Gosforth Woolworths – Store 716

92 High Street, Gosforth, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear NE3 1HB Woolworths opened in Gosforth in 1938, on the high street in a purpose-built store with an Art Deco style facade. Source: Historic England Source: Facebook Gosforth Woolworths closed in January 2009. Source: Soult’s Retail View It became a Co-op, then a McColl’s… but now the…

Houghton le Spring Woolworths – Store 488

16 Newbottle Street, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear DH4 4AW Woolworths opened in Houghton-le-Spring in January 1933 originally at 16 Newbottle Street. It wasn’t a purpose-built store, opening in an existing building. Source: Horton Le Spring Heritage Society They traded here for 30 years until 1964. Today the unit has been split into two,…

Jarrow Woolworths – Store 434

Ormonde Street, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear Woolworths opened in Jarrow in 1931 on Ormonde Street. It was a purpose-built store with the classic Woolworths architecture, next to Burtons (see below photo). Source: Geordstoree Source: Perry, P. In the 1960s a new shopping centre called the Arndale Shopping Centre was built (later renamed The Viking Centre)…

Newcastle (Clayton Street) Woolworths – Store 340

73 – 79 Clayton Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 5PR Woolworths opened their second Newcastle-upon-Tyne store on Clayton Street in 1928. The first store was in Northumberland Street – Store 27. Presumably it was a small store to start off with, but had a 1960s makeover and ended up looking like this. In this photo you can…

Byker Woolworths – Store 276

47 – 49 Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Woolworths opened in Byker in 1927. Again, thanks to Graham Soult’s research, we know it originally opened at 47 – 49 Shields Road in a purpose-built store. They traded from here until 1955. Today that building is occupied by A&S Discount Store, the pediment sadly flaking away. Source:…

Sunderland Woolworths – Store 144

7 – 10a Fawcett Street, Sunderland, County Durham SR1 1SL Woolworths opened in Sunderland on the 5th October 1923. It was a very large store, though I assume it started off small and was then extended. This photo shows the store in 1940 with wooden shutters over the windows to protect from potential bomb blasts…