Thorne Woolworths – Store 786

2 King Street, Thorne, South Yorkshire DN8 5BA Woolworths opened in the market town in Thorne in Yorkshire in 1952. It took over an old shop, and modernised the building in the 60s to look like it does in the below photograph. Source: They traded here for 56 years, closing in January 2009. Source: loose_grip_99…

Otley Woolworths – Store 754

34-40 Kirkgate, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 3HL Woolworths opened in Otley in 1939. It was a purpose-built store with a stone Art Deco facade. Source: Historic England Source: Facebook They traded from here for nearly 70 years. Here are some stories from former store colleagues: Tracy Clifford shares her memories, “Otley was my first store…

Ilkley Woolworths – Store 739

2-6 Brook Street, Ilkley, West Yorkshire LS29 8DB Woolworths opened in Ilkley in 1938. The store was purpose- built. Source: Emily and James Woolworths traded here for 70 years, closing when the chain went bust in December 2008. Now the unit has been split into two, and is occupied by Caffe Nero and Mountain Warehouse….

Hull Woolworths (Holderness Road) – Store 710

272 – 284 Holderness Road, Hull, Yorkshire HU9 2JY Woolworths opened another store in Hull in 1938. The other stores in Hull were Store 6 and Store 169. The store was on a corner, purpose built with an Art Deco facade. Source: Historic England This Woolworths closed in January 1989. Today the building still exists…

Knaresborough Woolworths – Store 686

36 High Street, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 0EN Woolworths opened in the spa town of Knaresborough in 1937. It was a purpose-built store with an Art Deco style facade. Source: Historic England Robert Mackay was Manager at 686 between 1985 – 87. He says “Great little store and great people! Edythe, Joan, Julia, Pam, Thirza,…

Selby Woolworths – Store 663

34 Gowthorpe, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 0EU In 1936 Woolworths opened in Selby in a purpose-built store. You can see it on the right side of this photo, with the recognisable architecture. Source: Francis Frith The store had a makeover at some point and the whole front of the building changed. Source: seanofselby The store…

Richmond (Yorkshire) Woolworths – Store 641

9 Market Place, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4HS Woolworths opened in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1936. It was originally at 9 Market Place, which is a listed building. They traded from here until they moved to bigger premises along the same road in the 1970s. Today WHSmith is in the original building. Source: British Listed Buildings…

Normanton Woolworths – Store 629

41 – 43 High Street, Normanton, Yorkshire Woolworths opened in Normanton in 1935 in a purpose-built store. Source: Facebook They traded here until the 1970s before they closed. The building was taken over by GTS Supermarket, and then Ethel Austin. Source: Old Normanton I think the building was demolished, because the address today is where…

Morley Woolworths – Store 596

86a Queen Street, Morley, Leeds LS27 9BP Woolworths opened in Morley in 1934, in a purpose-built store on the site of an old mill. Source: Leodis The store closed in the 1980s and the building was taken over by Yorkshire Bank, which it still is today. Source: acuitus

Malton Woolworths – Store 591

10 Wheelgate, Malton, Yorkshire YO17 7HP Woolworths opened in Malton in 1934 in a purpose-built store, classic architecture of 5 bays, red brick and a central pediment. Source: Francis Frith Here are some photos the store towards the end. It closed on December 27th 2008. Source: Nigelcopsey.com Source: Fletcher, N. Today it is a WHSmith,…

Withernsea Woolworths – Store 581

171 Queen Street, Withernsea, East Yorkshire HU19 2JR Woolworths opened in the Yorkshire seaside town of Withernsea in 1934. The store was in a small building with a roof that made it look like a house. Withernsea Woolworths 1950sSource: Withernsea Old Shops The stockroom was upstairs with a lift. Former staff say that although it was…

Skipton Woolworths – Store 579

81 – 83 Caroline Square, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1DB Woolworths opened in Skipton in 1934. It wasn’t a purpose-built store as you can see from the below photo. There was a fire there in the 1970s. Source: tigerdouble Former employee Tracy Clifford shared her memories, “I was an EPoS implementor for Skipton and three…

Brighouse Woolworths – Store 509

33 Commercial Street, Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 1AG Woolworths opened in Brighouse in 1933. It was on Commercial Street in a purpose-built store – you will recognise the red-brick architecture with the central pediment. The store traded here for 75 years, closing in January 2009. Source: Getty Images It became a Yorkshire Trading Company store,…

Ripon Woolworths – Store 492

16 Fishergate, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1DZ Woolworths opened in Ripon in 1932. It wasn’t a purpose-built store and I wonder if it was originally a small store and then extended.   Source: Hatton, G. The store traded here right until the end, closing in January 2009. It became a branch of The Original Factory…

Batley Woolworths – Store 471

39 – 45 Commercial Street, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 5FT Woolworths opened in Batley in 1932. It was a purpose-built store with a stone facade, presumeably to match with the rest of the street. There is a gap on the left of the store in this photo, where the neighbouring building was yet to be…

Beverley Woolworths – Store 444

43-45 Toll Gavel, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 9AE Woolworths opened in Beverley in 1931, taking over the site of the Golden Ball pub. The pub was demolished and a new store put in its place. The Golden Ball passage was kept next to the store – it is a path between Walkergate and Toll Gavel…

Whitby Woolworths – Store 384

51-52 Flowergate, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3AT Woolworths opened in the Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby in 1930. It was in a interesting location, on a bend on a street called Flowergate. It backed on to St. Ann’s Straith which faced the harbour, and the land was on a hill going down on to the harbour. The architects…

Barnsley Woolworths – Store 360

18 Queen Street & 9 Eldon Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire  Woolworths opened in Barnsley in 1929 on Queen Street with a back entrance on Eldon Street. On the 1972 store list, both addresses are listed. Source: Facebook Source: Tasker Trust In the 1960s work started on building a new Woolworths superstore. The hotel next door was…

Mexborough Woolworths – Store 332

42 High Street, Mexborough, Yorkshire S64 9AS Woolworths opened in Mexborough on 3rd August 1928. They took over the premises of Richard Brown & Sons gentleman’s outfitters. The building was demolished and a purpose-built Woolworths store erected. After 17 weeks of construction, the store was opened, with Mr Robert Hull as the manager. He ran…

Bridlington Woolworths – Store 323

9 – 11 Prince Street, Bridlington, Yorkshire Woolworths opened in Bridlington in 1928. It was a small purpose built store on Prince Street. Source: Historic England Archive The store was extended to the right – sadly that side got destroyed in World War 2 (see below photo). The store was rebuilt and Woolworths traded here…