Good in terms of creating jobs and saving an empty store.

In sorry to say this though,but it doesn't compensate for the loss of Woolworths and the product range. We will still be short of many product lines such as toys, cards, stationary, homeware, garden products and confectionary and much more.

if woolworths ever does come back from the dead I hope they do come back to Matlock one day.

Awesome, now i won't have to trawl to Alfreton to buy my bulk bags of prawns and el cheapo frozen pizzas. Omnomnom

Big Posh Prawns!

"if woolworths ever does come back from the dead I hope they do come back to Matlock one day."

I hope they don't, they were the epitome of the "purveyors of expensive tat", which probably explains why no investor of sound mind would consider rescuing them.

yes well Mr Vanilla

whats tat to one is not to another.

We have been left with a toyless zone, a CD free zone, and a houseware free zone etc

No you haven't, you're posting on the web so use that instead. Even factoring in delivery options it's still cheaper to buy online than in most high street stores.
Does anyone actually buy CD's anymore lol!

I actually like to see items with my own eyes before I buy them. I would rather walk around my own town that do everything on the internet and end up with coronary heart disease. Modern times I suppose.

But your're right. It's all down to personal opinion and mine is that Woolworths used to be a good store especially in the 80's. I personally do not like Iceland but I wouldn't say to them don't come to Matlock at all just because I don't like them.

"I actually like to see items with my own eyes before I buy them."

Likewise, that's why I may do a quick window shop then log on to make sure i'm not wasting vast quantities of cash. I also prefer to walk around in the countryside than through town centres dodging chavs, and slow walking OAP's so i do my few clicks and then off i go, all i need to do is wait for the delivery man to turn up :)
I also remember how Woolworths was in the 80's and yes I agree it was good at the time however it seems to have got stuck in a timewarp.
Shops that have a "forward ever, backward never" approach are the ones that are going to survive in these economic times, if you don't keep up then prepare to go down.

I agree with that, the management killed Woolies when they sold all their freehold sites in the 90's then they ended up wating vast amounts of cash on paying annual leases to the landlords.

They never after the mid 90's concentrated on the qulity household items like they used to. Instead buying cheap imports. However there were some good items and for last minute gifts for kids it was a godsend. The company was trying to bring in new product lines just before the collapse.

It would have been excellent for Matlock if Woolies had kept up with the times. Had they modernised the product range and prices it would have been better. They already had the well known Woolworths trademark to their name. It wasn't the economic downturn that killed Woolies, it was the management.

Matlock, however, does need a store like Woolworths. We haven't got anywhere to buy household items or gifts for kids etc anymore. Many do not want to always buy online and i'm in that party.

Had Woolworths done what they should have then the Matlock branch would have no doubt survived for another 54 years.

Withouty comparrison goods like hardware, Matlock will find it hard to recover from the loss of a hardware store