In the years before we became bombarded on our TV screens from August onwards with "delivered in time for Christmas" adverts for everything from perfume to new sofas; local shops would not start preparations until the end of November with late night shopping events.
Today's pictures show scenes from the 1980s and Woolworths 1967.
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