Woolworths

Bridge Street in 1981

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Works on Bridge Street.

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By far and away the most popular suggestion was the smell of the British Sugar factory in Oundle Road. In the first season – known in the trade as a campaign – the new Peterborough factory processed 63,384 tonnes of beet, an average of 659 tonnes a day. After opening in 1926, the site closed in 1991.

The sights, sounds and smells of Peterborough in the 1970s

The TK Maxx Building in Bridge Street

Former Peterborough TK Maxx building ‘to be demolished’

TK Maxx, Bourges Boulevard

Key upcoming Peterborough Council decisions including future of TK Maxx building

On the upper floors of the former TK Maxx store in Bridge Street, Peterborough

IN PICTURES: A first glimpse of Peterborough's former TK Maxx store

These old company mascots and logos could once be seen everywhere

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The vandalised mural on the TK Maxx building in Peterborough city centre.

New Walter Cornelius mural already vandalised

Woolworths - with Macfisheries still next door

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The boarded up lower Bridge Street prior to demolition and redevelopment

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Keeping Peterborough's pavements safe in 1980

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Bargains in Bridge Street in 1980

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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

The 1970 photo of the Woolworths store being built - and how the empty building looks now.

Looking Back: 1970 and a new Woolworths store

An outside look of the former Woolworths in Mansfield.

Woolworths to make possible return to British high streets
The brand currently operates in Germany, with the CEO expressing desire to expand to the UK again.
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Claire Cottingham pushing her son Stefan in a pram outside Woolworths with step-son Joeboy pulling a trolley with her daughter, Nicole, on it

Looking Back: Pushing a pram… and pulling a trolley!

This image gives an early idea how the proposed landmark to replace the former TK Maxx building could appear.

Sale of landmark building will ‘make a profit’, vows councillor

This image gives an early idea how the proposed landmark to replace the former TK Maxx building could appear.

Exclusive: New plans for ‘landmark' building in city centre

New research has found which retailers Brits miss seeing most on our highstreets

The 5 shops Brits miss most on UK highstreets including Woolworths

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The old power station site

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You can now take a 3D virtual tour of Woolworths as it was 30 years ago

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Part of Fletton Parkway under construction?

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