Remembering Woolworths at Christmas - Memories of our Favourite Shop

[@TheGlassman63]

Just look at the size of those metal Quality Street tins. Stuffed full of chocs and very much worth the money. Nowadays, the so called tins are half the size, plastic and once opened, the sweets are nearly all large wrappers taking up space.

[@pcwizardman]

Woolies was an institution Brilliant in it heyday!

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

I live alone with my dog i dont watch tv or have the radio in this has been the least christmassy Christmas ever 😂 ive literally taken to watching 80s top of the pops and old Christmas advert cimpilations on KZbin

[@SuperGingerBickies]

I'm with you there.

[@apm763]

I also live alone and about a week before Christmas I do a search as to what was on TV on Christmas day 40 or 50 years ago and find as many of those programmes as I can on KZbin. I then queue them all up with some advert compilations in between programmes so that I can spend the day watching what I would have been watching 40 or 50 years ago. I haven't decided whether to do 1974 or 1984 this year, yet.

[@DavidNettleton-l3r]

@@apm763 you do right , gotta be better than the crap they show nowadays 👍👍

[@tonybrett5209]

I won't even have that much. I'll sit watch a film and enyoy a Pot Noodle

[@MsArrowroot]

@@apm763 I do the same. But at the moment I'm hooked on Coronation Street from the mid seventies to the early eighties.

[@alanwhatley]

thank`s for the look back to much happier times.

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure.

[@andydowden8117]

This makes me upset only because I can’t go back there … so many lovely memories thanks mum for making this a memorable time I will never forget how you had to do 2 jobs to raise a family of 4 after dad left x

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video of the one of the best department stores in uk history.

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@MaryHinge-u2i]

Windsor Davies doing a James Cagney impersonation, dressed as a Victorian toy soldier. A pic'n'mix of an ad in itself.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I used to get my Airfix kits from Woolies as they were slightly cheaper than the toy shops in town.

[@hawkpaul8735]

As a young kid before the seventies even, I remember going to Woolies around Christmas and being in awe. Am I the only one who remembers when they sold Christmas cards loose for a penny each? I probably spent ages choosing which cards to get for friends and relatives.

[@frankbrodie5168]

Anyone from Rotherham, South Yorkshire will tell you that Woolworths was the most prominent shop in the town centre for many many years. A few seconds walk from the bus station, people actually caught the bus into town just to shop in Woolworths. Back when bus fares were massively subsidised by local rates. So an adult fare into town from anywhere in Rotherham was 5p. Under 16's were 2p. The shop actually had entrances on 3 different sides of the town centre. Looking back it wasn't anywhere near the floor size of the Tesco Extra a few miles from where I now live. Back then it seemed like an actual year round Santa's grotto.

[@dawnyWestScotland]

Love it! 💙☀️

[@tompeterson7067]

Dude! Woolworths was in the states as well. The one where I lived closed down around the end of the 80s possibly early 90s.

[@adrianjames3815]

We had a Woolworths in Wolverhampton I used to go in and have a look at records and tapes so many good memories

[@stuviewtv]

The Wolverhampton Woolworths was my local branch too.

[@kyliegunn-e8r]

I miss Woolworths in York city centre I loved it at Christmas time

[@dragonflydance9204]

I still miss good old Woolies to this day, and I always will. It's great to see all those Stars again too, which were also a big part of our lives then through TV and radio. Thanks for this ⭐🎄⭐

[@joanne26]

Bringing back lots of happy memories about Woolworths in Erdington. From the age I was old enough so around 8 to walk to Erdington with my mates (not many parents had car) We would have our lists for Christmas presents for our parents and wider family like Aunt, Uncle cousins etc 🧦, handkerchiefs, chocolates like Cadbury Milk Tray, Matchsticks and the ‘posh ones were black magic dark chocolate’s) I bough my first vinyl singles there from that time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️❤️☝️☝️

[@AtheistOrphan]

‘Who knows the secret, of the Black Magic box?’

