Alianora, I will always remember Woolworths. I am sad to see it go not because I work there, but because I am genuinely fond of it as a shop. I hope we all find jobs, but I fear that it will be difficult in the current climate. Three other big name retailers have gone into administration in the past few days, and I’m sure more still will go under after Christmas. It’s a terrible time to be working in retail.

Francois, I am pretty sure almost all of the posters are mass-produced, designed for use in any store. Hilco specialises in closing shops down, and few of the posters carry Woolworths branding, and those that do clearly had the Woolworths logo tacked on almost as an afterthought. And I am pretty sure I have seen the very same “x% off” cards in another shop (though I can’t for the life of me work out which shop it was). The signs are certainly nothing like the sort of thing Woolworths would have designed themselves.

When I come home from work, my mum sometimes says, “How is Woolies-Hilco?” It does very much feel like a different shop since we went into administration.

Managed to get hold of a 3ft christmas tree taking pride of place on my desk beside my workstation for £1 at my local Nottingham branch the other day which works out well.Shame they shut down , my parents always got school uniform for then every August but they seem to have no real USP so seeing them go is no real surprise.