Gloucester Woolworths – Store 837

12-18 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 1PH Woolworths opened on Eastgate Street in Gloucester in 1954. There was already a nearby store on Westgate Street (Store 125). Source: Gloucestershire Live It looks like it was a very large store. The Westgate store closed in the 1970s, when Woolworths consolidated stores that were too close together….

Dursley Woolworths – Store 830

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.

Tewkesbury Woolworths – Store 577

3-4 High Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5AJ Woolworths opened in Tewkesbury in 1924. It was a large purpose-built store, with a different look to the architecture than usual. Look at that triangular feature at the top. Source: Brooksbank, B. Source: Brooksbank, B. Source: Clark, P. In this 1978 photograph, it looks extremely busy in front…

Cirencester Woolworths – Store 394

9-11 Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1HZ Woolworths opened in Cirencester in 1930 on Cricklade Street. It was a small purpose-built store with classic Woolworths architecture – you can see it in the below photo on the right side. These are a few photos of the interiors and people over the decades. Source: Old Ciren…

Gloucester Woolworths – Store 125

32-34 Westgate St, Gloucester GL1 2NG The 125th Woolworths store opened in the city centre of Gloucester in 1922. It opened on the site of the Palace Theatre on Westgate Street, which was demolished to create the store (on the middle right of this photo, next to Godsell & Sons). Source: Francis Frith And though…

Stroud Woolworths – Store 63

1 King Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3BU Woolworths opened in the market town of Stroud in Gloucestershire in 1916 in quite a prominent historical building at number 1 King Street. Source: Francis Frith Source: Francis Frith Some time after 1965, I presume in the 1970s, the store was modernised and a third floor added to…

Cheltenham Woolworths – Store 60

206/207 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire The 60th Woolworths store opened in Cheltenham in 1915, taking over the Cheltenham Munical Office. The clock and first floor architecture were kept from the original occupiers. (Thank you to reader Pete Dickinson for this information) Source: Historic England In 1957 Woolworths moved from this location and it became a Tesco….