Woolworths

Tuck in to some favourite reminders from the 80s.

What you loved about the 80s: Pick n mix, Rubik's Cube and more

Staff were pictured stocking the shelves for the opening of the new Hintons in Fulwell in 1978 - and we have been talking all about your first jobs.

The places where you entered the world of work on Wearside

A selection of 1995 sweet scenes from Woolworths.

Easter scenes from Woolwoorths, the place to go for choosing your egg

An outside look of the former Woolworths in Mansfield.

Woolworths to make possible return to British high streets

A Woolworth store in Germany. Getty Images.

Woolworths could return to Sunderland

Woolworths was part of all our lives until 2008. Join us for a journey through 11 memories of the famous store.

11 wonderful memories of Woolworths

Join us for a tour of Sunderland's lost town centre shops, with walking tour guide Ian Mole.

Revisit Sunderland's lost shops with a retro video tour

Retail therapy from the shops of the 1980s.
Tell us if you loved Doggarts, Murleys and Tonks.

Nine pictures of Christmas shopping spots in Sunderland in the 1980s

Sunderland's sweet shops: A tasty mix.

A mix-up of Sunderland sweet shop memories

Easter eggs consumer testing Woolworths Fawcett Street April 1995 old ref number 27838

We’re wondering if you remember these Woolworths scenes

We've got the Continental Hotel right through to Infinity. See which era you remember the most in these John Street scenes.

80 years of John Street in pictures

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

Wondering what you remember of Woolies

New research has found which retailers Brits miss seeing most on our highstreets

The 5 shops Brits miss most on UK highstreets including Woolworths

Meet Geoff Stonebanks - owner of 10,000 Christmas decorations

Woolworths in Fawcett Street, alongside the Christmas illuminations, pictured in December 1974.

British Home Stores, Joplings and Woolworths - the shops you loved for Christmas

Echo readers have been sharing their favourite pocket money shops. Joseph's in Holmeside in 1997.

Your favourite pocket money shops from Sunderland's past
A quarter of sweets from your favourite shop, choosing one of the latest singles you may have heard on the radio or a new trinket to show your friends.
Debra Fox

Would you have used these shops for your Christmas spending in years gone by?

Cracking Christmas shops from the past

It's quite an array of outlets but how many did you love?

They were your High Street favourites

All this and more happened in Sunderland and County Durham 20 years ago. Re-live the memories with us.

10 Sunderland Echo archive photos from 2001

You can now take a 3D virtual tour of Woolworths as it was 30 years ago

Woolworths’ Pic ‘n’ Mix is back - here’s where you can buy it

Is Woolworths reopening? The Twitter rumour debunked

Watching the eclipse over Tunstall Hill in August 1999.

15 pictures from Sunderland in 1999

Joplings was a big loss when it closed its doors a decade ago

Marking 10 years since Joplings closed

Rene Jones celebrates her 104 birthday friends George and Sandra Tyzack, who looked after Rene before she moved to Glenhome House, and Glenholme's senior carer Kate Longstaff.

Fiesty René celebrates her 104th birthday with her favourite tipple - a gin and ...

Woolworths pictured in Fawcett Street in 2001. Did you ever pop along for a browse?

Sunderland Echo readers share their memories of trips to Woolworths on Wearside

Wearside Jack: The web of deception which spread from a Sunderland post box and ...
After decades of investigations, theories and concerns, it was a bored alcoholic in his 20s who was found to be the man behind the Wearside Jack hoax.
Ross Robertson

Woolworths in 1974.

Revealed: The former Sunderland shops you would love to have back

Blacketts, pictured in 1977.

Blacketts, Binns and Woolworths - popping down memory lane to these great Sunder...

The pic 'n' mix section of Woolworths in Durham

Support for Woolworths returning to Sunderland - and your happy memories

Dame Vera Lynn is a true star

The Joplings float.

Remembering when children got their own basket in Joplings

Woolworths in Fawcett Street.

What are your memories of Woolworths in Sunderland?

Fawcett Street pictured in August 1979.

Pictures show changing face of Fawcett Street in Sunderland

The Woolworths photograph which sparked the interest.

Raspberry ruffles and chewy mints - you all loved a Woolies pick n mix

Stars of Coronation Street at Joplings.

The Sunderland store which was a hit with the stars of Coronation Street

Have you been affected by the closures?

Counting the cost of high street collapses

BHS has been a mainstay of the high street for decades. Yesterday, it was announced that the business was in administration.

Sunderland BHS staff face uncertain future after chain collapses into administra...

BHS has been a mainstay of the high street for decades

BHS staff's nervous wait amid speculation it could go into administration

British Home Stores have eight stores in the North East.

Fears for 11,000 jobs as BHS 'prepares for administration'