[@joanne26]

@ exactly!! I started full time employment in 1982 and a few weeks prior to Christmas a few of my work colleagues would walk up Alum Rock Road, Saltley, Birmingham into Woolworths Just until it closed in 89

[@joshuaedwards4536]

Woolworths was ICONIC, the same as Kwik-Save, Littlewoods, Index etc, they were unrivalled classics.....

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

What everyone wants🤭 previously what every woman wants

[@joshuaedwards4536]

@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk Pick n Mix, and those American jelly beans, 2 all time favourites

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

@@joshuaedwards4536..yeah! It's so expensive in the cinema! I rarely ever go🤭

[@joshuaedwards4536]

@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk I'm hesitant to go to the cinema now especially with those extortionate prices, very noisy surround sound speakers, and as for those pic n mix, wow!! last time I went was around 2017/18, haven't been since 😳

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

@@joshuaedwards4536 ..totally, I'm a home boy anyway and would much prefer watching in the house! Yeah was probably around the same as you 2018ish!

[@Julie-sm7sp]

Spent many a happy hour rummaging through all the cassette tapes while mum was off looking at boring house stuff 😁 then we'd go to the pick and mix and fill two plastic bags with chocolates, caramels, and boiled sweets, not like the pick and mix of today that seems to consist of a tub of gummy sweets, great memories, thanks Stu.

[@stuviewtv]

Back when pick and mix was a treasure trove of delights!

[@philrob1978]

Although it was later on, one of my first jobs was working at one of the major Woolworths distribution centres as a data entry clerk. I bloody loved that job, I was only 17, working with a bunch of mother hen types, let's just say I was well looked after. In our pay packet, we'd get vouchers to use in store, which I'd use exclusively on the Pick 'n Mix and share with my brother. We weren't supposed to use them for that, but a quick flash of my staff badge at the till changed that! I was gutted when I was made redundant - such a happy office, and compared to the stress I now have to deal with in work, a walk in the park. Now, THAT'S nostalgia!

[@tompeterson7067]

We also lost Montgomery Wards back in the 80s, and Sears about 10 to 20 years ago.

[@stephaniemurphy3443]

Woolworths best shop ever sold so many items especially pick and mix

[@stuviewtv]

Very much missed.

[@susanbrissett9882]

BRING BACK ALL THE HIGH STREET SHOPS 😊

[@johnrider5701]

The pick and mix on a Saturday afternoon when I was kid is one of my most treasured memories.

[@stuviewtv]

Great days!

[@terencemeikle534]

For me, the demise of Woolworths was the 'starting gun' for Britain's decline. I loved Woolies. 😍

[@michaelmarron8441]

It was bettered by and driven out by Wilko

[@terencemeikle534]

@michaelmarron8441 True enough. Woolworths' was a slow, painful decline before it shut for good. I watched the ranges of stuff dropping off in quality/variety, and the staff becoming demoralised and sarky with customers. Woolies experienced a 'managed decline' that would later fan out to envelope the whole country. 😢

[@thereunionparty]

Crikey, Windsor Davies and Anita Harris must have been devastated when Woolworth's closed down! But seriously, it was a shame the way Woolworth's lost its way in the latter years, after being such a cornerstone of the High Street experience.

[@TillyLily-f5s]

I worked at Woolies in the 80s.Great memories of listening to Rick Astley on the record section,dragging huge cages of sweets down from the stockroom.Home cooked meals in the canteen,staff Christmas parties and day trips to “Seaside Special” or pantomimes.Good times and then it all went downhill when they got rid of the stockroom and the men who had worked there for years and made us order just enough stock for our section for the week. Then the canteen went.Then they bought in job sharing and part time work.I left soon after. Such a shame.Wonderful friends and memories though.

[@stuviewtv]

Sounds like great times in those early days.

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

My local Woolworths was in Kingsbury 1970s,80s, for us youngsters it was magic, a real treat, it was bombed during WW2 and in the 70s,80s a Cortina drove through the front window, not far away was the Wimpy, I still have a Woolworths nearby and get my Hotwheels Cars.best wishes to the uploader,loved ones and fellow viewers ❤❤❤.

