Chepstow Woolworths – Store 515

18 High Street, Chepstow, Gwent NP6 5YA Woolworths opened in Chepstow in 1933 in the former Ye Olde Bush Hotel on the High Street. Source: Forest Prints As you can see in this photo, the look of the hotel was kept, with the shop on the ground floor. Source: Dowle, S. After Chepstow Woolworths closed…

Abergavenny Woolworths – Store 250

7 – 8 High Street, Abergavenny, Gwent NP7 5RU Woolworths opened their 250th store in Abergavenny, Wales in 1927. It opened at number 7 High Street on the site of a former tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop called William Henry Butt. But many years beforehand, the graveyard of St John’s Church crossed this site,…