Sheringham Woolworths – Store 884

40 High Street, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8UR Woolworths opened in the coastal market town of Sheringham, Norfolk, in 1955. Source: Newsquest Photos Source: Simak, E. This Woolworths traded for 53 years, closing in December 2008. A Sainsbury Local is now in the building. Source: ballysundriven

Downham Market Woolworths – Store 864

48 High Street, Downham Market, Norfolk Woolworths opened in the Norfolk town of Downham Market in 1954. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures This was a short-lived store in comparison with the other Woolworths branches, as it only traded for 20 years, closing in 1974. Today there is a homeware store in the building. Source: Ballysundriven

North Walsham Woolworths – Store 841

2 Church Street, North Walsham, Norfolk Woolworths opened in North Walsham in 1954, on Church Street. You can see in this photo, the signs say “Opening 9am Thursday June 24th”. Source: Beauchamp, W. This is a staff photo from when the store opened. Source: North Walsham & District Community Archive Source: Julie Anne They traded…

Hunstanton Woolworths – Store 811

8-16 High Street, Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 5AG Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Hunstanton in 1953. It was a large store that traded from this location for 55 years. Below are a couple of memories from shopping at Hunstanton Woolworths. Source: Twitter Hunstanton Woolworths closed in December 2008. After initially becoming a Warehouse Clearance…

Wymondham Woolworths – Store 792

26-28 Town Green, Wymondham, NR18 0PW Woolworths opened in Wymondham in 1953. Originally in a small unit on Town Green. Source: Historic England Extract from Diss Mercury by Philip Yaxley: “Back in the early months of 1953, there was a buzz about Wymondham. Practically, the only topic of conversation, apart from perhaps the Coronation festivities…

Diss Woolworths – Store 762

55-56 Mere Street, Diss, Norfolk IP22 3AG Woolworths opened in Diss in Norfolk in 1939. It was a purpose-built store with a Neo-Georgian look. Source: eBay Source: Source: Evans, K. The store traded until the end, closing in December 2008. It became a Carpetright but is now a Poundland. Source: dissexpress.co.uk

Dereham Woolworths – Store 638

39 Market Place, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2AU Woolworths opened in Dereham in 1936. It was a large store on Market Place, as you can see in the below photo. Source: Francis Frith Source: Dereham Times Source: Evans, K. The store closed in December 2008 and today Poundland is in the building.

Norwich, Magdalen Street Woolworths – Store 556

5 Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1LE Woolworths opened in Magdalen Street, Norwich, in 1934. It was in a listed building, one that had been a pub for 300 years. It was the second store in Norwich, the bigger one being on Rampant Horse Street (Store 44 that opened in 1914). When Store 44 had…

Cromer Woolworths – Store 555

57 Church Street, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9HH Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Cromer, Norfolk in 1934. It was a small purpose-built store on Church Street. Some decades later, the store was exended to the right, and this photo shows the building on the right being demolished and one of Woolworths’ windows covered up….

Gorleston-on-Sea Woolworths – Store 518

4 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6LY Woolworths opened in Gorleston-on-Sea in 1933, a seaside town just south of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. This was 10 years after the Woolworths in Great Yarmouth opened (Store 134). The Gorleston branch was a smaller store. Source: Pinterest Woolworths traded here until 1974. In the 1970s…

Great Yarmouth Woolworths – Store 134

114 Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2AB Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth in 1923 on Regent Road. It was located opposite the Regal Cinema, and it had the Luciana Billiards Hall on the upper floor. Source: Francis Frith Source: Our Great Yarmouth Woolworths moved from this site in 1959 to…

King’s Lynn Woolworths – Store 119

73/75 High Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk Woolworths opened on the High Street in King’s Lynn in 1922. It was a small store next to a shop called Joys.  In the 1950s, they took over the Joys unit and created a larger store, pictured below. Source: King’s Lynn Forum Source: King’s Lynn Forum There is no…

Norwich Woolworths – Store 44

21-25 Rampant Horse Street, Norwich, Norfolf NOR 50E In November 1914, the 44th Woolworths store opened in Norwich on Rampant Horse Street. The store was popular despite initial resistance to chain stores and national brands. Bigger premises were needed so in 1929, a larger store was built on the opposite side with a cafeteria on…