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the Haelan Centre
that must have been late '70s or early '80s?
i remember getting severely reprimanded by Woolies security guard for trying to steal a single sweet from the pic n mix when i was about 10.
ChasnotRobert-
Haelan Centre must be mid '80s as I remember shopping in Clocktower Toys and I'm not yet 50.
My brother had a run in with Woolies security when he was maybe 12. They dragged him into the back, searched him and found some goods (pack of felt tip pens IIRC). They were about to call the police when he produced the receipt. Idiots.
jellybaby
Impossible. It's almost always awful. At least in part because of the lack of space to exit after the checkouts. All the fault of the dodgy extension Woolworths built. At least Woolies had the back entrance onto Crouch Hall Road open.
The decline started when Clocktower Toys was replaced by the Haelan Centre.