We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?

My local one (Warwick/Leamington) was still there when I drove past
yesterday.
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?


The Op was looking in Liverpool - the store has probably been stolen.

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"Set Square" writes:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?

My local one (Warwick/Leamington) was still there when I drove past
yesterday.

A search of the web turns up that they are moving about 500 jobs
from Homebase roles to co-locate with Argos, but also a comment
that they will be opening more Homebase and Argos stores (it might
be the 'more' is only Argos -- it's not clear).

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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:14:22 +0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Tunbridge Wells Homebase is still there, or it was when I walked past it
on Friday on the way to the station.

Tim

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 23:04:34 UTC, Tim S wrote:

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:14:22 +0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Tunbridge Wells Homebase is still there, or it was when I walked past it
on Friday on the way to the station.

I just looked out of the window and the Herne Bay branch hasn't moved!

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We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.
Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?

Definitely at the right location for Edge Lane (we were "regulars") -
as for Warrington, it looks like that might have been relocated.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Colin Wilson wrote:

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?


The Op was looking in Liverpool - the store has probably been stolen.

I hope so. That is all they are fit for.

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We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.
Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?

Definitely at the right location for Edge Lane (we were "regulars") -
as for Warrington, it looks like that might have been relocated.

Homebase are going into megastores that sell everything from soft
furnishing, furniture to DIY and gardening. Maybe the smaller stores are
going because a megastore is to be built somewhere local but near excellent
roads. These megastore don't need to be local as people drive 20-30 miles
to go to them.

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?

My local one (Warwick/Leamington) was still there when I drove past
yesterday.

Yep - the edge lane one is closed (about 2 weeks or so now) although
the aintree one is still open as we went there after finding out the
edge lane one was closing (and did not have what we needed). Not
really a shame as we only buy showers for our rental properties in
homebase - B&Q edge lane and Speke is fine for the rest (plus the usual
builders merchants etc)

The Milton Keynes branch relocated recently, with the old site now turned
into a huge toys 'r' us.

The new location has appalling road access and as Drivel said, a lot of soft
furnishings and crap etc.

We've been on holiday over xmas, and went to call into our local
Homebase earlier today (Edge Lane, Liverpool) - shock horror, its shut
down.

Went to the next nearest one we could think of in Warrington - gone.

Has something happened while we were away ? (we don`t go past there
often, so any time in the last 6 months or so might give us a clue)

Interesting! According to their website, the branches in Edge Lane and
Warrington are still there! Are you sure that you're looking in the right
places?


The Op was looking in Liverpool - the store has probably been stolen.


heh it was on bricks.

On 07 Jan 2006 22:22:15 GMT, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

A search of the web turns up that they are moving about 500 jobs
from Homebase roles to co-locate with Argos, but also a comment
that they will be opening more Homebase and Argos stores (it might
be the 'more' is only Argos -- it's not clear).
A new Homebase and Argos (separate buildings on a single site) being built in
our town for opening in Spring.

Geo

The one in Aintree, Liverpool is still there. At least it was last weekend.

ZD