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Magic Tree

I am of an age where I grew up with Woolworths in Wigan, and when it closed in 1984 I was shocked and I couldn't really take it in, I knew of there being no notice given for when it was to close, it just seemed to close immediately, I don't know what the truth was as regards it having a closure notice placed on it ?
But it just seemed so strange, because how could a busy store like that 'have to close' ?

So that was 1984 and this year come the summer it will be 40 years since Woolworths closed in Wigan, four decades and that is nearly half a century, and last year on one of the Facebook groups a young man chastised us old fogies by saying in a debate, which involved the closure of Woolworths in Wigan, and he said something along the lines of "jeeze how can you people still be going on about a shop closing nearly 40 years ago" and as much as he was being a sneery young pain in the backside about it, I think he was right, so for heavens sake it is going to be 40 years since Woolworths closed, so let it go ......