Who will buy the Brixton Woolies?
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fogbat
The Talibum
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
A big knitting shop - they could call it Wool Worth and save on new signage?
clandestino
no llevar papel
Stringfellows Brixton.
Count me in, we could disguise the outside as a Victorian taxidermist's store, then we'll never be rumbled
Posted under the influence of night nurse, I thank you
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Yeah i can see that. Keep the bus stops where they are and reserve that space for limos and valet parking.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Not sure about that, they'd have to be a normal supermarket and open at conventional times, unlike their Local shops. And we have Tesco round the corner.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Why would they have to be a normal supermarket and open at conventional times?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Woolworths is huge so they wouldn't be able to open for more than 6 hours on a Sunday (it's some law that applies to any retail space above a certain square footage)
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Huh.. I didn't know that! I haven't been in Brixton Tescos since forever, but I remember on Sundays it used to be awfully short hours.
So how does it work then for those massive 24 hour places? Have they got some special "out of town" law?
(shouldn't you be in the Prince Regent?)
(shit.. i should be at Christmas dinner myself elsewhere!!)
*buggers off*
So how does it work then for those massive 24 hour places? Have they got some special "out of town" law?
(shouldn't you be in the Prince Regent?)
(shit.. i should be at Christmas dinner myself elsewhere!!)
*buggers off*
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
A certain poster thought Woolies would make a blinding bus shelter 
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
A certain poster thought Woolies would make a blinding bus shelter
It's the best idea so far, apart from ianw's.
Anyway, get over to the thread on Spoon. Tarannau is giving you a hard time.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Fuck me, do you want a giant stirring spoon (currently at 50% off in Woolies) to go with that Twisted.
I think Woolies would make an excellent food venue fwiw - I can see the signs for 'Chicken Palace' now.
I just couldn't waste such an opportunity
Come to think of it though, all the shops in New Park Road could fit in there in some new slightly upmarket food arcade.
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
(edited for being an utter twat and not reading the thread properly-point already discussed!)
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Count me in, we could disguise the outside as a Victorian taxidermist's store, then we'll never be rumbled
Magnificent pic!
Brixton Woolies is a great building - Art Deco?
I hope its character is kept whoever takes it on.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Wilko
I hear (no more than idle rumours) that Wilkinsons - the store that for the last twenty years has made loads of money in the Midlands and North of England selling all the things that Woolworths stopped selling when they went for higher margins in the 1980s - have decided not to repeat the errors of William Morrisons's takeover of Safeway and are unlikely to bid for the whole Woolies business, but may be in negotiations with the administrators to take a portfolio of leases.
They have been slowly moving into cheap London locations - a store opened in Penge this autumn.
However, even after the splitting up of the Brixton store in the 1980s, it would still be pretty big for a Wilkinsons. I wonder if the property owners would be interested in splitting the site further so Brixton could have both a Wilkinsons and a Waitrose.
I hear (no more than idle rumours) that Wilkinsons - the store that for the last twenty years has made loads of money in the Midlands and North of England selling all the things that Woolworths stopped selling when they went for higher margins in the 1980s - have decided not to repeat the errors of William Morrisons's takeover of Safeway and are unlikely to bid for the whole Woolies business, but may be in negotiations with the administrators to take a portfolio of leases.
They have been slowly moving into cheap London locations - a store opened in Penge this autumn.
However, even after the splitting up of the Brixton store in the 1980s, it would still be pretty big for a Wilkinsons. I wonder if the property owners would be interested in splitting the site further so Brixton could have both a Wilkinsons and a Waitrose.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Want a proper bookshop - but we won't get one.
I like both the 'world's biggest nail bar' and 'bus shelter' and 'brixton cycles' options for pure brixtonianness but what about a truly radical step? why not let all the psst psst skunk skunk men stop loitering about on the pavement outside, get in, take over the tills and produce a shining business success story in the midst of crashing recession?
(they'll probably move faster than the old woolies' staff, that's for sure)
all we'd need would be an iconoclastic forward-thinking mayor and a charismatic local police chief eager to break out of the sterile logic of the war on drugs ... oh hang on a minute ... still, I say: Brixton Hamsterdamworld ftw!
I like both the 'world's biggest nail bar' and 'bus shelter' and 'brixton cycles' options for pure brixtonianness but what about a truly radical step? why not let all the psst psst skunk skunk men stop loitering about on the pavement outside, get in, take over the tills and produce a shining business success story in the midst of crashing recession?
(they'll probably move faster than the old woolies' staff, that's for sure)
all we'd need would be an iconoclastic forward-thinking mayor and a charismatic local police chief eager to break out of the sterile logic of the war on drugs ... oh hang on a minute ... still, I say: Brixton Hamsterdamworld ftw!
clandestino
no llevar papel
You've seen those council plans too, then.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Nah, I don't think we're posh enough for Waitrose.
M&S has only started picking up more customers since its' expansion and it only gets really really busy at Christmas
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I've had a wonderful idea.
A food court, like they have in Singapore, Malaysia etc.
Everyone could sit down next to each other sharing their Chinese, Curries, Macdonalds etc. whilst waiting for a bus. This might reduce the smell on the buses
It could be a first in the UK, or are there already food courts here that I've not heard about?
A food court, like they have in Singapore, Malaysia etc.
Everyone could sit down next to each other sharing their Chinese, Curries, Macdonalds etc. whilst waiting for a bus. This might reduce the smell on the buses
It could be a first in the UK, or are there already food courts here that I've not heard about?
billythefish
toad licker
I like the book shop idea - and also miss a decent all-rounder music store... perhaps a Border's style shop?....
... with a big bus shelter inside the doors.
... with a big bus shelter inside the doors.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I've had a wonderful idea.
A food court, like they have in Singapore, Malaysia etc.
Everyone could sit down next to each other sharing their Chinese, Curries, Macdonalds etc. whilst waiting for a bus. This might reduce the smell on the buses
It could be a first in the UK, or are there already food courts here that I've not heard about?
Would be nice but would be a paradise for bagthieves. Good idea, Wrong location.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
[retail property analyst manqué]
Close to a busy Zone 2 tube station with a lot of professional singles and DINKY households within the pedshed so not a completely impossible prospect.
[/retail property analyst manqué]
