Atherton Woolworths – Store 782

116 – 118 Market Street, Atherton, Manchester Woolworths opened in Atherton in 1952 in a former billiards hall. Unfortunately there are no photos of the building as a Woolworths. It was only open for 2 or 3 decades, as it’s not listed on the 1995 store list. A Kwik Save opened afterwards. In this 1984…

Cheetham Hill Woolworths – Store 733

56 Bury Old Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 5BN Woolworths opened in Cheetham Hill in 1938. It was on a corner plot and had an interesting looking facade. Source: salfordandcheethaminfocus.co.uk A larger Big W opened in Cheetham Hill in the 2000s. It was out-of-town so didn’t affect this store, which traded until 2nd January 2009….

Urmston Woolworths – Store 627

2 Station Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 9JP Woolworths opened in Urmston in 1935 in a purpose-built store with the recognisable architecture. Source: Facebook Source: Urmston.net They traded here until December 2008. The building still exists today and is occupied by Appliance World. Source: Manchester Evening News

Longsight Woolworths – Store 481

575 – 577 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M13 0RG Woolworths opened in Longsight, an inner area of Manchester, in 1932. For this post, I have found an extract from Manchesterhistory.net, where Paul Seaton the author of “woolworthsmuseum.co.uk” and ‘A Sixpenny Romance, celebrating a century of value at Woolworths’ tells us about Store 481 Longsight: “Like…

Moss Side Woolworths – Store 458

50 – 54 Alexandra Road, Moss Side, Manchester M16 7BQ Woolworths opened in Moss Side, Manchester, in 1932. It was on Alexandra Road which was a busy and bustling shopping street back in the day. The store traded here until the 1970s or 80s – the actual date of closure is unknown. Source: Manchester History…

Salford Woolworths – Store 435

54-55 Fitzgerald Way, Salford, Manchester M6 5LJ Woolworths opened somewhere in Salford in 1931. Although I have no photos of the original store, former store manager Tony Coghlan paints a pretty good picture of it from his days there in the late 1960s. “Gosh, 435 Salford, my first store as manager! Even then it was…

Manchester Deansgate Woolworths – Store 230

12 – 14 St Mary’s Gate, Manchester M1 1PX Woolworths opened its third Manchester store on 6th August 1926 in the Exchange Arcade on St Mary’s Gate, at the end of Deansgate. The other two stores were Store 4 and Store 77. Extract from Woolworths Museum: “(the store) had fallen prey to German bombers during a…

Manchester (Stretford Road) Woolworths – Store 77

Store 77 opened in Stretford Road in Manchester in 1918. It is not on the 1972 store list so it must have closed down before then. The whole road is full of new build flats on Google Street View, so I see no sign of a Woolworths store. This is going to be a short…