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7 unusual facts about Woolworths Group


Eastern Suburbs Tigers

Although they lost the Grand Final it sparked a resurgence in Easts' performance for years to come and the Tigers won the Woolworths pre-season competition in 1969.

Frank Winfield Woolworth

The UK stores continued operating (under separate ownership since 1982) after the US operation ceased under the Woolworth name and by the 2000s traded as Woolworths Group.

John Eccleston

He also performed Worth the Dog in the Woolworths adverts (again opposite Don Austen as Wooly The Sheep), Mervin J Minky on MTV's Fur TV and Rattus Rattus on the CBBC Horrible Histories series.

Memory of a Free Festival

David Bowie used a child's Rosedale Electric Chord Organ, obtained from Woolworths, on both LP and single versions of the song to give a "classic Ivor Cutler/harmonium feel".

New Spaceways Comic Annual

Denis McLoughlin, creative director for the series, based most of the spacemen, rockets, flying saucers, space creatures, robots, etc. on the toys then carried by Woolworth's.

Theo Paphitis

In 2008, Paphitis was one of several interested parties in bidding for failed retail chain Woolworths.

Totally Scott-Lee

Other "highlights" of the show include Lisa's brother Andy proposing to his then-girlfriend Michelle Heaton in a restaurant, the constant arguments between Lisa and her family, and an interesting insight into record company politics ("Electric" had initially only made number 26 during the mid-week predictions, but an error with the sales at Woolworths later pushed it to 15, and finally to 13 on the following Sunday).


Co-operative Retail Services

In 1999, the society sold ten of these properties to Kingfisher, for conversion into Big W (Woolworth) and B&Q stores.

Marcus Fox

He then became a bank clerk, then sales manager for Woolworths and Terry's in York, and then a company director.


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