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Could
the High Wycombe Woolworths site become the Red Lion Hotel again?
By Philip
Suter I
read in The Guardian this week a feature entitled "Love hotels for lean times".
The report is about hotels in places like Paris, Osaka Japan, New York, Barcelona,
Vienna and other cities who have rooms that can be rented for just a few hours.
The article is explaining that Valentines day is at a time when you are still
paying off your credit card after Christmas and New Year expenditure. Here is
a cheaper way of spending Valentines day (or part of it!). So
in the High Street High
Wycombe stands the former Woolworths store
that finally closed earlier this month. It had been there since 1969 and of course
up until the early 1960's the famous Red Lion Hotel was there. The hotel’s iconic
red lion statue, a major High Wycombe landmark, still stands on the colonnade
outside the store. 
Here is the answer to the empty building. Turn it back into a hotel again and
as we are now in the credit crunch era take into account what these hotels in
The Guardian article are doing. Well if that doesn't happen maybe Iceland might
move in!
Whatever
happens, if you are going travelling, even for a romantic weekend, don't forget
your travel
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Travel, Direct Travel, Devon Direct, Simple and Staysure Travel insurance. Insurance
is one essential you can't afford to be without today. ©Philip
Suter jml Property Services January 2009 Meanwhile
in March 2009 one former Woolworths store in Dorchester, Dorset has re-opened
under the name Wellworths. Former
Manager of the Dorchester Store, Claire Robertson, who had worked for Woolworths
for many years has got the the financial backing of a consortium which is led
by the Ireland based owner of the store to reopen the store. As Woolworths was
known as Woolies, this store will be known as Wellies.
Postcript
to this story 2nd April 2009 Thursday
2nd April, subject to one hour documentary at 9.00 on BBC1 prime time television
entitled "How Woolies Became Wellies: One Woman's Fight for the High Street".
See Wellworths
Blog Wellworths
Birthday Celebrations Staff enjoying the Wellworths Party The staff at Wellworths
celebrated their 1st anniversary of opening their Dorchester store last night
with a party at the Wessex Hotel - March 2010 More
Here
2011:
Woolworth's building in High Wycombe is now occupied by the rfood retailer Iceland
and Poundworld Wellworths
forced to change name by Woolworths owner See
BBC News October 2010 New name to be Wellchester Own
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