[@AtheistOrphan]

You still have a Woolworths nearby? I thought they all closed down! Details please.🙏

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

@AtheistOrphan Hi, Sorry I should have said I live in Germany now and a Woolworths opened up not long ago, I do hope they start up again in the UK, after I moved I heard Wilco's had probs, used to luv Wilco's too, fond memories, Best Wishes.

[@AtheistOrphan]

@ - Good to read that they still exist somewhere though!👍

[@Richard-fv7rq]

They made Christmas adverts that were relevant and relatable.

[@stuviewtv]

Absolutely.

[@tompeterson7067]

By the by. Thanks for this ad video. I've trying to find at least a picture of the Ferguson stereo I had in my teens. I found it at 4:39 in the first advert. Thank you so much for help.

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure!

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

The good old days of Woolworths. Great video as always 👍

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@johnbrown-wi6zy]

thats the wonder of woolworths

[@noka79]

Such an exciting shop for a kid... They had it all, especially music and sweets and posters

[@stuartgoodall225]

Loved Woolies, used to buy , cassette tapes , 7" singles in the early 80s , during the mid 60s , mum would take me there most thursdays , when dad got paid , to get matcbox/ corgi cars!, then go in the cafe , great times! , thanks Stu😊

[@stuviewtv]

Such great days. Glad you enjoyed the memories. Thanks!

[@herberthartwig8544]

Woolies was the store too shop, happy daze 😢

[@stuviewtv]

Absolutely.

[@Thingswithpaper-w]

Oh wow those memories, I loved Woolworths and the 70s/ 80s.

[@MsArrowroot]

They used to have a lovely display of pick n mix.

[@LittleMissGrosser]

I always used to spend my pocket money on random stuff at the local Yorkshire Television shop and pick n mix at Woolworths.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

that was definitely a "spot the British celeb" fest! Thank you for finding this. (Although, our Christmas shopping was mainly from Freemans catalogue - my mother was an Agent for many years. carbon paper to telephone ordering! )

[@clangerbasher]

We had one of those orange Binatone video games.

[@Mancaveman1969]

Me too but it didn't have any light guns. Just paddles for tennis, football, squash and I think one other game but can't recall it right now.

[@robertbills4290]

There was a Woolworths by my in the west Midlands that at Christmas put the prices up and marked them up as sale price unbelievable but true

[@Shelley-bi5bx]

I miss buying casette tapes from woolies as a teen! I also loved my Micheal Jackson tracksuit from woolies as an 80s kid 🤣 cool stationary bits and massive tins of choccies 🥰 very sad it’s closed

[@Gillian-xl7wb]

Thanks Stu, Many happy memories😊

[@stuviewtv]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@Gillian-xl7wb]

@@stuviewtv 😁👍

[@frankowalker4662]

As a kid I think I only went to Woolworths twice. It was a long walk in the morning to the nearest village, then a long bus ride to the nearest big town, (which we called a city), with a Woolworths. Then a quick look round before we had to get the bus back, and a taxi home. By the time we got home it would be dark and we were all worn out.

[@michaelwebster8666]

Great memories Stuart! What a great loss to our culture not having Woolworths is. My Mum used to call it Woolies 😂👍

[@stuviewtv]

Very much missed.

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

The Woolworths in our small, Scottish seaside town was relatively humongous! My favourite area was the music section, it was run by an ex-Hippie lady that had a direct influence on what records were available, and luckily she possessed absolutely fantastic taste. I loved that shop, I'm still kinda depressed that it closed down.

[@VonEli117]

Loved Woolies! We got vouchers through park hampers and i'd spend mine in woolworths on gifts, cards, decorations, chocolates and sweets!! Nothing like that anymore!

