118 – 128 High Street, Watford, Herts WD1 2BH
Woolworths first came to Watford during World War One, when the fish and poultry shop owned by AE Smith at 124 High Street was replaced by “FW Woolworth and Co, bazaar” in 1916.
Over the years, the store expanded by taking over adjacent shops, and carried the “3d and 5d Stores” sign.
By the mid-1960s, the store had extended to the corner of King Street.
During a modernisation programme in the 1980s, a new shop was built on the corner of High Street and King Street.
Source: Guy, C.
However the store closed on 20th January 1990.
Watford was without a High Street Woolies for a decade, until the shop near Clarendon Road opened in 2000.
Information from the Watford Observer
Photos from Watford Museum
So what happened to the building? Well you wouldn’t recognise it but it is now McDonald’s, Waterstones and a TUI Holiday Shop.
Woolies Buildings - Then and Now 
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