Big W Bradford Picture Gallery The opening of the West Yorkshire superstore in 2000 Woolworths Big W Woolworths' Big W out-of-town store format, which was introduced in 1999 and abandonned in 2003/4 00-museum-ident (C) Copyright 3D and 6D Pictures Ltd, 2000-2016 01-bobhetherington Visionary MD Bob Hetherington 02-bob-at-bradford Bob poses outside the Bradford store in West Yorkshire 03-jamesradford-welcome Bradford Store Manager James Radford addresses the crowd on opening day 04-johnstanleykindopens Bradford Mayor John Stanley-King very kindly agreed to open Big W Bradford 05-cuttingribbon The ceremonial cutting of the ribbon 06-balloons-ready Helium-filled balloon ready for release to mark the opening 07-balloons-steady Here they go, as the net for the balloons is released 08-balloons-go Filling the sky, bright orange and blue balloons to mark the launch of Big W Bradford 09-band-plays The band serenaded shoppers with the theme to Hawaii Five-O as they entered Big W 10-welcometobigw Store collagues applauded customers as they entered 11-meettheteam Store staff greeted shoppers as they entered the huge Big W in Bradford, West Yorkshire 12a-localkidswelcome Store staff greeted local Bradford children at the Big W opening 12-localkidswelcome The Big W offer was a hit with local children 13-allaboutkids The broad range made Big W very appealing to kids 13a-welcomekids The store layout was very child friendly 14-superstar-timvincent Blue Peter star Tim Vincent wowed shoppers at the opening 15-tim-bigsofty Tim Vincent proving he's just a big softy 16-onehappycustomer A hug from Tim Vincent made this customer's day 17-hikids Tim's experience on Blue Peter made him a smash hit with younger customers 18-timvincent-signsphoto Queues of shoppers waited for Tim Vincent's autograph 19-timvincent-popularwithpublic Tim Vincent took the time to talk with each of his fans 20-timvincentfans Tim Vincent won the hearts of Big W staff 21-timvincent-meetstheteam Tim Vincent made the Big W staff feel special 22-timvincent-bigw-team Tim Vincent posed with colleagues for lots of selfies 23-timvincent-bigw-team Tim Vincent poses with members of the store staff from Big W Bradford on its opening day 24-gotta-bearbehind This girl has a bear behind! 25-browsingbigw A steady throng of shoppers kept the Big W store packed on its opening day 26a-buggytransport Kids buggies proved specially popular with young customers 26-buggycloseup Kids fell in love with the buggies from the Little Tikes rangr 27-buggyride Creating a great shopping experience for the next generation 28-buggy-theyreoff A child races towards the toy department in a Little Tikes buggy 29-buggytakehome Many kids wanted to take the Little Tikes buggy that they had been riding home with them 30-tallstory A tall story indeed. Retailtainment from Big W Bradford's opening before Xmas 2000 31-heightoffashion The height of fashion. A stiltwalker at Big W 32-atall-atall To be sure I wouldn't believe it a-t all a-tall 33-clowningabout Clowning about at Big W Bradford 34-kidsshoppingtrollery Kids shopping trolleys proved a hit with the younger generation 35-wheelycooly Giving kids their own trolleys proved a great way to capitalise on 'pester power' 36-trolleydolly Here's another young trolley-dolly 37-trolleyraceyou A kids trikket ub actuib 38a-threegenerations Three generations from the same family shopping at Big W Bradford 38-bobmeetsgreets MD Bob Hetherington presed the flesh, meeting and greeting as many shoppers as possible 39-retailtainment Face painting was one of many types of retailtainment at Big W 40-retailtainment-facepainting A close-up of the face painting 41-facepainted The finished result - a face to be proud of 42a-wheresmylist A child stocks up from the huge range at Big W Bradford 42-numberoneforfun Big W aimed to be number one for fun 43-funtoshop A thumbs up for Big W 44-justpoppedinfor These shoppers just popped into Big W for a look ... 45-butleftwith ... buit left loaded with bargains from all around the store 46-buyfornow Buy for now ... and buy for later. Bye for now! Shortcuts to related content 1990s Gallery Limited Story Stores with more specialist ranges A Standalone Ladybird store - picture gallery Visit a 1990s Woolies New technology and EPOS Profits bath in 1994 Spectacular £100m profits in 1997 Talks about talks American Woolworth "retires" after 118 years Asda merger fails Big W Woolworths Direct 90s People Keith The Alien brand advertising character The Lighter Side of the 90s What Millennium Bug? 2000s Gallery 2000s Overview Death by Demerger New values and a new direction Visit a new-look Woolworths Out-of-Town, as it opened in 2005 Market Towns and City Centres The Smaller Stores Multi-Channel Retail Wholesale & Media WorthIt! Value Comeback Launch of the Virtual Museum Meet the team The Lighter Side Wooly & Worth Collapse and Rescue Navigation 1990s Gallery Home Page