High Street chain collapse sweepstake

Pete · Sat 04 Apr, 2015 18.38

Philip wrote:(Also I was trying to be jokey about Jif/GIF in my post but I guess I failed again, sorry!)

I thought it was funny

Pete · Sun 10 May, 2015 21.39

WHSmith are closing their Dundee branch in June.

That leaves St Andrews as the nearest retail branch (with post office inside)

The WHSmith Travel in the train station closed to allow the old entrance to be demolished. I think there may still be one in the hospital. Will keep an eye out next time I'm up.

barcode · Sun 10 May, 2015 23.34

Pete wrote:WHSmith are closing their Dundee branch in June.

That leaves St Andrews as the nearest retail branch (with post office inside)

The WHSmith Travel in the train station closed to allow the old entrance to be demolished. I think there may still be one in the hospital. Will keep an eye out next time I'm up.

Thats not the only WHSmith in Fife with a Post office in it, - Glenrothes is also like that. Perth is just the same, Kirkcaldy could end up being save if the post office moves in with them...

WillPS · Sun 10 May, 2015 23.38

The main Post Office in Sheffield moved last year from the 1st floor of the otherwise closed (since August 2008) Co-op Department Store to the back of Wilkinson over the road.

Martin Phillp · Mon 11 May, 2015 11.47

A few WHSmith retail stores in this part of South London have closed in the last 12-18 months, all which don't have a post office inside.

My local store is still open as it has the PO upstairs.

Incidentally it appears the PO at least here have decided not to go down the retail/PO route and decided to refurbish the local PO into one of the modern type formats with the sofas, self service machines and ticket allocation for the counter service.

JAS84 · Tue 12 May, 2015 02.17

Is That's Entertainment in trouble? Their Hull branch is closing down this weekend.

WillPS · Tue 12 May, 2015 14.39

JAS84 wrote:Is That's Entertainment in trouble? Their Hull branch is closing down this weekend.

I don't think so, I think they play fast and loose with landlords. Their Nottingham branch closed a year after moving to Nottingham's ultra-classy Broadmarsh (also home to the only Argos with 90s branding).

cwathen · Tue 12 May, 2015 18.26

WillPS wrote:
JAS84 wrote:Is That's Entertainment in trouble? Their Hull branch is closing down this weekend.
I don't think so, I think they play fast and loose with landlords. Their Nottingham branch closed a year after moving to Nottingham's ultra-classy Broadmarsh (also home to the only Argos with 90s branding).

Is that Argos still like that? Last time I was in Nottingham was in 2013 and it still was then.

barcode · Tue 12 May, 2015 21.41

I have to ask if there are plenty of Farmfoods in England which are still in the 90s ie with the poler bears? I remember one in Whitham, which still had them.

WillPS · Wed 13 May, 2015 00.38

cwathen wrote:
WillPS wrote:
JAS84 wrote:Is That's Entertainment in trouble? Their Hull branch is closing down this weekend.
I don't think so, I think they play fast and loose with landlords. Their Nottingham branch closed a year after moving to Nottingham's ultra-classy Broadmarsh (also home to the only Argos with 90s branding).
Is that Argos still like that? Last time I was in Nottingham was in 2013 and it still was then.

Yupp, still has its Elizabeth Duke style counter too.

stu · Wed 13 May, 2015 01.55

And here it is, in a shot I took in 2012, looking delightfully 90s http://up.metropol247.co.uk/stu/IMG_0626.jpg

At xmas I went into the new That's Entertainment (terrible selection of CDs), which is right next to the recently moved Fopp. When did fopp stop being a place for bargains? Cheaper than HMV though.