Fynger 841 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Beeston had a Woolies too....remember the familiar Giant red weighing Scales that you put a coin in and could see the weights inside flex when you stood on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I brought a red Paisley shirt from the Listergate store in the early 1970s, I had it for years, in the end my daughter found it in the attic and wore it, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 The building which used to be at the bottom of Hockley has now completely disappeared. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 I remember my mother used to say big woolworths and little woolworths, little woolworths being in hockley. wasn't woolworths owned by a lady filmstar? and did little woolworths have the shuttle payment thing whereby you would put your payment in a shuttle and it would whizz across the room and then whizz back with your change and reciept. or would that be some other store? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 You are thinking of Barbra Hutton - who was heir to the Woolworth fortune and was, for a short while, married to Cary Grant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hutton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I don't ever remember any Woolies having the shuttle system for payment, but the bigger dept stores did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 One store (none Woolies) that did have the shuttle system stood on the corner of Radford Rd/Gregory Boulevard not sure of it's name maybe Staddons? (ethnic food store there now) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I think the store on the Gregory Blvd/Radford Road junction was Beeches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Lawrences clothes shop down Hockley had that vacuum system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 DaveN, yes you are quite right, only went in a few times pre birthdays and christmas to choose presents, knew Staddons had a store "the one with the clock that tells you the time" (their advertising slogo) up radford rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 When I left school I started work at the Listergate store in 1972 until 1974. It was a great time but very hard work. All the stock was ordered from a warehouse based at Castleton. Every item of a vast range listed individually in large binders like encyclopaedias, a right chore. When it came in it was a constant job to keep the counters full. On my first Christmas, I was put in charge of the Toys, Christmas decorations and cards and record department, talk about chucked in the deep end. Every department had to report sales on selected lines weekly to the buyers and there was rivalry between stores as to who were best. Another one of our jobs was to catch shoplifters, who were rife. Sometimes it got a bit hairy and on one occasion it took quite a few of us to restrain a huge woman who went beserk. You had to have eyes in your backside, especially with the kids. Â There was an attempt to modernise the store in 1973 because of Broadmarsh opening and all the wooden counters were cut down by about a foot to look more streamlined. The whole store, done overnight over about a month, by hand. Me and the single store maintenance man, an old Welsh guy, did most of it all by ourselves. Â It took ages to lock up the front doors at night and one night I missed one. The window cleaners spotted it next morning and reported it to the manager. I got a right going over, but not as much as the guy who lost the store master key, all the locks had to be changed. Every night after the store closed there was a rota for one of us to check every one of the dozens of doors through out the store before the night watchman took over. All the lights were off and we patrolled by torchlight. Huge stockrooms, the cafeterias and kitchens. The rear of the store was old and went up about five storeys, originally an old hotel. Pitch-black, all on your lonesome, spooky wasn't the word. Â At the end of the day we were all out and into the pubs and clubs. I sometimes wouldn't get home till after two am, only to be back opening up and doing all the mail at 7.30. Â They were a terrific bunch to work with at Listergate and I left because I didn't want a mandatory move to Wales. Met my wife there too. Â Â 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 During the 06s when I worked for EMGAS the Lister gate store was a regular call, blocked 'bunny burner' ladies toilets cafeteria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 We used to have one in Skeg but sadly it's gone now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 When I think back, I'm surprised now at the range of stuff you could buy in Woolies in the sixties. The big stores had furniture you could get on the never-never. Food Hall with butchery, fresh fruit and veg and a deli. Big for clothing too, especially kids, the Ladybird range I think. Whilst it had a cheap and cheerful air, the quality was generally very good. Winfield paint for example, made by a company called McPhersons, was the UK's biggest selling brand. It was as good as Dulux and half the price. I bought a socket set when I worked there and still have it in regular use today, over forty years on. There aren't too many places nowadays where you can get the same sheer range under one roof. Whilst from the eighties onwards, the company changed dramatically, and not really for the good, I'm sure it was a sad day for many when the company went bust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 i remember Woollies down bottom of Hockley mam would take me and sister to Sneinton Market going from City Centre up to Thurland St. then down Hockley passed Wigfalls, (pay rental on Telly set), and into Woolworths, always remember getting lost when i was about 5yrs old in there and the staff stood me on top of a counter so mam could see me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 A recent blog about Woolies that features Listergate ....store number 36 https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/nottingham-listergate-store-36/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 As the blog says, the cafeteria was pretty huge for the day. The staff cafeteria was the same size, on the floor above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 I bought loads of Airfix kits from Woolies. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordlad 1 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 27/04/2013 at 7:42 PM, mick2me said: Those hits were a budget range record, MFP, 'Music for Pleasure' £0.14/6d. Were they original artists? I'm sure the cover 45s were on the Embassy label and most were rubbish. Does anyone remember the hot salted peanuts they sold in the Listergate store?  Me and my dad took them to the Notts matches and the bag turned translucent from the oil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Hucknall Woolies had hot salted cashew nuts as well. Never saw anyone buying them - they were a lot more expensive than the peanuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 The Hockley Woolworth is now an empty space. Building work on the site seems to have slowed to almost nothing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 I wonder what happened to all that lovely wood flooring in there?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Something just popped into my head,saying that the Woolie's in hockley , after it closed, became a second hand car showroom. Or am I getting mixed up with somewhere else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Where’s the car buffs? What’s big thing?  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Looks like an Amrstrong Siddley  2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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