Shanklin Woolworths – Store 656

36-40 Regent Street, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 7AB Woolworths opened their fourth Isle of Wight store in Shanklin in 1936. The one in Cowes opened 2 years earlier. The Shanklin store was a purpose-built one on Regent Street. You can see it behind the trees in this photo, quite a large building. Source: visitshanklin.co.uk…

Cowes (IOW) Woolworths – Store 597

6 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7SB Woolworths opened in Cowes in the Isle of Wight in 1934. Other IOW stores that had already opened were Ryde (Store 244) and Newport (Store 303). Source: Emily and James This Woolworths lasted until the end, closing in December 2008. This photo shows the doors were…

Newport (IOW) Woolworths – Store 303

104 High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight Woolworths opened their second Isle of Wight store in Newport in 1928. This first one opened in Ryde the previous year. The Newport store was originally at 104 High Street, as pictured below. Source: Worthpoint Some time after 1972, the store extended into the neighbouring building, so it spanned from 103…

Ryde Woolworths – Store 244

160 – 161 High Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight Woolworths opened its first Isle of Wight store at the beginning of 1927. They chose to open in Ryde which is on the north of the island, 5 miles south of Portsmouth on the English coast. There are no early photos of the store, but from…