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No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

DJDave wrote:No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

Robert Dyas? The Entertainer? The Works?

Robert Dyas.

Anyone remember Ryan (Pointless) Pannell? That's where he worked.

WillPS wrote:

DJDave wrote:No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

Robert Dyas? The Entertainer? The Works?

Peacocks

barcode wrote:

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one within Hull's Prospect Shopping Centre still has the old logo.

JAS84 wrote:

barcode wrote:

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one within Hull's Prospect Shopping Centre still has the old logo.

But, more importantly, do they stock Milk? If so, is said milk available at a price contrary to the Hull milk cartel's guidelines?

barcode wrote:Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one in Stretford Mall (Manchester) hasn't been updated.

Although shenanigans involving an extension being built to the (far from full) centre and an Aldi moving into where Wilkinson's currently is means they've decided to close up rather than moving elsewhere in the mall, which is a nuisance (they're pretty handy).

Nick Harvey wrote:Robert Dyas.

Anyone remember Ryan (Pointless) Pannell? That's where he worked.

Memmmorieeess...

DAS wrote:Memmmorieeess...

Yay! First post since somewhen in 2010. Welcome back!

Ha, thanks Mr Harvey - have never been far away, although genuinely alarmed to learn the fact I last said something two and a half years ago... not sure where that time went.

Pete wrote:Bank of Scotland is essentially now the Scottish subsidiary of Lloyds Bank. All references to Halifax have been removed from the branches with full Bank of Scotland (in the sans-serif new Lloyds font) branding and blue versions of the Lloyds interiors.

You know, I don't think I'd noticed that the Bank of Scotland logo was the same font as the Lloyds one. It can also be seen on the parent group's logo:


and also on some branches, like this one in Westfield Stratford, opened in September 2011:


I'll have to pop back and see how they're preparing for the rebrand - it's clearly imminent.

Those of you who received a booklet may have noticed the vaguely interesting fact that the new TSB will be using the Lloyds TSB Scotland banking licence.