385 Elswick Road, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne Ne4 8DY Woolworths opened in Benwell, which is a suburb of Newcastle, in 1955. It opened in the former Adelaide Cinema. The store closed in the 1970s/80s. Until recently it was an Auto Parts shop, but today it is Ahura Lounge.
Glasgow (Paisley Road) Woolworths – Store 904
455 Paisley Road, Glasgow G5 8RJ Woolworths opened on Paisley Road in Glasgow in 1955. This photo was taken before the store opened, you can see people peeking through the windows. . Source: Memory Lane This Woolworths closed in the early 1970s. Today there is a Greggs and Tesco Express in its place. Source: NovaLoca
Liverpool (West Derby Road) Woolworths – Store 903
539 West Derby Road, Liverpool L13 8AB Woolworths opened on West Derby Road in Liverpool in 1955. You can see it below on the right side of the photo. Source: Old Photographs Of Liverpool Liverpool Picturebook This Woolworths closed in the 1970s/80s. Today Heron Foods is in its place. Source: Google Maps
Preston Road (Wembley) Woolworths – Store 902
209 – 211 Preston Road, Wembley, Middx HA9 8NF Woolworths opened on Preston Road in Wembley in 1955. It was in the parade of shops just by the Preston Road London Underground Station (Metropolitan Line). There is an interesting history to this area which you can read here: https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-preston-story-part-3.html. You can glimpse the Woolworths store…
Hatch End Woolworths – Store 901
491 – 493 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middx HA5 4JT Woolworths opened in Hatch End in 1955. It was a small store that didn’t trade for long, as it’s listed as closed on the 1972 store list. Today the address is part of a furniture store called Chaplins, which is at numbers 477-507.
East Dulwich Woolworths – Store 900
29 – 35 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London SE22 8EW Woolworths opened its 900th store in East Dulwich in 1955. It closed before 1995 as it’s not listed on that store list. There was a Foxtons here for a while, but today it’s a Poundland Local. Source: The Sun
Crawford Woolworths – Store 899
144 Crawford Road, Crayford, Dartford DA1 4ES Woolworths opened in Crayford in 1955. This town is in South East London, in the London Borough of Bexley. Back when this Woolworths was open, Crayford was classed as being in Kent. Source: Bexley Archives The store traded for 33 years, closing on 8th October 1988. Today an…
Hook (Chessington) Woolworths – Store 898
328-330 Hook Road, Chessington, Surrey KT9 1NX Woolworths opened in Hook in 1955. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures Source: Flickr – Southern Driver This Woolworths closed in December 2008. Today it’s a soft play! Source: Tripadvisor
Royston Woolworths – Store 897
40-42 High Street, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 9AN Woolworths opened in Royston in 1955. Source: pinterest Source: Royston Museum Source: Herts Memories The store traded until January 2009. It became a Store Twenty One. Today though, it has been split into smaller shop units. Source: Google Maps
Larne Woolworths – Store 896
34-36 Main Street, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Woolworths opened in Larne, Northern Ireland, in 1955. They traded here for 35 years, closing in 1990. Today there is a Superdrug in the former Woolworths unit. Source: ballysundriven
Fleet Woolworths – Store 895
166 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants GU13 8BH Woolworths opened in Fleet in 1955. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures The store closed after 1995, the exact year I am not sure of. Today there is a Boots in the former Woolworths unit. Source: Google Streetview A new Woolworths store opened in Fleet in the Hart Centre…
Westbourne Woolworths – Store 884
98 Poole Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth BH4 9EG Woolworths opened in Westbourne, which is part of Bournemouth, in 1955. It was a short-lived store, trading for 18 years, closing in 1973. After the store closed, it became a Freezer Fare. Although I have no photos from its time as a Woolworths, we know today that the…
Broadwater Woolworths – Store 893
19 Broadwater Street, West Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 9BT Woolworths opened in Broadwater in 1955. See it picture on the right of this photo. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures The store traded until the end, closing in January 2009. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures Today there is a family-owned home store in the former…
Caledonian Road Woolworths – Store 892
259a Caledonian Road, London N1 1EE Woolworths opened on London’s Caledonian Road in 1955. Very similar in style to the Shoreditch store that opened 2 years later. Today it is an Iceland store. Source: LDS This post was originally written in June 2017
Burgess Hill Woolworths – Store 891
49/51 Church Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex RH15 9BH Woolworths arrived in Burgess Hill in September 1955 on Church Road (now Church Walk). Source: Francis Frith It was one of the later branches to be opened, as you can tell from the store number, and it looks as though it was medium sized from the photo…
Oxted Woolworths – Store 890
21-23 Station Road, East Oxted, Surrey RH8 0BG Woolworths opened in the Surrey town of Oxted in 1955. It was on Station Road. The below screenshot shows the store in October 2008, the window posters advertising 3 for 2 on all toys. Source: Google Streetview The store closed in January 2009. Source: Flickr – Danny…
Wanstead Woolworths – Store 889
65-67 High Street, Wanstead, London E11 2AE Woolworths opened in Wanstead in 1955. They traded here for 53 years, closing in December 2008. Source: Woolworth History and Pictures Today there is a Tesco Express in the former Woolworths building. Source: Google Streetview
Reigate Woolworths – Store 888
27-29 High Street, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9AA Woolworths opened in Reigate in 1955. The store traded for 29 years, closing in 1984. This was a time when they had started closing branches that were too near to each other, in this case the Reigate store was very close to the larger Redhill Woolworths. After Reigate…
Tipton Woolworths – Store 887
22-28 Great Bridge, Tipton DY4 7EW Woolworths opened in Tipton, a West Midlands industrial town, in 1955. The store traded for approximately 20 – 30 years. It is not on the 1995 store list, it was likely to a 1970s/1980s closure. Today there is a furniture store at the address, and looking at the shape…
Oban Woolworths – Store 886
30-32 George Street, Oban, Argyll PA34 5SD Woolworths opened in the Scottish coastal town of Oban in 1955. Below is a photo of a very busy day by the looks of it. You can see a window display of cans or jars. The window poster says “Woolworths reduce prices…” and then I can’t make out…
Woolies Buildings - Then and Now 