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'Empty' UK shopping centre blasted for having 'no shops' after Tesco leaves
Shopping City in Runcorn, Cheshire, opened its doors in 1972. It used to have 60 bustling stores, including Littlewoods and Woolworths. It now plays home to smaller retailers as well as a pop-up shop for start-up businesses.
Very profits plunge by 90% amid soaring costs The group, which operates digital retailers Very and Littlewoods, posted profits of £4.6m. It made £63.9m the year before.
The moment chimney at historic former mill was blown up and brought down Chimney of Hartford Mill in Oldham was brought down in a controlled explosion. The Grade II listed mill had survived two world wars and pre-dated the Titanic. It had been empty since 1991 after retailer Littlewoods left the site. The mill became an eyesore and an anti-social behaviour hotspot.
Mill chimney demolished in controlled explosion Hartford Mill manufactured cotton in Oldham, Greater Manchester until the 1950s. It was then used as a Littlewoods store until 1991 but became "an anti-social behaviour hotspot, covered in graffiti and surrounded by fly-tipping"
Mill chimney demolished in controlled explosion Hartford Mill manufactured cotton in Oldham, Greater Manchester until the 1950s. It was then used as a Littlewoods store until 1991 but became "an anti-social behaviour hotspot, covered in graffiti and surrounded by fly-tipping"
Littlewoods' lost catalogue loved by shoppers for over 80 years It was in May 1932 that the first Littlewoods catalogue was produced. From flares to fur coats, Walkmans to Dralon three-piece suites. At its peak, 25 million catalogues were despatched every year. By 2010, that had dropped to five million.
'Best job' where thousands of Liverpool faces worked for years The country's oldest football betting game was born in Liverpool in 1923. Littlewoods was the first to sell the pools, later joined by Vernons and Zetters. The business went to new levels of fame when Vernons Pools launched The Vernons Girls as a singing choir.
'Side-business' that spawned Liverpool jobs, fortunes and fame From 1923, the Football Pools offered people a chance to win large sums of money by predicting the outcome of matches. Sir John Moores was one of the founders of Littlewoods, which was the first to sell the pools.
Manchester looks like a 'beautiful distant dream' in unearthed pictures Photographs taken by John Knowles around 1962/63 are of Piccadilly area of the city. They show the rows of classic department stores such as Littlewoods and Paulden's. Mr Knowles' daughter, Sarah Parkin, rediscovered the photos following his death in January this year.
Recording of The Beatles playing in school hall in 1963 emerges 60 years on John Bloomfield, then 15, had no idea what to expect when the Fab Four turned up to play at his boarding school for £100 on April 4, 1963. They had been booked by fellow Stowe School pupil David Moores, heir to Littlewoods pools empire and future chairman of Liverpool FC.
Did Mystic Meg predict her own death in final horoscope? Meg's partner and heir to the Littlewoods retail empire, Nigel Moores, was killed in a horror crash in the south of France in 1977. The horoscope reader, real name Margaret Lake, was admitted to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, last month with the flu.
Deserted shopping centre now lies with 'no shops' left Runcorn's Shopping City was the largest enclosed shopping centre in Europe. It was meant to be the centrepiece of Runcorn's New Town. Key draws to the centre, from Woolworths and Littlewoods in the 70s and 80s, have all shut their doors.
The 'deserted' UK shopping centre that was once the largest one in Europe Shopping City in Runcorn, Cheshire, opened back in 1972. It boasted walkways "in the sky" linking it to hospitals, courts, and housing estates. All the shops that used to be there, such as Woolworths and Littlewoods, have closed.
Inside abandoned shopping centre that was once the biggest in Europe – now it’s deserted with empty sho... Shopping City in Runcorn, Cheshire opened in 1972 to much fanfare. Now it's a ghost of its former self with only a few shops making a last stand. Its biggest names have abandoned it over the years, including Woolworths and Littlewoods.
Inside deserted UK shopping centre which was once Europe's biggest indoor mall Shopping City in Runcorn opened in 1972 and was planned to be the centrepiece of Runcorn's New Town. It boasted walkways "in the sky" which linked it to the hospital, courts and surrounding estates, as well as Woolsworths and Littlewoods. Big names such as The Range and Tesco have left the "dated" complex.
Demand for air fryers and electric blankets boosts sales at Very Group Very Group, which also owns Littlewoods, said sales in the seven weeks to December 23 rose by 2pc compared to a year earlier. They were also up 20pc on pre-pandemic levels. Sales included a 21pc increase in sales of home appliances and a 26pc rise in toys.
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