[@stephenguppy7882]

I used to buy records, lightbulbs, paint, clothes and furniture from Woolies plus loads of chocolate and Pick'n'Mix of course. I remember they used to test lightbulbs before you bought them on the lampshade counter, and years back the broken biscuits counter. The Hallmark records Top of the Pops LPs, the MFP Christmas records and the 'Exclusive to Woolworths' chocolates at Christmas as well. Such great memories. How I miss them!

[@stuviewtv]

Testing lightbulbs, now that was customer service for you.

[@johnnynotty]

Woolworths was also prolific in the 90’s. It didn’t close till after 2000’s

[@cheezycatnip8352]

I grew up with Woolies' being THE place to go for anything you wanted, the one in Sheffield was huge over a few floors as I remember and you could get easily lost, It was the one stop shop at Christmas and one visit would put you in the mood, this post invokes a wonderful nostalgia...Thankyou.

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure.

[@s4squatch1]

I used to love flicking through the large poster rack looking for Madonna ones.

[@DavidNettleton-l3r]

I used to go to woolworths every week with my sister to buy the latest records ( singles) & look at the toys & games & maybe get some pick & mix , I miss woolworths 😢😢

[@stuviewtv]

Me too. So many memories.

[@alisonjordan]

Hello Stu🙋‍♀️ The Woolworths branch in Kidderminster had 2 floors: Ground floor had pix-a-mix, records, clothes, and a lot of toys around Christmas 🎄 time. The first floor had a restaurant, furniture, and food hall. I remember the fish counter having a large fish with the illusion of it swimming in water🦈 💦 If my memory serves me correctly, I am sure the children’s clothes line was “Ladybird”(?!) Thanks for another trip down the High Street memory lane...🛍🎄

[@AtheistOrphan]

Correct about the children’s clothes, I had a Ladybird dressing gown and the buttons were little plastic ladybirds! (Btw it’s Pick & Mix, not pix-a-mix).

[@alisonjordan]

@ My memory did not deceive me...The Children’s Clothes were called “Ladybird” and yes... I do now remember the Ladybird buttons🐞🥰

[@stuviewtv]

Amazing just how diverse the Woolworths range of products was. From furniture to fresh fish in just a few steps!

[@PeterMackett]

I still have some of their decorations up in my living room now!, spent a lot of time in Woolworths buying records, toys etc., we had several stores here in Bournemouth plus the large Woolco department store which was a much bigger version of the high street shop and sold most things, even food, such a shame when it finally closed for good like so many other big name stores of the time.

[@stuviewtv]

Their decorations really do stand the test of time!

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

And a very merry Christmas to you and your family, from Ireland. Growing up in NZ our Woollies was nothing like as grand as the UK's version and I don't remember any Christmas adverts either. I think ours was more of a supermarket style shop than anything else [I must have gone in but I honestly don't remember it] but I do remember my stunned amazement when I went into my first Woollies in England just before Christmas of 1983 [spent that Christmas with family in England], it would have been the St Albans branch and it was AMAZING. I returned home with several suitcases of presents for everyone from them and M&S. Saying that I did recognise quite a few of the stars in the adverts you showed though apart from Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie I couldn't name any of them which suggests we had a lot more UK shows on our televisions than I remember. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all fellow subscribers/viewers.

[@stuviewtv]

Wishing you a very merry Christmas!

[@charlottehardy822]

I still miss Woolworths. Charts music and pick a mix

[@johnklimcke8875]

Grew up going to woolworths with mum and nan what a brilliant store not only at Christmas but all year round. Well done again stu always look forward to your next video thanks again 👋👋🍻

[@stuviewtv]

Cheers John!

[@Morkstermork]

I have such fond memories as my late father was a Store Manager for 40 years from 1955-1995. I think it must have been Xmas of 1980 he was manager of the Luton in the Arndale centre which they used to film the Xmas ad with the Nolan Sisters, myself and sister got to be extras in it for the princely sum of £50 and as much pick and mix as you could eat!

[@stuviewtv]

Oh wow, that sounds fantastic!

