Farewell Woolworths

[Black Rose]

1909-2008

 

 

Goodbye, Farewell, Adéu, Tot ziens, Au revoir, Auf Wiedersehen, Adiós, Tạm biệt

[zeoir]

what the heck is that?

[HorrificAttack]

It was a shop

[mc_squared]

^An archaic one which had failed to move with the times, and therefore suffered the inevitable consequences.;)

[Black Rose]

It's a shop which has ~ 800 shops around the UK, which went bust and as a result of Lord Brown deciding not to invest, will mean ~ 27,000 people will become unemployed.

[zeoir]

Hm..well it's not really that Lord Brown's fault, is it?

Too bad 27,000 people will become unemployed but that happens a lot these days.

[Black Rose]

True, but I like blaming Gordon Brown :P

[Petit Prince]

It's a shop which has ~ 800 shops around the UK, which went bust and as a result of Lord Brown deciding not to invest, will mean ~ 27,000 people will become unemployed.

 

Wouldn't it have been tax money though?

 

Anyway it's a shame a lot of people last their jobs.

 

The economic crisis really seems to hit Britain badly. I was quite shocked when I realised how much the Pound has gone down recently.

[Black Rose]

True, so in a way it's best not to support failed shops who didn't have a role left.

[mc_squared]

True, so in a way it's best not to support failed shops who didn't have a role left.

 

Yup. Sad, but true.;)

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

wow, woolworths is done for? they've been around forever, no? that's a bit sad :sad:

 

i still think the UK should get target, though. preferably before next september :P

[RunForTheHills]

This is really sad, especially because two of my best friends are two of the 27,000 who will be unemployed :sad:

 

And I've got so much of my art books from there over the years too, so I will miss it quite a bit.

 

I got all the Harry Potter books from here too :bigcry:

 

[RedGirl76]

I bought my first ever 7in vinyl from there...

 

Stand & Deliver by Adam & the Ants

[mc_squared]

I bought my first ever 7in vinyl from there...

 

Stand & Deliver by Adam & the Ants

 

:stunned:

 

Did you used to dress up like him, too??:rolleyes:

Were you a "dandy highwayman who you're too scared to mention"??:P

[RedGirl76]

I was 5 years old, so no

[mc_squared]

I was 5 years old, so no

 

:rolleyes:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

i didn't see the dates dave put in the first post. *smacks forehead*

 

99 years? that's so sad, when things that have been around for that long go out of business. and come on, one more year would have been great! :sad:

[RICK8]

It's still going here..

[Cobalt]

The Woolworths grocery stores here were all fine, that company bought all the Safeway stores in Victoria, and now they're getting a new image and all so no more Safeway :bigcry:

[The Escapist]

^Theres nothing wrong with Wollies over here and the sheep are going fine in NZ as well

[mc_squared]

^Theres nothing wrong with Wollies over here

 

Is it called Wollies in Aus, then??:confused:

 

and the sheep are going fine in NZ as well

 

Of course they are. We get regular updates from Rick about their state of their well-being.:P

[iPsy]

Is it called Wollies in Aus, then??:confused:

 

 

 

 

 

 

:laugh3: Ours in Scarborough goes in 4 days :( :bigcry:

[busybeeburns]

A town with its heart ripped out :(

[iPsy]

:(

[Jpw48]

True, so in a way it's best not to support failed shops who didn't have a role left.

 

The whole Woolworths closing is very sad, agreed, but surely you can't have expected Brown to bail them out? If the government backed Woolworths, then whats to stop the shop next door who also owe a few quid from getting funding? Or the supermarket chain down the road, if they're in trouble surely they should be helped as well?

 

The problem as I see it is that if the Government offered financial backing to Woolies, then they would have to do the same to every other shop on the highstreet that is having financial problems. Why should one get treated differently from the others?

 

Yeah if the Government could bail out all of these shops then that would be great, but whats the point? We'd still lose money through taxes, whichever way you look at it, and people would still lose their jobs.