Leyland Woolworths – Store 865

Towngate, Leyland, Preston, Lancs PR5 1TE Woolworths opened in Leyland in 1954, in what was the Regent Cinema. The was a fire at the cinema in 1949, which destroyed most of the cinema. Woolworths took over the site and kept the facade, as you can see in these photos. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures Source:…

Blackpool (Talbot Road) Woolworths – Store 851/2016

51-59 Talbot Road, Blackpool, Lancs FY1 1LP Woolworths opened their third Blackpool store on Talbot Road in 1954. The other two stores were Store 66 and Store 309. Source: Blackpool Gazette – Maureen Hoyland Source: Senior, J. Source: Dymond. L At some point the windows of the upper floor were painted over, which looks a…

St Annes-on-Sea Woolworths – Store 843

63 St Annes Road West, Lancs FY8 1SL Woolworths opened in the seaside town St Annes-on-Sea in 1954. The town is just south of Blackpool. Source: amounderness.co.uk The store lasted until the end, closing in January 2009. Today there is a B&M store here. Source: alamy.com

Haslingden Woolworths – Store 842

16 Deardengate, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancs BB4 5QL Woolworths opened in Haslingden in 1954, in a former bank. Source: Lancashire County Council Source: Haslingden Old and New The store traded for just 16 years, closing in 1970. A supermarket moved in after, but today the NHS owns the building.

Cleveleys Woolworths – Store 810

47-51 Victoria Road West, Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 1BT Woolworths opened in coastal town of Cleveleys, just north of Blackpool, in 1953. A large store, it does look purpose-built. This photo is from a store re-opening, most probably after a refurbishment. Source: Forshaw, C. Janet Worthington worked at this store and she shares this, “810 Cleveleys…

Ormskirk Woolworths – Store 793

7-9 Burscough Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire Woolworths opened in Ormskirk in 1953, originally a small store on Burscough Street. Source: Ormskirk Bygone Times Around 1962 they moved to bigger premised. The original building is a bookies now. Interestingly red like Woolworths. 6-8 Aughton Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 3BR The new store was built on the site…

Morecambe Woolworths (Seafront) – Store 751

Marine Road Central, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 4BU Woolworths opened in Morecambe in 1939. This was the second Woolworths in this seaside town, just a 10 minute walk from the first (Store 408) which opened in 1930. The newer seafront store had an eye-catching art deco frontage. Source: Facebook Source: Kapp, A. Woolworths traded from this…

Heywood Woolworths – Store 704

10 – 12 Market Street, Heywood, Lancs Woolworths opened in Heywood in 1937. It was a purpose-built store with an Art Deco style facade. It closed in the 1970s/80s and today there is a Wetherspoons pub in the building.

Clitheroe Woolworths – Store 626

39 Castle Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 2BT Woolworths opened in Clitheroe in 1935. It was a purpose-built store with a stone facade. The building was on a slope so there was a step into the entrance. Source: Twitter – @thoughtfox Source: Clitheroe Past and Present Source: Kapp, A. Clitheroe Woolworths closed in December 2008. Today…

Fleetwood Woolworths – Store 613

183 Lord Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 6SW Woolworths opened in Fleetwood in 1935. It was a small purpose-built store with the recognisable architecture, and extended in 1937. Source: Law, J. The store was modernised in 1967. Source: Co-op Historian This Woolworths store closed in January 2009, and became a discount store called Steals. Today it…

Hindley Woolworths – Store 612

64 Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire WN2 3AN Woolworths opened in Hindley in 1935. It was a small, purpose-built store with the classic architecture of 5 bays, red brick and a central pediment. Source: Hunt, R. It closed down in the 1980s. Today it is a Coral betting shop with another floor added on top…

Rawtenstall Woolworths – Store 607

49-51 Bank Street, Rawtenstall, Lancashire BB4 7QN Woolworths opened in Rawtenstall in 1935. It was a purpose-built store with a stone facade to match the rest of the street. Source: Historic England Source: Facebook Source: Facebook The store closed in December 2008 after trading from this location for 73 years. Source: Rossday Looking on Flickr,…

Bacup Woolworths – Store 482

10 St James’ Square, Bacup, Lancs Woolworths opened in Bacup in 1932. It was a purpose-built store with the standard Woolworths architecture, at the start of St James’ Square and next to the junction with Yorkshire Street. Source: Francis Frith The store closed in June 1986 and apparently locals signed a petition to save it….

Ulverston Woolworths – Store 478

4 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire LA12 7AZ Woolworths opened in Ulverston in 1932. It was a small purpose-built store – I think you will recognise the archictecture in the below photo. Source: @Ulverston_Town In this 1980s photo, the window is advertising ‘Going Back to School. Going Back to College’. There is also a vicar riding…

Colne Woolworths – Store 411

42 – 44 Market Street, Colne, Lancs In 1930 Woolworths opened in the town of Colne on Market Street, on the site of an old bakers. The bakery was demolished and the Woolworths store built – you can see it pictured below with the front part of the store protruding. In 1963 a lot of…

Darwen Woolworths – Store 410

36 – 38 Market Street, Darwen, Lancs BB3 1PS Woolworths opened in Darwen in 1930 on Market Street. It was a purpose-built store on the right side of a block shared with Burtons, and the whole block had an Art Deco facade. We can see in this photo how the fascia had 3d and 6d…

Chorley Woolworths – Store 409

52 – 54 Market Street, Chorley, Lancs PR7 2SB Woolworths opened in Chorley in 1930 on Market Street. The store was built with an Art Deco facade. Source: Chorley Citizen Source: Pinterest They traded from this building for 65 years, before closing in March 1995 in order to move to a new store on Market…

Morecambe Woolworths – Store 408

30 Euston Road, Morecambe, Lancs Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Morecambe in 1930 on Euston Road. In 1939 a second branch opened on the seafront with a more Art Deco look (Store 751) – this will be covered in a future blog post. Unfortunately I cannot find any photos of the Euston Road…

Radcliffe Woolworths – Store 399

35 – 39 Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, Lancashire Woolworths opened in Radcliffe in 1930. It was on Blackburn Street in an existing building on the corner of Railway Street. Many locals have happy memories of this store. Source: Facebook The store closed down in the early 1970s, and the building was taken over by a DIY…

Nelson Woolworths – Store 398

10a – 12a Scotland Road, Nelson, Lancashire Woolworths opened in Nelson in 1930. It was on Scotland Road, in a building that was built by Burton. The stylish building was split between Burton, The British Shoe shop and Woolworth. Source: Flickr In the 1970s Woolworths left this building and moved to bigger premises on a…