Can you believe it. Fifteen years have passed since that High Street favourite Woolworths was gone forever.
The retail giant was a bargain hunter's dream especially at Christmas when LPs, DVDs, toys, books and children's clothes would fly off the shelves.
But all that changed at the end of 2008 when the shutters went down for the last time in stores such as the Durham branch.
Sunderland's Fawcett Street store faced its final days four years earlier.
1. Remembering a High Street giant
Woolworths was part of all our lives until 2008. Join us for a journey through 11 memories of the famous store.
3. Pictured in Pennywell
If you went bargain hunting at the Pennywell shops in 1959, you could choose between Woolworths, Liptons and the Co-operative store for your top buys.
4. Canny Margot in Sunderland
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'.