Totton Woolworths – Store 795

11 Rumbridge Street, Totton, Southampton, Hants Woolworths opened in Totton, Southampton in 1953, originally a small store on Rumbridge Street. Source: Thomas, I “Here we have Staff of the Store from 1965… just a couple of years later the Woolworth Store had relocated..The Manager in the Photo is Mr G Ace.” Source: Avery, K Source:…

Lymington Woolworths – Store 785

78-80 High Street, Lymington, HampshireSO41 9ZX Woolworths opened in the port town of Lymington, Hampshire, in 1952. This photo is from the day it opened. The premises used to be a shop called C.S.Barrow. At some point the building was modernised and you can see it looks completely different from the opening day. Source: Austin,…

Farnborough Woolworths – Store 781

61 Queensmead, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7RN Woolworths opened in Farnborough in 1952, when a new shopping centre was built in town. Source: Norris, B. Here’s a bit of background to the development: “The 1950s saw increasing population in Cove and to the north of the town, and it was decided to build a new shopping…

Woolston Woolworths – Store 771

8-12 Victoria Road,Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire SO9 5UE Woolworths opened in Woolston in 1951. As a post-war new store, you can see the style of the building is different Source: Historic England This photo from the opening day – look at the queues outside. Source: Historic England This Woolworths traded here for 57 years, closing in…

Ringwood Woolworths – Store 717

29 Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 1HA Woolworths opened in Ringwood in 1938, in a small, purpose-built store. Source: Austin, D. Source: Facey, P. The store traded until the end, closing in December 2008. Today you will find Iceland here. Source: JJ Justin

Romsey Woolworths – Store 633

22 – 24 The Hundred, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8ZP Woolworths opened in Romsey in 1935, in a purpose-built store, with a Georgian style upper floor. Below are some photos from across the decades. Source: Woodley Net Source: Woodley Net The store was modernised and the fascia brought down, with a bricked area above it. Source:…

Cosham Woolworths – Store 631

29-31 High Street, Cosham, Hampshire PO6 3BX Woolworths opened in Cosham in 1935 on the high street. Although I can’t find a photo of the original store from the outside, there is this fantastic photo of the staff and the interiors of the store from the early years Source: Facebook From the style of the…

Gosport Woolworths – Store 584

85 – 86 High Street, Gosport, Hants PO12 1DS Woolworths opened in Gosport in 1934. It was originally a small store in a building with a roof that made it look like a house. The upper floor was fronted fully with windows, which was quite rare in the 1930s. Source: Historic England Source: eBay The…

Havant Woolworths – Store 573

30 West Street, Havant, Hants PO9 1PH Woolworths opened in Havant in 1934, but unfortunately I can’t find any photos of it. It was on West Street in an existing building. They traded here for about 40 years, closing in the 1970s – 80s. Today it is a Superdrug. Source – Twitter @soult  

Petersfield Woolworths – Store 562

8 High Street, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 3JE Woolworths opened in Petersfield in 1934. It was a small purpose-built store, although the design of it was to fit in with the style of the high street. Former store manager Penny White shares her memories, “It was my second store as a manager, 1988 I think. We…

Fareham Woolworths – Store 536

4 Savoy Buildings, Fareham PO16 0AG Woolworths opened in Savoy Buildings in 1934, next to the Savoy Cinema which opened in the same year. Source: 20th Century Fareham This postcard shows the Savoy Cinema and the Savoy Buildings which had Woolworths in the centre. Source: Sense of Place South East In 1959 the Savoy Cinema…

Alton Woolworths – Store 497

58 High Street, Alton, Hampshire  Woolworths opened in Alton in 1933. It was originally at 58 High Street, and in an existing building. Source: Facebook They moved to bigger premises in the 1970s. It was a Clinton Cards store until recently, but today it is Mountain Warehouse. 65 – 67 High Street, Alton, Hampshire GU34…

Shirley Woolworths – Store 441

3-7 High Street, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire SO15 3UL Woolworths opened in Shirley (Southampton) in 1931. It was on the High Street in a single-storey purpose built store. Source: Facebook Source: Daily Echo It was a busy and popular store. Former employee Jamie Buchanan shares how it was “nice and pristine before the doors opened, and then…

Andover Woolworths – Store 405

11-15 High Street, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1LJ Woolworths opened in Andover in 1930 on the High Street. It was a purpose-built store with the classic 5 bay frontage and central pediment. Source: Facebook In 1972 Woolworths bought the Burtons building next door and built a new superstore (all the old architecture demolished). This photo shows…

Winchester Woolworths – Store 359

118 – 121 High Street, Winchester, Hants Woolworths opened in Winchester in 1929. It was on the High Street opposite The Pentice. Although I can’t find a photo of the exterior, here is how the inside looked. It was quite a large store. Source: Facebook In 1969 the upper floor facade was reconstructed to look…

Portsmouth North End Woolworths – Store 289

98 London Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hants PO2 0NA Woolworths opened their third Portsmouth store in 1927. The other two were Store 35 (Commercial Road) and Store 50 (Southsea). Store 289 was on London Road in North End. It was originally a small store – below is a photo of it from the 1940s, where you can…

Eastleigh Woolworths – Store 282

19 – 23 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hants SO5 4FF Woolworths opened in the Hampshire town of Eastleigh in 1927. It started off as a small store on the left-hand side of the ‘Eagle Building’, pictured below. The Eagle Building was “so called on account of the 8ft-wide eagle in terra-cotta placed at the top. Built…

Chichester Woolworths – Store 254

10 – 12 North Street, Chichester, Sussex PO19 1LE Woolworths opened in Chichester in 1927. Whilst I don’t have any information of the early years, we do know that number 12 North Street is listed (the smaller building on the right): “C18. 3 storeys. 2 windows. Tiled hipped roof with tiled ridges. Red brick. Coved cornice….

Aldershot Woolworths – Store 248

58 Union Street, Aldershot, Hants Woolworths opened in Aldershot in 1927, in a purpose-built store. It was next to Burtons and opposite Timothy Whites (which became Boots) on Union Street. It also had an entrance at the other side of the store on the High Street. Woolworths stayed in this building right until the end…

Boscombe Woolworths – Store 179

609 – 615 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hants BH1 4AR Woolworths opened in Boscombe in 1925. It had an Art Deco faience front and it was a large store until the 1990s. The store was on the ground floor with the stockroom upstairs. Source: Bournemouth Echo In the 1990s the store was halved in size,…