[@davidgraham6781]

Ah memories of the great store Woolworths(or Woolies as our family called it sometimes 😂). I always used to go in the Sunderland branch every Christmas ⛄ and Easter 🐇 when I was a kid and also when I was older as well. Very much missed store IMO. **Well at least the Americans gave us something decent for a change eh. 😆 (Technically it's American)

[@notfooled.]

Any video that starts by showing two of my previous cars, (Ford Capri and MK2 Cortina) outside one of the best shops, from back in the day, gets a thumbs up from me. Throw in Toys and Records and im back in Woolly's, like it was yesterday

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@Opel_Guy]

We did have one of those silver Christmas trees from Woolies! It was only two or three foot one and just used as a secondary tree to the main real one. Sat on four red plastic legs and came in a long red and green box. In the Christmas decorations box I have two packs of glitter, each with three different colours of glitter my mum brought from Woolies back in the 70's! Think they were 26p a pack. It would just feel wrong to use them now. The high street has never been the same. 🎄

[@stuviewtv]

I remember my nan having one of the silver ones too. About 3 foot tall and stood on a small table.

[@atae7185]

I remember when our local Woolly’s closed down, they were selling the stock for buttons, so I went down there and bought loads of toys and records……. I still feel guilty about doing that to this day! I loved that shop, especially the pick n mix isle.

[@sweetpeas_9249]

The restaurant was one of my favourite parts!

[@stuviewtv]

I used to love the cooked breakfasts in Woolworths restaurants.

[@davidhollingdale5408]

Have a very merry Christmas, Stuart 👏👏👍👍🌲

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks David. Merry Christmas to you too.

[@bobamies9162]

I grew up through the 60's, and 'Woolies' was very much part of the UK back then too:)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

I have memories of trips into town (we call Manchester City Centre 'town') to the Woolies in Piccadilly. It was a one-stop shop for many things throughout the year, not just Christmas. It's so sad that they are no longer around. EDIT: Singer Tony Christie opened the local Woolco. My gran got his autograph. Unfortunately, it didn't last more than a couple of years before it became a large Co-Op.

[@simonwilson1237]

I miss buying record's and tapes from woollies 😢

[@MsArrowroot]

I miss buying records and tapes from anywhere. And of course videos.

[@carolebarker2195]

@@MsArrowroot Me too!

[@Araceofimbeciles]

Your channel is so much more than just a channel STU and i really have to thank you for the amazing nostalgia and wish you a very merry Xmas. The old pick n mix brought back memories😂. Remember my mum freaking out when i nonchalantly used to unwrap a sweet from the pick n mix and pop it in my mouth on the way around the shop. In truth i cant remember any other time that i morphed into a shoplifter😂......except when in Woolworths Penny Lane by Sergeant Peppers Liverpool. All the very best to you and yours STU and thank you again for your superb content

[@stuviewtv]

That's lovely to hear. Thanks! All the best for a very merry Christmas.

[@Araceofimbeciles]

@@stuviewtv 😊👍

[@awall1701]

I miss Woolworths. I use to go rummaging through their bargain tape cassettes as a teen, I got Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra! on cassette!! 😱😱. Thank you again for another memorable video.

[@stuviewtv]

Now that is what you call an obscure cassette!

[@awall1701]

@@stuviewtv I never heard of Neil Norman and his Cosmic Orchesta when I saw the cassette. I just saw all the theme songs from a lot of my favourite SCI FI films and TV shows on the cassette listing. Needless to say I was very surprised, especially hearing a 'disco' version of Star Trek.

[@ModelsExInferis]

Nope, never seen a single one of these. We didn't return to the UK until 1981, so if they were on before then I'd not have seen them. Little point showing Wollies ads on BFBS! My Mum's first job was in Woolworths. She speaks of it often. I think, outside of her army days, it was the job she liked most. That would have been 1955 I think. We were talking about it the other day as it goes. I'll try and remember to show her this, might be she remembers these ads. I don't celebrate Christmas, so I will wish you a bright and blessed Yule instead! I hope you, Lisa, and all of your family have a happy and joyous time!

