Rolling pin is a wonder of Woolies
A couple are still using a wooden rolling pin they bought from Woolworths 71 years ago.
Nancy and Eric Kingston, who live near Wedmore in Somerset, purchased the kitchen utensil for 6d (2.5p) in 1938 when they got engaged.
The pair, who have been married for 69 years, got it from a branch in Wells at the same time as six sherry glasses, also 6d each, which they still use regularly.
They told local historian Derek Phillips about their elderly purchases after hearing that he was compiling a book of memories about the doomed retailer.
Mr Kingston, 87, said: "We've used the rolling pin all the way through. She makes cakes with it - sponges, puddings, that sort of thing."
Asked if his wife had ever tried to hit him with it, he joked: "She's tried to!"
Earlier, Mrs Kingston, 88, told the Western Daily Press: "When I saw Mr Philips was asking for people's memories of Woolworths I had to write. We married in 1940 and will celebrate our 70th anniversary in June.
"The articles are still in use so good old Woolworths, and what a shame it had to close."
Mr Phillips was urged to write the book after the demise of Woolworths in January, with the loss of 30,000 jobs.
He wrote to newspapers across the country asking for memories of the shop and now has 60,000 words of recollections on his computer.