes, and the latest single. That was Woolworths and its Wearside stores.

There’s no wondering about it. Woolies is one of the five former High Street stores you miss most, according to a new survey.

And here’s why. It was tops for sweets, Christmas bargains galore and a good old browse for the latest LP.

Here are 11 Sunderland Echo archive photos from the store chain’s branches in Fawcett Street, Houghton and Durham.

Here are 11 Sunderland Echo archive photos from the store chain’s branches in Fawcett Street, Houghton and Durham.

Coronation Street star Margot Bryant brought out the shoppers when she visited the Fawcett Street branch in 1970. The locals said Margot, who played Minnie Caldwell in the soap, was 'canny'.

5. A TV favourite in town

Coronation Street star Margot Bryant brought out the shoppers when she visited the Fawcett Street branch in 1970. The locals said Margot, who played Minnie Caldwell in the soap, was 'canny'. Photo: se

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Staff from the Houghton branch tackled an exercise bike ride for charity 27 years ago.

6. Tough work in 1996

Staff from the Houghton branch tackled an exercise bike ride for charity 27 years ago. Photo: se

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It's a fancy dress day at the Sunderland store. We're hoping you can recognise the staff taking part in some charity fun at the Sunderland branch 42 years ago.

7. All dressed up in 1981

It's a fancy dress day at the Sunderland store. We're hoping you can recognise the staff taking part in some charity fun at the Sunderland branch 42 years ago. Photo: se

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Can you believe it. Forty years have passed since this photo was taken in Church Street, Seaham, showing Valente's cafe, Woolworths and Robinsons shoe shop.

8. It was 40 years ago

Can you believe it. Forty years have passed since this photo was taken in Church Street, Seaham, showing Valente's cafe, Woolworths and Robinsons shoe shop. Photo: Sunderland Echo

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