[@stuviewtv]

Many thanks! Best wishes for the season to you.

[@jamesjimbob71]

I still have a load of 7"vinyls from woolworths and as for the pic n mix there was always the one sweet that fell on the floor that i would nick

[@derekhart3308]

Best one for a far was A cacker of Christmas at Woolworths

[@SUK2293]

I used to steal sweets from Woolworth's and I have lived in regret ever since for its closure.

[@kumachan9311]

Check out the Depeche Mode "see you" music video [They walk around a woolworths]

[@robbflynn4325]

We complain about the shrinking of Quality Street tins, but a tin was pretty expensive at £6 and we're talking over 40 years ago! Back then, a pint of lager at the local pub was probably only around 75p.

[@AtheistOrphan]

True, but you did get a whopping two and a half kilos!

[@cardinalnight3883]

I don't think the problem is entirely the size of the tin only. The quality of the chocolate is appalling now. Same with Cadbury

[@TurnFullCircle]

this is wonderful! happy memories...we were so lucky to have lived in this time...cheers

[@RamblesBrambles]

Ahh, Going into Woolies as a 10 year old and stuffing my pockets full of pic n mix..happier times..7:44 got Frogger for xmas that year too

[@modnclassics22]

I was only 9 years old and do remember eating them as I picked them lol... I did not get Frogger, I got "The Bionic Man" Good ol days!

[@modnclassics22]

I also remember Primark first first-ever opening day when I was 9. I got a FREE give-away Red Primark cap! Lol, How I loved that cap hahaaaa!

[@carolebarker2195]

Going to Woolworths on a Saturday as a teenager was a weekly ritual. It was always packed out because they had everything. Christmas, doubly so. It was always popular, I really miss it. It may have had the "cheap and cheerful" tag but everyone who went in would come out with more than what they were intending to buy. I miss the pick & mix, records, and the toys when I had young children. My son in particular loved the dinky/corgi toys. He'd spend ages poring over them deciding which one(s) he wanted! I also miss the cafe. Terrible loss, it was, when it went.

[@stuviewtv]

I always thought Woolworths had a certain charm about it which just can't be replicated today. Very much missed.

[@carolebarker2195]

@@stuviewtv I agree, Stu.

[@mudlarklady3835]

What a nostalgic trip back to the magical Christmases I remember as a child. Everything just seemed so much better back then. Used to love those huge full tins of Quality Street with their lovely shiny wrappers. Loved the Woolies Christmas ads and I can still sing along to the Have a Cracking Christmas one it was such a memorable one! I spotted a Bontempi organ there, I was thrilled to get one for Christmas 1980 which is still in my mums loft !

[@stuviewtv]

Actually I think my wife has still got a Bontempi organ in her mum's loft too!

[@jrsc01.]

now we have memories of ordering all Christmas pressies off Amazon etc, and sitting in out jimjams all day waiting for stuff to arrive lmao...

[@paulsimister-ng5nx]

Fond memories, ❤

[@eugeneshadwell6596]

Woolworths was a wonderful shop 'back in the day' and when you got a Woolies gift voucher for Christmas, well, you couldn't wait to spend it, so many choices on offer. Sadly those shops got SO shabby in the latter years (much like WH Smiths are nowadays) and it wasn't such a sad thing when they all closed down. Fine memories, though. 😉

[@tracyalcock7593]

I loved woolworths when was a child but loves working for them too was a great company..I was gob smacked at price of 2.5kg oh quality streets definitely long gone thats size

[@cblack1green]

I remember the first calculator I saw was in Woolworths, it was on a chain. 😂

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Lol, I had a Buzby watch.

[@stuviewtv]

Fantastic!

[@modnclassics22]

Good one Stu! ... I also miss Littlewoods and the catologue :(

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@robsmith6281]

Woolworths the British Walmart sold literally everything 😅 Thanks Stu 😅

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure as always!

