Anybody remember Woolco Department Store on Haymarket in Sheffield

[marcowl]

i worked there from 1981 till it closed down in 1985

[denlin]

i remember it closing in 1985

 

Most people over 30 will remember it - it only closed 26 years ago.

[shinyhappy68]

i worked there from 1981 till it closed down in 1985

 

I remember nicking the pick n mix

[Sultana]

Mmmmmmmm the doughnut making machine just inside the door!

[Guest]

You could buy hot roasted & salted peanuts there.

[harvey19]

I think Hughi Green opened it.

[curriechick]

Mmmmmmmm the doughnut making machine just inside the door!

 

Oh my goodness I had forgotten all about that, but it was brilliant, my mum loved hot doughnuts, and I must have inherited the gene. We used to get them from there.

[Shogun]

i worked there from 1981 till it closed down in 1985

 

I worked there 1977 time I was on one of them rehabilitation jobs they used to do in them days after I had had a bad motorbike accident,I worked in the carpet department, the names I can remember was Mr Fothergill and Mr Peacock, I can also remember a guy called George who worked in the dispatch,Il'e try and remember some more names,after working there they moved me across the road to Proctors furniture shop.

[hillsbro]

The store was opened (in 1974-75) by Hughie Green and he arrived late. As it was a rainy morning the manager decided to let the crowd of shoppers in at 9 o’clock sharp. About ten minutes later Hughie Green’s car arrived and I saw him get out, raise both arms in the air and shout “Good morning!”. Someone next to me shouted back “Good afternoon”..

[Jim Hardie]

The store was opened (in 1974-75) by Hughie Green and he arrived late. As it was a rainy morning the manager decided to let the crowd of shoppers in at 9 o’clock sharp. About ten minutes later Hughie Green’s car arrived and I saw him get out, raise both arms in the air and shout “Good morning!”. Someone next to me shouted back “Good afternoon”..

 

Poor old Hughie, and he meant it most sincerely folks.