Woolworths goes into Administration

I must look out a very old ticket tucked away somewhere that came out of a weighing machine in Woollies about 45 years ago. Wish I was closer to that weight nowadays! The ticket had a picture of a racing car on the other side. I also recall the vinyl Embassy records with a pinky-red centre that were covers of the hits of those days and so a lot cheaper and never as satisfactory not being the real McCoy.

Yes, the Embassy records. How dreadful they were. But as you say very much cheaper than the real thing on offer at the record shop (James s?) at the bottom of Market Jew Street. And while on the subject of the scales etc, who else remembers the machine on the station concourse which stamped your name on an aluminium luggage tag for a penny?

I remember the red stamping machine,i think it cost 1d in old money.

My memories go back to the 40s/50s as children we went to Penzance most Saturdays. Always went into Woolworths making a bee line to the toy counter. Sometimes this could be a problem as they kept moving it, but we always managed to find it laugh#

I remember it opening,it would be a great shame to see such a main street shop disappear only to be replaced with junk shops that does not enhance the towns appearance Im sorry to say..............