{"product_id":"when-the-shopping-was-good-woolworths-and-the-irish-main-street","title":"When the Shopping Was Good: Woolworths and the Irish Main Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMint Condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDispatch same day for order received before 12 noon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuaranteed packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo quibbles returns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 29-10-2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \nFor generations of Irish shoppers a visit to their nearest Woolworths store was regarded as an essential part of a day s outing. Barbara Walsh presents a lively and entertaining account of this distinctive chain s retailing style in Ireland. F.W. Woolworth \u0026amp; Co. Ltd opened their first Irish outlet in Grafton Street in 1914. Twelve months later, a second branch was launched in Belfast s High Street. In the ensuing decades, almost forty more stores were established. The Woolworth s story reflects the social changes that were taking place in the lives of ordinary people. New shopping habits, new career and employment opportunities and the life-long friendships for the staff. Taking each decade in turn, the narrative examines the lives of the people who worked for Woolworths, the products they sold and the competition they faced. Turbulent times in the 1920s and 1930s, the domestic political situation, two world wars, and subsequent shaking up of the retail scene in the 1960s and 1970s provide the backdrop to a world now gone.\n      About the Author      \nAuthor and historian Dr Barbara Walsh is a graduate of the Lancaster University History Department in the United Kingdom. She is the author of Roman Catholic Nuns in England and Wales, 1800 1937 (Irish Academic Press, 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780716530534\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42413061898471,"sku":"DR-OETQ-E610","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/products\/51YLzvYLigL.jpg?v=1643797129","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/when-the-shopping-was-good-woolworths-and-the-irish-main-street","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}