Shirley (Solihull) Woolworths – Store 819

146-150 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3BE Woolworths opened in Shirley, Solihull, in 1953. It was on the end of a parade of shops in Shirley House. They traded here for just over 55 years, closing in January 2009. Source: Brown, E. Source: Flickr – abandonment Today you will find a Subway and…

Olbury (Warley) Woolworths – Store 815

33 Birmingham Street, Oldbury, Warley, Worcs Woolworths opened in Oldbury, Warley in the West Midlands in 1953. It’s not on the 1995 store list, so closed perhaps in the 1970s/80s. At this address today is a shop called Capricorn Interiors – and have a closer look at it. Can you spot Woolworths floor tiles at…

Blackheath Woolworths – Store 724

168 – 169 High Street, Blackheath, West Midlands B65 0DY Woolworths opened in Blackheath in the West Midlands in 1938. The store was a purpose-built one with the classic architecture. They traded from this unit for 70 years, closing in December 2008. Source: A. Rudge Today there is a Heron Foods store here, and you…

Brierley Hill Woolworths – Store 582

97 – 99 High Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 3AU Woolworths opened in Brierley Hill in 1934. It was not purpose-built, it was in an existing building. The only photo I can find of it is this Francis Frith one, and the Woolworths is behind the tree! The store closed in the 1970s/80s and…

Bearwood (Smethwick) Woolworths – Store 373

584-586 Bearwood Road, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands B66 4BW Woolworths opened their second store in Smethwick in 1929, just a mile away from Store 170 on Cape Hill. It was a small store on Bearwood Road, that opened in an existing parade of shops. The upper floor architecture of all the shops along the left…

Birmingham New Street Woolworths – Store 266

103/104 New Street, Birmingham B2 4HG Woolworths opened its second Birmingham store, after the Bull Ring, in New Street in July 1927. They traded from this side of the road for about 20 years, until there was serious bomb damage during WW2. Source: Birmingham City Centre Past Facebook group In 1956, the site of Birmingham’s…

Wolverhampton (Dudley Street) Woolworths – Store 186

40/41 Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, Staffs WV1 3ES This store was the second Woolworths in Wolverhampton, opening on 23rd May 1925 (The first Woolworths was in Victoria Street, Store 13, which opened in June 1912). Source: Black Country History The store was extended in 1927 and then in 1930. See below on the far right, next to James…

Smethwick (Birmingham) Woolworths – Store 170

63 – 65 Cape Hill, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands B66 4SF In 1924 Woolworths opened its 170th store in Smethwick, which is a town 4 miles west of Birmingham City Centre. It opened on Cape Hill and it looks like it was a small store from this photo. The date is closure is unknown, but…

Dudley Woolworths – Store 32

38A High Street, Dudley, West Midlands On 21st March 1914 Woolworths bought a 25 year lease on a narrow-fronted building at 38A Market Place on Dudley High Street. The store was very successful, famous for its queues, but there was no room for extension. Source: Woolworths Museum They must have got out of the lease…