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Hundreds of people queued

In case you missed it, it was reported 550 were queuing to enter the shop this morning before it first opened.

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Crowd picture

Here’s a “crowd” picture from before the shop opened

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Reporter having a shopping spree?

It’s gone all quiet from my colleague Sarah. She may be rooting around for a bargain herself.

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Store now open

The manager has quite the smile on her face

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Store OPEN

The store is now open! Reporter Sarah Hodgson says there is “quite the buzz” in the store.

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300 people!

Quite the queue now!

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Staff are prepared

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Recycling

According to Primark they recycled 44 million hangers last year. Not sure why this is part of the launch but there you go.

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Less than 10 minutes to go

Big cheer from staff as this is 300th store and the 6th in Wales. Could a seventh be on the horizon?

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First in the queue

Caroline Pierce, Wendy Wright and Sonya Sheen from Queensferry were the first in the queue. They are “ecstatic” the store has come to Flintshire and looking for some bargains for holidays.

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Opening

Less than half an hour until the store opens its doors...

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The tour continues

Welsh signage

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Women's section

A video from Sarah Hodgson now

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Some of the stock on offer

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Primark

More than 1000 people applied for the 197 jobs on offer at Primark

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Whiteboard

Good luck to staff

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300th store

But where will the 301st store be?

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Reporter 'let loose'

God forbid what may happen next...

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Sneak preview

From the horse’s mouth...

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Future Primarks?

There has been widespread speculation that this will not be the last Primark store to open in the region.

Llandudno and Bangor have been touted as potential future locations with numerous units being talked up as possible destinations.

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Sneak preview soon

Sarah’s already got her eyes on some of the merchandise... not sure it’s for sale though.

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Shoppers turned away

#keen

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Sneak preview in 20 minutes

Daily Post set for sneak preview... I don’t think Sarah will be allowed to nab all the bargains herself though.

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Still at work

Contractors working up until the last minute

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Jobs created

The new store has created 197 jobs for the area

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'Suits' in the area

No word from Sarah if these suits are literal of just a turn of phrase...

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Reporter at the scene

Sarah, keen as ever, is already at the scene. The store opens at 10am.

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Good morning

Today is the long-awaited day. Primark in Broughton finally opens its doors.

Thanks to my colleague Sarah Hodgson, we’ll be bringing you live updates.

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8am

Live

Good morning and welcome to this special Daily Post live blog. Today, the much anticipated Primark opens at Broughton Retail Park creating 197 jobs.
The store will open from 10am. Daily Post reporter Sarah Hodgson will be getting a sneak preview of the store from 8.45am. Stay with us as we bring you the latest. You can get in touch with us by tweeting @dailypostwales or via Facebook

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