Penicuik's 99p store.

Joined : 13 Feb 2008 Posts : 23

Okay, it wasn't exactly Harrods, but it contribited at least a little to the commercial life of the High Street.

The company that owns it is packing it all in. The Penicuik store, along with 18 others dotted about the country, closes for good tomorrow. Just as the High Street was beginning to lose its ghost town look, another empty shop appears.

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Of course, it also means that some local jobs are about to vanish. I always found the staff there unusually pleasant and helpful. So, if by chance any of them read this, I wish you all the best for the future and hope you find alternatve employment quickly. And thanks for the pleasant helpfulness!

Joined : 17 Mar 2008 Posts : 51

Have to agree about the staff there. It was rather disconcerting at first to have friendly retail staff (you get so used to the unsmiling, grunting variety who seem aggreived that you have dared to want to purchase something!) but a nice change.
I hope the premises are taken over soon as that part of High Street does not look great now. The empty Storehouse and Clydesdale Bank units plus Ben's, the former cafe and BNC Autoparts in the Square meaning for the south end of Penicuik "This town, is coming like a ghost town"

Good luck to all the former staff