B&Ms

grannyclaret · 31-08-2010, 22:52

On the local news tonight it said that B&M Bargains had gone as big as Woolworths,,,the new headquaters in Liverpool is enormous...

wadey · 31-08-2010, 23:05

The store on Lord Street, Southport takes a fortune

grannyclaret · 31-08-2010, 23:08

Its supposed to be going nation wide,,,

cashman · 31-08-2010, 23:13

gone as big as woolworths,? woolworths has gone.

Neil · 01-09-2010, 07:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman

gone as big as woolworths,? woolworths has gone.

There's always one

flashy · 01-09-2010, 08:04

anyone been to the one in Blackburn yet? it's up near Halfords/Mothercare

Margaret Pilkington · 01-09-2010, 08:25

The fact that Woolworths has gone has left a very definite gap in the market.......and B&M are taking advantage of that.
Good luck to them.

Neil · 01-09-2010, 10:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

The fact that Woolworths has gone has left a very definite gap in the market.......and B&M are taking advantage of that.
Good luck to them.

I can't decide what Woolworths sold that you can't easily get elsewhere. Maybe thats why they went bump.

Margaret Pilkington · 01-09-2010, 10:28

Well, they sold everything,(well apart from houses and cars) pretty much didn't they? And usually cheaper than anywhere else.
I used to walk through the Blackburn branch everytime I was on a late shift at QPH...and I nearly always bought something.....from a chocolate bar for my afternoon break, or a pen, or some stationery item......and I can't believe I was the only one who did that.
When they closed the Blacburn store, it felt like the heart had been ripped out of the centre. OK, tell me I'm sad...but that is how it felt to me.

grannyclaret · 01-09-2010, 11:36

I remember when B&M,s first opened in Cleveleys,it was a little tiny warehouse where the big car park is now,,,,..It was so cheap then ,that you didnt need to look at the price to know you were onto a winner,,,
You queued for ages to get in,Sometimes it looked like you were queueing for the pictures.(especialy near xmas time, They let you through the doors a few at a time ,because it was a fire hazard,,
now that was when everyone came in on buses ,the savings were worth the busfare

Margaret Pilkington · 01-09-2010, 11:57

I can remember trying to trim up a very large Nightingale Ward for Christmas....and was bemoaning the fact that we never had enough money to buy quality(and therefore longer lasting decorations, one of the tutors from the School of Nursing was up on the ward seeing a student, she mentioned B&M's and we went.
That year we had the best looking, best trimmed ward in the whole of the hospital.
We were dead chuffed.......to have done the decorating on our meagre budget.

That must be over 20 years ago now...so they definitely aren't a 'flash in the pan'

Ken Moss · 01-09-2010, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil

I can't decide what Woolworths sold that you can't easily get elsewhere. Maybe thats why they went bump.

No one I know shopped at Woolworths but everyone felt better because it was there. A bit like church.

It wasn't particularly cheap either, as I recall.

Margaret Pilkington · 01-09-2010, 14:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

No one I know shopped at Woolworths but everyone felt better because it was there. A bit like church.

It wasn't particularly cheap either, as I recall.

Ken, it was like many shops of today...they had their 'loss leaders' which brought in the shoppers and once in there you invariably bought something else.

garinda · 01-09-2010, 15:20

What does B & M stand for?

(Don't say value for money.)

flashy · 01-09-2010, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

No one I know shopped at Woolworths

shut up you daft twit, you're living on a different planet....

i used to get most of Reece's Christmas prezzies from Woolies when he was little, their Chad Valley toys where brilliant, and they lasted, i got all of his Dr Who figures from there too and his sonic screw driver, they where cheaper than Argos, so Ken....shush