tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post238159100200490147..comments2024-03-27T05:29:09.185+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Ken: The Wonder of WooliesGrumpy Old Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-36251206701594600752013-03-02T09:06:54.709+00:002013-03-02T09:06:54.709+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-77050085575645746702008-12-13T11:21:00.000+00:002008-12-13T11:21:00.000+00:00Look at the date shows how dilitory io am at the m...Look at the date shows how dilitory io am at the moment<BR/><BR/>Parisgirl<BR/>Bet your children are bilingual. will be fantastically useful when work looms.<BR/>MikeH<BR/>I still can't believe towm without woolies.<BR/>rosiero<BR/>its dpressing in a way, the demise of Woolies but shows nothing ever lasts for ever, including us!<BR/>Billy <BR/>I can't ever imagine you being intimidated, even at sixteen!<BR/>The Brit<BR/>What amazes me is the sheer number of people touched by Woolies in one way or anotherGrumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-61500177801027406722008-12-06T18:25:00.000+00:002008-12-06T18:25:00.000+00:00Hi Ken,I found your blog through MikeH!I too was s...Hi Ken,<BR/>I found your blog through MikeH!<BR/>I too was so shocked with the end of Woolworths... my youth was spent at that store with my Nan and I remained a loyal customer until I left the U.K. 10 years ago.<BR/><BR/>I loved your recount of your time spent working there and it reminded me of my own "apprenticeship" in the British print! a time full of randy women and dirty old perverts! haha<BR/>I will return to read more!<BR/>All the best!® ♫ The Brit ♪ ®https://www.blogger.com/profile/07774871861232164725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-36365834592260355222008-11-30T20:20:00.000+00:002008-11-30T20:20:00.000+00:00ken, having spent 3 days in the Bottling Plant of ...ken, having spent 3 days in the Bottling Plant of Newcastle Breweries as a lone 16 years old apprentice painter and decorator, I can fully appreciate how a young lad can be unmercifully embarrassed by a hundred females. Man, was I glad to finish the job and get the hell out of there!Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-21216589610849709372008-11-30T19:55:00.000+00:002008-11-30T19:55:00.000+00:00Hi Ken. Thanks for visiting me. I too was horrifie...Hi Ken. Thanks for visiting me. I too was horrified at the demise of Woolies, as we lovingly know it. If they can't survive in these hard times, who can? Your reminiscences of your early days in Woolies were very interesting.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-36507315631041580792008-11-30T19:03:00.000+00:002008-11-30T19:03:00.000+00:00Woolworths were also an American institution, and ...Woolworths were also an American institution, and I was sad to see them disappear as I grew older. When I moved to the UK, I was surprised and pleased to see them here and have the opportunity to shop there once again. But now, it seems, I have to say good-bye to them again.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-84848313528642640802008-11-28T14:40:00.000+00:002008-11-28T14:40:00.000+00:00PS. You'll see I've returned the favour!PS. You'll see I've returned the favour!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-66613593173362157512008-11-28T14:37:00.000+00:002008-11-28T14:37:00.000+00:00Hi again, I found you through that stinker Billy! ...Hi again, I found you through that stinker Billy! Glad you like the blog and thanks. <BR/>My mother-in-law has one phrase in English: "The Cat is Very Beautiful", which she also learned at school. Now who ever thought that would be useful and why?<BR/>Pip pip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-49261203013507481552008-11-28T09:35:00.000+00:002008-11-28T09:35:00.000+00:00HiPleased you have found your way to my site. nee...Hi<BR/>Pleased you have found your way to my site. need some customers! Would love to put you on my list of blogs. My mother in law is French, comes from Lille. Has lived here since the war but still very french at times.<BR/>Remember from school two things only.<BR/>'Ou et Toto, ou et t'il' and 'Hon, hon fait du klaxon de taxi, hon, hon' And I bet I've got that wrong.<BR/>Like your blog and mother in law will love it.<BR/>Ken<BR/>www.grumpyoldken.comGrumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-19826089486629234712008-11-27T17:27:00.000+00:002008-11-27T17:27:00.000+00:00One of the great highlights of my visits to the UK...One of the great highlights of my visits to the UK has been shopping at Woolworths. La Fille has grown up in Ladybird knickers, vests and socks, boasts several pairs of Woolies' black plimsoles and has a craft box full of paints, brightly coloured pipe-cleaners and lolly sticks, and glitter pens. I don't know what we're going to do now.Parisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541058433269818013noreply@blogger.com