[@edwardburek1717]

"Woolworths Is Christmas" - well, of course it is! They have the same colours as Santa's working suit for starters. And that picture at 0:20 with the Ford Capri racing past a local Woolies, well you can't get more 70's than that. Always a treat to see these classic ads, and I'm going to hear Roy Castle sing through the entire Woolies inventory well into the new year. Please tell me that someone has scans of those Woolies Christmas catalogues.

[@stuviewtv]

I've got Have a Cracking Christmas swirling around in my head. I think it's going to be stuck there until next year now!

[@Al-iv3mb]

The ads were certainly star-studded, but alas for Woolworths, it did everything, but not very well, and that ultimately is what led to its demise. What is worth noting from these ads is how expensive (in real terms) everything was back then. Thanks for your posts, Stu, and happy Christmas!

[@stuviewtv]

Merry Christmas. All the best!

[@jeanlongsden1696]

just think how much it would cost to made an advert like that today. there must have been at least a dozen TV and radio stars, as well as top sports stars in each advert. I would guess you couldn't get a cast like that for under a million pounds today. I blame everyone here, including myself for Woolies closing. as we all stole a sweet as we passed by the pick'n'mix.

[@gwheregwhizz]

There's a whole generation that don't know what this is: 12,13,12,10,,,12,13,12,10,,,16,16,14,,,13,13,12. Silent Night on the Bontempi organ. If only I hadn't become bored with it Boxing Day 1983, I may have become a session musician for Anita Harris.

[@modnclassics22]

Just one phrase... "Pick and mix"... Who else crammed the sweets in the tub and sneaked in the others not meant to be in the deal and ate as many as you could while filling it. ;) I know that I did. Happy Memories. Another High Street shop gone!!!

[@stuviewtv]

Great days!

[@SabretoothBarnacle]

8:38 ballbag??😂

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

Yea I noticed that too 😂👍

[@timmytimkins4379]

My sister at 15 years old worked in woollies on a Saturday on the sweet counter in the late 70's. It was their policy that she could eat as many sweets as you liked for free!

[@stuviewtv]

Now that is what you call a perk!

[@timmytimkins4379]

@@stuviewtv Indeed!

[@pauliesk.7102]

Thanks Stu: Happy Christmas to you too!

[@Pomdownuder]

Who just sat naming the celebs? 😊

[@stuviewtv]

Oh yes!

[@PurpleTT99]

Bill & Tim, but no Graeme. I imagine the very thought of it was anathema to him!

[@terencemeikle534]

I think it may have had something to do with advertising regulations that stated that celebs couldn't appear 'in character' in ads. If Graeme Garden had appeared, that would have meant, perhaps, that The Goodies were fully represented, against the regs.

[@PurpleTT99]

@@terencemeikle534 Interesting theory, possibly.

[@StuartBusby]

I still genuinely miss Woolworths. Of all the famous stores we've lost from our towns, Woolworths is easily the most missed. Especially at Christmas.... Thanks for this great video Stu. One last thing....... Before anyone comments about how huge the 1978 tin of Quality Street is for only £4:99 and what a rip off they are these days....... Yes the tins are now smaller, but, they still cost roughly £5. £5 in 1978 is the equivalent to a whopping £27 now !!!! That must be why I don't remember us EVER having a tin of them when I was a kid ! 😂

[@stuviewtv]

That's a good point about the Quality Street tins. I've never really thought about it like that before.

[@2760ade]

I'm quite surprised at some of the prices. Bearing in mind these adverts are from many decades ago, the prices are what you would roughly expect to pay NOW on some products! Maybe things aren't necessarily more expensive in 2024! I did love the Woolies long Christmas adverts. However, they seemed to be shown on every ad break at peak times, and quickly got on your wick!!😂😂

[@alanprior7650]

I miss Woolworth's! Merry Christmas Stu!

[@robgardner4754]

Happy Christmas in advance, Stu 🎉🎉🎉

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks Rob! Merry Christmas ⛄🧑‍🎄