Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
M&S Wood Green Closes its Doors for the Last Time
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Permalink Reply by Marie on
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So sad. We live very near by and it seemed like the staff had a very good party the other night. Good for them. I am very sad to see it close and wonder what will open in it's place.
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The Pontypridd store closed the same day - there, one customer cut up her store card at the tills, since M&S hadn't been as loyal to customers as she had been to them.
M&S say Enfield is the nearest store now - it isn't, Holloway Road is more than a mile nearer (and even nearer for Harringay residents). I hope their choice isn't a straw in the wind for the next time stores' viability is reviewed.
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M&S Holloway Rd will close early 2019, according to the BBC. Not surprised - when Wood Green closed it said 'nearest store Enfield' when it wasn't, Holloway Rd was nearer.
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I'm sad to see it go. People say it was no longer fashionable but that's not what I used M&S for. I used it to stock up on standard stuff- underpants, socks, pyjamas, dressing gowns, white shirts, dark blue cardigans. M&S is consistent in its quality and doesn't just cater for skinny "hipsters".
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Permalink Reply by Geraldine on
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Goodness, and the nearest one is at Enfield, that's quite a hike. Marks & Spencer thriving here in Hong Kong. What's more, their range of food has recently been expanded to include fresh fruit and vegetables. Not a dud amongst them - you can eat every bit - and even the name of the UK grower is printed on the packet. Heaven on earth for homesick Brits. Sorry to be a bit off subject.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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Yeah, none of their clothes apart from gym kit fit this skinny hipster (two words I hate, ugh).
They're still good for hosiery though.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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M&S base customers are dying out at an alarming rate. I heard that my Hertfordshire Sister's local at Harlow had also been closed.
I personally think they are/were an awful influence on the British public's style. I wouldn't/won't mourn them.
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They used to be good for basics but quality has suffered in recent years. Their menswear is good too. But Per Una should be banned.
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Put it this way.. anything Margaret Thatcher would wear or thought good is certainly not for me.
Seriously though, it's a generational thing. For the 'indigenous' Tottenham & Wood Green populations of earlier decades, they offered good quality at a low price. But things, life has moved on and to wear M&S stuff isn't an aspirational thing anymore.
I personally don't see why anyone would want to pay double for packaged vegetables when just as good are available elsewhere. I have friends, who always purchase M&S washed parsnips at Christmas, because paying more for something is what is done at Christmas - Ludicrous!
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Aspirational right. Lazy old gits who lack ambition feel disenfranchised.
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