328-330 Hook Road, Chessington, Surrey KT9 1NX Woolworths opened in Hook in 1955. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures Source: Flickr – Southern Driver This Woolworths closed in December 2008. Today it’s a soft play! Source: Tripadvisor
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Broadwater Woolworths – Store 893
19 Broadwater Street, West Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 9BT Woolworths opened in Broadwater in 1955. See it picture on the right of this photo. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures The store traded until the end, closing in January 2009. Source: Woolworths History and Pictures Today there is a family-owned home store in the former…
Oxted Woolworths – Store 890
21-23 Station Road, East Oxted, Surrey RH8 0BG Woolworths opened in the Surrey town of Oxted in 1955. It was on Station Road. The below screenshot shows the store in October 2008, the window posters advertising 3 for 2 on all toys. Source: Google Streetview The store closed in January 2009. Source: Flickr – Danny…
Reigate Woolworths – Store 888
27-29 High Street, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9AA Woolworths opened in Reigate in 1955. The store traded for 29 years, closing in 1984. This was a time when they had started closing branches that were too near to each other, in this case the Reigate store was very close to the larger Redhill Woolworths. After Reigate…
Cobham Woolworths – Store 871
16 High Street, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3DY Woolworths opened in Cobham on 3rd March 1955 and this was a very special one, as it was Woolworths’ first self-service store. You can read a detailed article about it on the Woolworths Museum website. Source: Esher District Local History Society The following extract is from Elmbridge Borough…
Egham Woolworths – Store 866
58 High Street, Egham, Surrey TW20 9EX Woolworths opened on Egham High Street in 1954, in what used to be a shoe shop called Herd’s. Source: langford20 Woolworths traded here for 54 years, until the chain went bust. Today there is a British Heart Foundation shop in its place. Source: alamy.com
New Addington Woolworths – Store 827
49-50 Central Parade, New Addington, Surrey CR9 0AP Woolworths opened in New Addington in 1954, along a parade of shops in this South London town near Croydon. They traded here for 54 years. The store closed in January 2009. It did become a 99p store, which was taken over by Poundland.
Haslemere Woolworths – Store 779
14 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2JQ Woolworths opened in the market town of Haslemere in 1952. Haslemere is in a conservation area, which meant this Woolworth looks quite different from other branches. Here is an extract from the Woolworths Museum talking about the design. “Harold Winbourne, the company architect, showed remarkable stamina. While many…
East Molesey Woolworths – Store 764
136 Walton Road, East Molesey, SurreyKT8 0HP Woolworths opened in East Molesey in 1947, after the war. It was built as part of a parade of shops. There was a flood in 1968, and Woolworths was photographed then. The store was updated, you can see the fascia and doors in this photo. This is the…
Weybridge Woolworths – Store 760
27 High Street, Weybridge, Surrey The Woolworths in Weybridge is slightly different from others in that it was due to open in 1939 but didn’t due to the outbreak of WWII. It was actually was used as the Woolworths Head Office during the war, and then finally opened to the public as a store in…
Stoneleigh Woolworths – Store 756
65 The Broadway, Stoneleigh, Ewell, Surrey Woolworths opened in Stoneleigh, Surrey, in 1939. It was part of a parade of shops. Source: Francis Frith Source: Francis Frith This Woolworths store is listed as closed on the 1972 store list. The unit was recently a Budgens, but today you will find a Sainsburys Local here.
Banstead Woolworths – Store 737
46 High Street, Banstead, Surrey SM7 2LX Woolworths opened in Banstead in 1938. You can see in on the far left of this photo. Source: bansteadvillage.com They traded here for 70 years, closing in January 2009. Today there’s a toy/stationery shop here called Lorimers, which is nice and that’s what Woolworths used to sell. Source:…
Purley Woolworths – Store 728
5 Russell Parade, Russell Hill, Purley, Surrey CR2 2XQ Woolworths opened in Purley, Croydon, in 1938. It was part of a parade of shops. You can just about see it on the centre right here. This Woolworths closed down in the 1970s/80s. Most recently the unit has been occupied by Laura Ashley. You can tell…
Rose Hill Sutton Woolworths – Store 703
52 The Market, Rose Hill, Sutton, Surrey SM1 3HE Woolworths opened in Rose Hill, Sutton in 1937. It was about a mile from the other Sutton Woolworths Store 71. Now, I have searched online and just can’t find a photo of this Woolworths. They did trade from 52 The Market for 71 years, closing in…
North Cheam Woolworths – Store 687
514 London Road, North Cheam, Surrey SM3 8HW Woolworths opened in North Cheam in 1937. Cheam is a town, in the London Borough of Sutton, in South London. Source: Johnson, R. They traded here for just over 70 years, closing in December 2008. It became a Carpetwright. But now the unit is occupied by a…
Epsom Woolworths – Store 682
46 High Street, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8AL Woolworths opened in Epsom in 1937. The store was built on the High Street along with other shops – this photo shows the houses in front being demolished to make space. Source: Historic England Former manager David Horney tells us, “682 Epsom was the very first Woolworths store…
Camberley Woolworths – Store 673
3 High Street, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3QY Woolworths opened in Camberley in 1936. It was a purpose-built store on the High Street. Guy Burtenshaw was store manager from 1981 to 1985. He tells us, “I had a great team of people including a Cashier and Staff Supervisor who had given over 60 or 70 years…
New Malden Woolworths – Store 672 / 2019
106-110 High Street, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4EY Woolworths opened in a small store on New Malden High Street in 1936. There was huge excitement in the town on opening day – look at the crowds! Source: Pinterest The store was extended 3 years later in 1939. You can see it below on the right, 3 stores down…
Addiscombe Woolworths – Store 667
261 Lower Addiscombe Road, Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey CR9 6DB Woolworths opened in Addiscombe in 1936. It looks like it was part of a shopping parade, with the Woolworths store having a more ornate design featuring curved bricks. Source: Beckett, C. Former manager Derek Constable shares some stories from Addiscombe, “667 was my first store as…
Tolworths Woolworths – Store 646
20 -24 Broadway, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey Woolworths opened in Tolworth, near Surbiton/Kingston-Upon-Thames in Surrey, in 1936. It was part of a shopping parade – in the 1930s, lots of shopping parade were built like this in suburban areas, with a similar look on the upper floors. There were usually flats above the shops. This is…
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