Leicester (Market Place) Woolworths – Store 882

.12/20 Market Place, Leicester LE1 5GB Woolworths opened in Leicester’s Market Place in 1955. This was the second Woolworths in Leicester city centre, the other being Store 49 on Gallowtree Gate. These two store were very close together. And there was a third Leicester Woolworths on Belgrave Road (Store 844). The Market Place Woolworths was…

Leicester (Belgrave Road) Woolworths – Store 844

89-101 Belgrave Road, Leicester LE4 6AS Woolworths opened another store in Leicester in 1954, this one on Belgrave Road. This photo dates from December 1953 and it shows 89-101 Belgrave Road, Leicester. The row of small shops was being vacated, as the entire block had been bought by F.W. Woolworth, with the intention of opening…

Ashby de la Zouch Woolworths – Store 624

33 Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 5AF Woolworths opened in Ashby de la Zouch in 1935, in a Grade II Listed Building. In the 1960s, the building was covered in ivy. Source: Francis Frith Source: Vieira, R. The store closed in December 2008 and it became a Costa Coffee. Source: Ballysundriven

Hinckley Woolworths – Store 542

32-36 Castle Street, Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire LE10 1DL Woolworths opened in Hinckley in 1934. It was originally a small store on Castle Street – you can see it in the background of this photo, next to Hiltons. The canopies are open and you can just see the ‘3d and 6d store’ on the fascia. Source:…

Melton Mowbray Woolworths – Store 490

3 Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 1XP Woolworths opened in Melton Mowbray in 1933. The top of the store is just cut off in this photo, but it looks like a purpose-built store. Source: Francis Frith In 1955 the store had a makeover and was extended to become a larger store. Source: Francis Frith…

Coalville Woolworths – Store 474

10 Belvoir Road, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3QB Woolworths opened in Coalville in 1932. But I can’t find any photos of it when it was open! It looks like a 1960s building in this photo. Source: Ballysundriven Lila Walker was Assistant Manager at Coalville and enjoyed her career at Woolworths. She says, “I was transferred from…

Market Harborough Woolworths – Store 301

19 High Street, Market Harborough, Leics LE16 7NW Woolworths opened in Market Harborough on the site of an old motor garage at 19 High Street in 1928. The garage was demolished and the Woolworths store was built in their recognisable style. Source: Francis Frith  They traded here until the 1970s. Today a Savers store trades…

Loughborough Woolworths – Store 226

2 Market Place, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3EP Woolworths opened in Loughborough in 1926, originally at number 2 Market Place in what used to be a furnishing warehouse, next to Barclays Bank. See it on the right of this postcard. An interesting photo here, I can’t quite make out what is happening. There seems to be…

Leicester Woolworths – Store 49

50a – 54 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester LE1 1DB Woolworths opened their 49th store in Leicester on Gallowtree Gate in 1915. The store was substantially enlarged in the 1920s and 1930s, as it was a very popular store. Leicester Woolworths 1930s Source: Leicester Memories Source: Soult’s Retail View   A new look F. W. Woolworth store…