Woolworths

Left to right - June Pennykid, managing director of Keegan & Pennykid_ Billy Watson, chief executive of SAMH_ and Shona Littlejohn, chairwoman of SAMH.

New free mental health hub to open at old city centre 'Woolies' store

Children at the pick 'n' mix aisle on the last day of the Woolworths store at Leith before it closed for good in 2008.

17 photographs of Edinburgh's lost Woolworths stores

Woolworths in Musselburgh in 1998

Former 'Woolies' store to be turned into new bowling alley

Edinburgh's Cafe Royal came under new management in May 1979 - the Oyster Bar restaurant in West Register Street.

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17 photos of Edinburgh's lost Woolworths stores

By far the most popular street in Edinburgh that our readers would like to live on was Ann Street in Stockbridge, with the Water of Leith flowing past at one end of the road.

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Have a lollipop - Stockbridge sweet shop owner Remo Mancini in May 1991

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Sainsbury's 2014 Christmas advert - 1914.

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Ross Shaddick from Plymouth, Devon, with his Christmas lights which have finally gone out after 54 years.

My Woolworths fairy lights have FINALLY blown after 54 years of use

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Woolworths at Foot of Leith Walk pictured shortly before it closed for good in 2008.

17 photos of Edinburgh's lost Woolworths stores

An outside look of the former Woolworths in Mansfield.

Woolworths to make possible return to British high streets

Children at the pick 'n' mix aisle on the last day of the Woolworths store at Leith before it closed for good in 2008.

17 pictures of Edinburgh's lost Woolworths stores

British Home Stores was an iconic sight on Princes Street for many years, with the premises given a Category B listing by Historic Scotland in 2008 because they were some of the first “panel buildings”. This picture of British Home Stores is from 2013.

Edinburgh department stores from the past

Clockwise from left: The late Remo Mancini, who used to run Remo's cafe in Stockbridge, Edinburgh sweet shop owner and confectioner Jimmy Casey in February 1988, and a group of happy kids get to choose to sweets.

Edinburgh's lost sweet shops remembered
Kola kubes, pineapple chunks, acid drops, jelly babies, gobstoppers, parma violets… take your pick (‘n’ mix).
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New research has found which retailers Brits miss seeing most on our highstreets

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Situated just a few doors along from its main rival, HMV, Virgin Megastore thrived in an era when consumers still purchased physical music and film in person and in large quantities. The multi-level store closed for good in the late 2000s.

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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

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Lorraine Gillespie with Kyle Gillespie & baby Cameron.

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A wide shot of the new bar.

New images show Edinburgh’s Cafe Royal bar after major refurbishment
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Former Woolworths site on 181-195 St John's Road. Picture: Contributed

Plan to knock down former Woolies site for new shops and flats

Woolworths could be set for a return?

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The squirrel was lying in a closed Woolworths store.

Dead squirrel in former Woolworths becomes internet sensation

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Cathy and Georges wedding day. Picture: comp

Cathy and George celebrate 50 years

The Woolworths store on Princes Street, in the 1980s. Picture: TSPL

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