Bridgnorth Woolworths – Store 814

16 High Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4DL Woolworths opened in Bridgnorth in 1953, original a small store next to the Crown Hotel on the High Street, Source: Facebook It then extended in the the neighbouring building to create a large store. You can see the italicised lettering of the Woolworth here. Source: Facebook You can…

Market Drayton Woolworths – Store 738

7 High Street, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 1QA Woolworths opened in the traditional Shropshire market town of Market Drayton in 1938. As you can see here, it was a lovely looking building. They traded from here for 70 years. Source: Brightley, J It became a Peacocks store.

Whitchurch Woolworths – Store 662

15-17 High Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 1AY Woolworths opened in the Shropshire market town of Whitchurch in 1936. You can see a lovely early photo of store below. It opened in an existing building. The road looked like it had loads of character. Source: Avery, K. Former Store Manager Glenn Fairclough-Lowry shares his memories, “My…

Newport (Shropshire) Woolworths – Store 588

44 – 50 High Street, Newport, Shropshire TF10 7AQ Woolworths opened in the market town of Newport in Shropshire in 1934. Unfortunately I can’t find any photos of it! It did trade right until the end though, after 74 years, closing on 30th December 2008. It became a B&M a few months later. Source: Ballysundriven

Ludlow Woolworths – Store 524

1 Castle Street, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1AS Woolworths opened in Ludlow in 1933 in an existing building. The store traded here all the way to the end in December 2008, but what is special about this store is how the original 1930s shopfront survived, and it is still there today. Source: Flickr This is the…

Oswestry Woolworths – Store 487

12-14 Cross St, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2NG Woolworths opened in Oswestry in 1932. It was in a purpose-built store on Cross Street, and Littlewoods must have been built next door at the same time as the building is almost identical. Source: Pinterest They moved to a bigger location in the 1960s. Today the original Woolworths…

Wellington Woolworths (Shropshire) – Store 424

15 New Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire TF1 1LY Woolworths opened in Wellington, Telford, in 1930. It was one of the stores that got a full makeover in the 1960s, and below on the right you can see the upgraded store. It lasted until the end, closing in December 2008. Today Heron Foods is in the…

Shrewsbury Woolworths – Store 312

20 – 22 Pride Hill, Shrewbury, Shropshire Woolworths opened in Shrewbury in 1928. It was originally at 20 – 22 Pride Hill, taking over the premises of Bagnell and Blower grocers and Stewart Bros merchants. See the below photo, you can see it in the centre on the right. They traded here until 1963. Source:…