27 – 29 Long Street, Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11 4HU Woolworths opened in Dursley in 1954. Another short-lived store, this one closed in 1973. This photo was taken shortly after it closed. Source: Facebook Today you will find Ben’s Takeaway in the former Woolworths building.
Brentford Woolworths – Store 829
120 – 122 High Street, Brentford, Middlesex Woolworths opened in Brentford in March 1954 as part of a parade of shops. Source: Facebook Source: Brentford High Street Project They traded here for 20 years, as it “did not prosper in the 1960s and was among the first stores to be closed on economic grounds during…
South Oxhey Woolworths – Store 828
12 St Andrews Road, South Oxhey, Watford, Herts WD19 7AA Woolworths opened in South Oxhey in 1954. Source: Our Oxhey Source: Flickr – Terry Trainor Source: Flickr Source: Ballysundriven South Oxhey Woolworths closed in December 2008 and if you’re looking for the old building today, you won’t find it. The whole of St Andrews Road…
New Addington Woolworths – Store 827
49-50 Central Parade, New Addington, Surrey CR9 0AP Woolworths opened in New Addington in 1954, along a parade of shops in this South London town near Croydon. They traded here for 54 years. The store closed in January 2009. It did become a 99p store, which was taken over by Poundland.
Chigwell/Hainault Woolworths – Store 826
187 Manford Way, Chigwell, Hainault, Essex IG7 4DN Woolworths opened in Chigwell in 1954. It was known as the “Hainault” store when it opened, but by the 1970s it was known as “Chigwell” store. Ron Watson was manager from 1974-78. The store traded here for 54 years, closing in December 2008. Today you’ll find a…
Enfield Highway Woolworths – Store 825
220-222 Hertford Road, Enfield Highway, Middlesex EN3 5BH Woolworths opened in Enfield Highway in 1954, as part of a parade of shops. They traded here for over half a century – 54 years. Martin Robbins was the store manager in 1986. Source: Flickr The store closed in December 2008. Today there is a “Fresh Food…
Welwyn Garden City Woolworths – Store 824
61 Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6BB Woolworths opened in Welwyn Garden City in 1953 Source: Woolworths History and Photos They traded here for 36 years, closing on 3rd June 1989. Today you will find Vision Express and McDonalds here. You can see to the right of the building is the shopping centre. It…
Ballina Woolworths – Store 823
Arran Street, Ballina, Mayo, Ireland The next Irish Woolworths store to be opened was Ballina in 1953. They traded here for 31 years, closing when Woolworths left Ireland in 1984. With thanks to Stephen Nolan who has sent in the below information and photos. The Ballina store 823 was probably the most remote in the…
Alnwick Woolworths – Store 822
32 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1JB Woolworths opened in Alnwick on 26th November 1953, originally at 32 Bondgate Within, where they traded for 15 years. Source: Soult, G. Source: Flickr – Bill M 40-42 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1JB In 1968 Alnwick Woolworths moved along the same road to numbers 40-42. Source: bailiffgatecollections.co.uk…
Thurles Woolworths – Store 821
33/34 Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Woolworths opened their 18th Irish store in Thurles, Co, Tipperary, in 1953. Source: Love Thurles Note from Stephen Nolan: This store closed in the early 1970s and was occupied by Heatons until relatively recently. County Tipperary had three Woolworths stores – map of stores from 1969 shows Thurles,…
Billingham Woolworths – Store 820
37 Queensway, Billingham, Teeside TS23 2ND Woolworths opened in Billingham in 1953 when the new shopping centre was built. The shopping centre began to take shape in 1953, and attracted the big names of the time, such as Woolworths and Timothy Whites. It offered shopping on 2 levels and free car parking. In 1968 it…
Shirley (Solihull) Woolworths – Store 819
146-150 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3BE Woolworths opened in Shirley, Solihull, in 1953. It was on the end of a parade of shops in Shirley House. They traded here for just over 55 years, closing in January 2009. Source: Brown, E. Source: Flickr – abandonment Today you will find a Subway and…
Bulwell Woolworths – Store 818
69 Main Street, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire NG6 8QD Woolworths opened in Bulwell in 1953 in the former Olympia Theatre – hence it’s grand appearance. Source: Historic England Sometime in the 1960s/70s, they redid the front of the store. Source: Cinema Treasures (Rigby, H.) The store closed in January 2009. Today B&M Bargains is here: Source: Ballysundriven
Pennywell Woolworths – Store 817
205 Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, Co. Durham Woolworths opened in Pennywell in 1953. It opened amongst a curved parade of shops – see the below photos, it is like being transported back in time. Source: Lee, T. Source: Sunderland Antiquarian Society Source: @WearsideEchoes Closing date is unknown, but closed before 1995 and it is not…
Smethwick (High Street) Woolworths – Store 816
84 High Street, Smethwick, Warley, Worcs B66 1AQ There were already two Woolworths in Smethwick – Store 170 and Store 373. In 1953 the third Smethwick Woolworths opened on the High Street, about a mile away from the other two which had opened in the 1920s. The closing date is unknown, but it is not…
Olbury (Warley) Woolworths – Store 815
33 Birmingham Street, Oldbury, Warley, Worcs Woolworths opened in Oldbury, Warley in the West Midlands in 1953. It’s not on the 1995 store list, so closed perhaps in the 1970s/80s. At this address today is a shop called Capricorn Interiors – and have a closer look at it. Can you spot Woolworths floor tiles at…
Bridgnorth Woolworths – Store 814
16 High Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4DL Woolworths opened in Bridgnorth in 1953, original a small store next to the Crown Hotel on the High Street, Source: Facebook It then extended in the the neighbouring building to create a large store. You can see the italicised lettering of the Woolworth here. Source: Facebook You can…
Redruth Woolworths – Store 813
72 Fore Street, Redruth, Cornwall Shortly after opening in Launceston in 1953, Woolworths opened another Cornish store in Redruth. This one opened on 25th September 1953, in a former grocery store called S&T Trounston Ltd. The store was on quite a slope. Source: Historic England / Archives and Cornish Study Service Source: Francis Frith A…
Launceston Woolworths – Store 812
5-7 Southgate Street, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 9DR Woolworths opened in the Cornish town on Launceston in 1953. It was a branch that only traded for 20 years, which we know thanks to this detailed post by Launceston Then. Source: Launceston Then! In post-war 1950s, new Woolworths stores opened in existing buildings. Here in Launceston they…
Hunstanton Woolworths – Store 811
8-16 High Street, Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 5AG Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Hunstanton in 1953. It was a large store that traded from this location for 55 years. Below are a couple of memories from shopping at Hunstanton Woolworths. Source: Twitter Hunstanton Woolworths closed in December 2008. After initially becoming a Warehouse Clearance…
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