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By *enarde OP   Man
32 weeks ago

Barnsley

Who misses this store

In 1980’s bought all my records from there.

Bought all my tech drawing gear for college

I so miss the pencils

Absolutely hundreds all arranged in hardness order

All you get now is shite quality HB pencils that last no time at all

I would love that pencil selection again lol

Anyone else have good memories of WG Smith

Were you even lucky to have a sexual encounter there ?

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

Have they disappeared?

Last time I checked there was one on our high street!

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By *ennthebigMan
32 weeks ago

Erdington

It’s been sold off. To be rebranded soon

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By *usan jonesTV/TS
32 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

I think they’re still in airports but not really the same as the high street shop

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By *artlesMan
32 weeks ago

Nottingham

Ours in Loughborough closes this Saturday. Sad as the manager worked hard to make it successful but it's in a mall where all the shops are closing & developer wants to build student flats.Will miss the specialist mags (music & trains for me & crochet for Mrs).

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

Changing face of retail sad but

That's how it is these days .my kids rarely go into town shopping buy everything on line

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By *lan82Man
32 weeks ago

North Hykeham, Lincoln

To be brutally honest.. and fair.. they are outrageously overpriced

Their own branded products I mean

In this day and age.. who can afford such extortionate prices..

That having been typed.. another one bites the dust

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

I prefer Woolsworth.

Sadly some WH Smith branches are closing.

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By *cwgenMan
32 weeks ago

Glasgow

Thank the lord it’s being rebranded as maybe it will stop being a total rip off

No surprise it wants to focus on its travel business where it knows people have little other choice than pay their disgraceful prices - £2.99 for a twix £4.49 for a bottle of Coke Zero at Edinburgh airport , €4.99 for a small dairy milk at Malaga airport

People should where possible boycott them

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

W.H. Smith does NOT give me any sort of warm feeling.

Their stores that I enter operate in captive markets - railway stations and airports.

The prices are a rip-off.

But I guess that probably has as much to do with the sky-high rental rates of the airport and station owners.

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By *eepeter4Man
32 weeks ago

Bournemouth

They have a few branches on Motorway service stations (Fleet M3 and Exeter M5 )

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By *4BearsMan
32 weeks ago

Stalybridge, East Manchester

Dreadful store that's trapped in the 90s

Bar their prices, of course

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

They were a ripoff, way to expencive. Almost like getting your fuel on a motorway service station. Wont be missed by me

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By *cwgenMan
32 weeks ago

Glasgow


"W.H. Smith does NOT give me any sort of warm feeling.

Their stores that I enter operate in captive markets - railway stations and airports.

The prices are a rip-off.

But I guess that probably has as much to do with the sky-high rental rates of the airport and station owners."

I’d say not as in most airports is also Boots who charge way less for things like drinks, sandwiches, chocolate etc

So it’s blatant profiteering imo because plenty have more money than sense and continue to shop there

Id be glad to see it go to the wall tbh

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By *elfordsubMan
32 weeks ago

Telford

I'll be sad when they are gone as I used to go loads as a teenager but I rarely shop there anymore. They are maybe the best shop for having a large selection of magazines but a lot of what they do is available elsewhere for a lot cheaper.

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By *leepflowerMan
32 weeks ago

Leek

It'll be a sad day when you can no longer buy a wetsuit on the M5 somewhere near Birmingham.

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By *ookingFor...Man
32 weeks ago

West Sussex

They never adapted to the modern world properly, although ironically some of the airport ones are staying as there's obviously a demand still for physical books and magazines.

I remember the days of going in for a seven incher...

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By *eefandfurMan
32 weeks ago

Edinburgh

Hopefully you will find your nearest artist's supplies shop. Independently owned preferably, and make a point of visiting and purchasing regularly, would also be a shame if more of them were to disappear.

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By (user no longer on site)
32 weeks ago

A local W.H.Smiths was broken into recently..

They stole .

office filing cards...

wall calendars..

Daily appointment diaries..

Police say it was a very organised crime..

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By *onamebiguy99Man
32 weeks ago

Buxton

Still got one in my town I think, though saying that, i hardly go into town these days unless i need some new glasses . So for all i know it may not be there anymore, probably now another optician

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By *eepeter4Man
32 weeks ago

Bournemouth

It's those horrible little Gammons fault the ones who use the shop as a library.

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By *0thirtyMan
32 weeks ago

Redhill

Ah - the childhood memories are maybe for its predecessor - John Menzies ? x

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By *fcdTV/TS
32 weeks ago

Southend

They were great in the 70s and 80s but most have been in serious decline since and quite depressing to be in, run down, random selection of stock etc.

As an aside, did you know they invented the ISBN, used internationally as they needed a unique code per book when they were computerising in the 60s. The ISBN was later incorporated into bar codes. The first 3 digits of a barcode define the country of origin and all books are set to a fictitious country of bookland.

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By *ookingFor...Man
32 weeks ago

West Sussex

As above...

The one I used to enjoy going to as teen for the books and music is just a depressing dive now, with just a few pensioners buying stamps and birthday cards.

And yet the airport one I know of is always busy.

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By *enarde OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Barnsley

Went to rymans today at the coast while out for the day

Finally got some hard pencils to use

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By (user no longer on site)
31 weeks ago

Rymans is almost as overpriced as WHS though.

There’s a small independent stationer, very near to Rymans in Wolverhampton, and his prices are always much lower.

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By *optobottomrctMan
31 weeks ago

Penygraig

A year or so ago I wanted some stationery items so went to WH Smiths...they didn't have what I.wanted..so bought online via Amazon. . They did have a pile of crappy kids toys for sale but very few stationary items. I said to myself at the time what's the point of a stationary stop if it doesn't sell stationary. No loss in my opinion. Totally lost their way..as for ",rebranding" instead of."Smiths".theyre going up be "Jones " Ffs..it that's the level of creativity the new owners are going to bring..gawd help them.

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By *airFetishMan
31 weeks ago

Maldon

When i was a teen in the 70s they were a quality store. The one in King’s Lynn had plenty of wood and a feeling of quality. Books, school stuff, games and toys upstairs. I thought they were great.

However, for years they have had a tawdry and trashy look as though nobody cares. The one in Colchester looked grim - the windows filled with blank boards with ripped off sellotape, upstairs the whole place just felt like a place where nobody could be bothers. Cheap shelving - the whole place felt cheap.

Another one bites the dust.

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By *IPMANMan
31 weeks ago

LONDON WEST

50 odd years ago it was a well stocked, reputable shop. Then it became greedy, sold nothing but shit and sandwiches.

The staff were dreadful and once they got the post

office franchise they got even worse.I don't think I used them for at least 30 years and flatly refuse to use their airport outlets. Robbing bastards

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By *enarde OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Barnsley


"Rymans is almost as overpriced as WHS though.

There’s a small independent stationer, very near to Rymans in Wolverhampton, and his prices are always much lower."

Yes but the fuel and parking?

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By *nthebuffMan
31 weeks ago

Liskeard

Back in the day, they were good stores with plenty of stock of all types. If looking for something, you'd almost guarantee picking it up there.

Over the years the stock diminished, then the post offices moved in & reduced even more. The two/multi tier shelving was replaced with lower shelves & less stock.

When I was looking for something a little while ago, the online WHSmiths store had a sale and massively undercut the in-store prices, yet I could have it delivered in store for free.

Many high streets are now looking quite sad now with so many shops closing

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