14 High Street, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9PE Woolworths opened in Newhaven in 1953. This is a photo of the store under construction. Source: Our Newhaven Source: Our Newhaven Source: Our Newhaven The store traded at Newhaven for 55 years before closing in January 2009. Alworths opened in this building, then closed. Today Poundstretcher is…
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Hove Woolworths – Store 680
113-119 Blatchington Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3YY Woolworths opened in Hove in 1936. It was a large store on Blatchington Road. Source: Landaw, S. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were pictured in front of the store in 1962. Source: Avery, K. The store traded here until the end in December 2008. Source: Jones,…
Seaford Woolworths – Store 647
43 Broad Street, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1NQ In 1936 Woolworths opened a store in the East Sussex seaside town of Seaford. The store was on Broad Street, a short walk from the train station. You will notice the architecture of both the Woolworths store and Sainsburys store are similar from this photograph. That is…
Bexhill on Sea Woolworths – Store 625
44 Devonshire Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex TN40 1BB Woolworths opened in Bexhill-on-Sea in 1935. An interesting looking building with a checkerboard look to the brickwork along the parade of shops. Source: @bexhillmuseum Source: Facebook Following photos from Flickr – @gandalphthegrey: Source: @bexhillmuseum Former employee Samantha Reace Rushton shares her memories, “I worked for…
Shoreham-by-Sea Woolworths – Store 574
56 – 58 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex BN4 5EP Woolworths opened in Shoreham-by-Sea in 1934. It was originally a small, purpose-built store that was extended to the left in later years – you can tell by the architecture in the below photo. The store traded until the end, closing in December 2008. Source: Holman, S….
Lewes Woolworths – Store 363
53 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2AN Woolworths opened in Lewes in 1929, and they traded in the same location on Cliffe High Street all the way to December 2008. Today an Intersport sports shop trades from the building, but look closely and you’ll see front windows/doors have not changed from the Woolworths…
East Grinstead Woolworths – Store 352
20 – 26 London Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1AG Woolworths opened in East Grinstead in 1929. The building is quite interesting as the upper floor had the right side in line with the street and the left side back a bit. So we can guess the store was small to start off with…
Littlehampton Woolworths – Store 347
19 – 21 Surrey Street, Littlehampton, Sussex Woolworths opened in Littlehampton in 1928 on Surrey Street. It was a small single-storey store – see it pictured below on the right side. Source: Pubs History In more recent years it had a makeover to become a Woolworths Local, and the frontage changed so that the entrance…
Bognor Regis Woolworths – Store 344
18-20 London Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 1QA Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Bognor Regis in 1928. I have found an undated postcard below of London Road and it looks as though the tall building in the centre, left side, is the F.W.Woolworth store. Source: Gravelroots The store had a 1950s makeover, but then in…
Brighton (St James Street) Woolworths – Store 292
26 – 28a St James Street, Brighton, Sussex BN2 1SJ Woolworths opened their third Brighton store in 1927. The other two were Store 73 (Western Road) and Store 288 (London Road). This store was on St James Street, pictured below. It was on the side of Brighton nearer to the Palace Pier on the beach. In this…
Brighton (London Road) Woolworths – Store 288
1/2 London Road, Brighton, Sussex Woolworths opened their second Brighton store on 29th October 1927 at 1-2 London Road, on the corner of Cheapside. This branch was nearer to the two railway stations, whereas Store 73 was closer to the seafront. Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk On 8th June 1934, the store was extended, it looks like into the…
Hastings Woolworths – Store 251
1-7 Wellington Place, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1NY In July 1926, Woolworths bought the block of 2-6 Wellington Place and 15-20 Pelham. The buildings were demolished (according to the Hastings Chronicle) to build the Woolworths store which opened in 1927. It was an interesting looking building, with four storeys including a roof level with four windows. There were…
Horsham Woolworths – Store 243
45- 47 West Street, Horsham, Sussex RH12 1PS Woolworths opened in Horsham at the start of 1927. It was located on West Street and quickly became established as one of the most successful stores in the Sussex, being repeatedly extended. The below photo shows the store in 1960 after a makeover. At this stage they stocked…
Eastbourne Woolworths – Store 172
97-101 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex In the 1920s, Woolworth’s headquarters in London would receive nomination letters every day, suggesting a town where the chain should open. One of those towns was Eastbourne, for which the architects created a rather grand design. The store opened in 1924 on Terminus Road. Source: Woolworthsmuseum.co.uk This photo was taken in the…
Worthing Woolworths – Store 89
33 -35 – Montague Street, Worthing, Sussex Woolworths first opened in Rowlands Road in Worthing on 28th August 1920. Source: Pinterest In 1930 the store was extended and a horizontal moderne Art Deco frontage was created. This was a style favoured for seaside towns such as Brighton, Bournemouth and Bexhill. Woolworths traded here for nearly…
Brighton Woolworths – Store 73
181-185 Western Road, Brighton BN1 2BG One of the very early Woolworths stores, the Brighton branch opened in Western Road on 5th August 1916. It was joined by two further Brighton stores in London Road and St James Street in 1927. Source: Regencysociety.org In 1968 the store was modernised and reduced in size, with the right side being…
St Leonards-on-Sea – Store 832
10/11 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex TN37 6EA There once was a Woolworths store at St Leonards-on-Sea, down the road from Hastings. It opened in the 1950s on Kings Road, quite close to St Leonards Warrior Square train station. It is on the right of the below photo – the building with the narrow arched windows….
Burgess Hill – Store 891
49/51 Church Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex RH15 9BH Woolworths arrived in Burgess Hill in September 1955 on Church Road (now Church Walk). Source: Francis Frith It was one of the later branches to be opened, as you can tell from the store number, and it looks as though it was medium sized from the photo…
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