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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Diamond Woolies

DG lives in a "Woolworths hot spot", with three branches close to his home. He dropped in on the lot, starting in Roman Road:

Ah, now that looks like a proper shop. Bold brick frontage, windows splashed with 3 for 2 offers, and a big blue lottery sign dumped outside on the pavement. Who could resist? Well, most of E3, by the looks of it.

He warmed to it though. Incidentally, it's not only the Poplar branch that has security guards. We do those in Deepest Hackney too. Sad but true. Anyway, read on.

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