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"The final days of Woolworths' Ramsgate branch are familiar to many former staff. Tears, frustration, anger (much of it from customers who thought everything was going for pennies) and an overwhelming sense of sadness for the demise of the store. John Webb - 25 years at Woolies - and Vickie Boden - 4 years experience - both say they enjoyed their jobs so much they'd happily go back and work for free if Woolworths was re-opened.

That's not going to happen, of course. So John and Vickie have found themselves jobs at Boots, which is handily located across the High Street. Far more typical of the former employees is Michelle Fright

who remains unemployed 2 months after the store closed. Fourteen other employees that we were told about remain unemployed, one has retired, one is about to retire while 4 have found jobs. We couldn't track down the remaining 5 people.

Woolworths was one of Ramsgate few "destination" stores, a reason to go into town, and its closure has - according to locals - had a crippling effect on the town and many retail outlets on Ramsgate High Street are closed with little immediate prospect of re-opening."

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