47-51 Victoria Road West, Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 1BT Woolworths opened in coastal town of Cleveleys, just north of Blackpool, in 1953. A large store, it does look purpose-built. This photo is from a store re-opening, most probably after a refurbishment. Source: Forshaw, C. Janet Worthington worked at this store and she shares this, “810 Cleveleys…
Mullingar Woolworths – Store 809
18 Oliver Plunkett Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland Woolworths opened in Mullingar, in the Midlands area of Ireland, on 6th August 1953. Source: Woolworths History and Photos Source: RTE The store closed in 1984 when Woolworths left Ireland. As with the Galway store, it traded here for 31 years. Today you will find in its…
Galway Woolworths – Store 808
36 Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland Woolworths opened in Galway, Ireland, in 1953. With thanks to Stephen Nolan who sent me all the below information about the store, which traded for 31 years. Source: Woolworths History and Photos Store 808 Galway was purpose built opening in 1953 on the site of the former Royal Hotel in…
Wishaw Woolworths – Store 807
194-204 Main Street, Wishaw, Lanarkshire ML2 7NB Woolworths opened in the Scottish town of Wishaw in 1953. I don’t have much information on the store, but it traded in this town for 55 years. Source: Law, J. It closed in December 2008. Today there is a Homestyle store/Post Office here – look at the frontage,…
Holyhead Woolworths – Store 806
55 Market Street, Holyhead, Isle of Angelsey LL65 1UG Woolworths opened in Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey in 1953. The Isle of Anglesey is on the northwest coast of Wales. The store opened in a 19th century building. Below are some early staff photos. Source: Burnell, R. Source: Rowlands, A. It was a large…
Nairn Woolworths – Store 805
67 High Street, Nairn, Nairnshire IV12 4AU Woolworths opened in Nairn in 1953, in an interesting looking building with an ornate facade. Source: Slessor, R. John McKillop was store manager at Nairn Woolworths from around 1992 to 1994. He tells us it was his first appointment as manager, and it was a fab little store,…
North Berwick Woolworths – Store 804
73 High Street, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4HG Woolworths opened in the Scottish seaside town of North Berwick in 1953. It was a small store on the High Street in a building that looked quite different from its neighbours. A recollection from a former Woolworths manager Scott Barber, “Margaret and Moira Wright Mother and…
Barmouth Woolworths – Store 803
High Street, Barmouth, Gwynedd LL42 1LW Woolworths opened in Barmouth in 1953. This was a seaside store in Wales – Barmouth is said to be southern Snowdonia most popular seaside resort. The store was in a simple single-storey building, yet the 1972 store list has “St Annes Mansions” written as the building name. Perhaps St…
Old Swan (Prescot Road, Liverpool) Woolworths – Store 802
613 – 615 Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool L13 5XB Woolworths opened in Old Swan in 1953. Old Swan is an eastern neighbourhood of Liverpool. This was the 10th Woolworths branch to open in Liverpool. Source: Flickr scousevulture The store was part of a parade of shop and traded here for 55 years, closing in…
Bray Woolworths – Store 801
10-12 Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland In 1953 Woolworths opened their 15th Irish store in the seaside town of Bray. Source: Greystones Guide From Woolworths History & Pictures, this is a staff photo from Staff 1969 after the extension and modernisation of their store. Mr C Callaghan is sat in the centre of the…
London Victoria Woolworths – Store 800
19-31 Wilton Road, Victoria, London SW1V 1LN The 800th Woolworths store opened in London Victoria in September 1953. It opened in Parnell House, next to the Apollo Theatre opposite Victoria Station. Source: Woolworths Museum Thanks to Woolworths History & Pictures we know it opened with 11,910 square feet of sales space. It was extended in…
Borehamwood Woolworths – Store 799
116-118 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 1EF Woolworths in Borehamwood was opened in 1953 on the corner of Cardinal Avenue and Shenley Road, before moving across the road. Thanks to the Elstree & Boreham Wood Museum we know the store was previously occupied by BBE Evans. The below photo from 1958 shows after the first…
Debden Estate Woolworths – Store 798
35-37 The Broadway, Debden Estate, Loughton, Essex IG10 3SX Woolworths opened in Debden Estate in 1953. It was part of a long parade of shops on The Broadway. There were flats above the store that were offered to staff at low rent. Originally a small store, it did so well that it was extended and…
St Paul’s Cray Woolworths – Store 797
60 Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul’s Cray, Kent BR5 2RG Woolworths opened in St Paul’s Cray, Kent, in 1953, opened by manager Charles Barkley. His daughter Carole shared his story on the Woolworths History and Photos group: “My father started in Slough as a Floorwalker – the manager was a Mr Garry. After the war I…
Newhaven Woolworths – Store 796
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…
Totton Woolworths – Store 795
11 Rumbridge Street, Totton, Southampton, Hants Woolworths opened in Totton, Southampton in 1953, originally a small store on Rumbridge Street. Source: Thomas, I “Here we have Staff of the Store from 1965… just a couple of years later the Woolworth Store had relocated..The Manager in the Photo is Mr G Ace.” Source: Avery, K Source:…
Liverpool (Park Road) – Store 794
191-199 Park Road, Liverpool L8 6SQ A post-war Liverpool store, this Woolworths opened in 1953, and closed before 1995 as it’s not on that store list. You can recognise it was a Woolworths store, although the windows have been bricked up. It was a Kwik-Save for a while. Source: Mayer, P. Today there’s a carpet…
Ormskirk Woolworths – Store 793
7-9 Burscough Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire Woolworths opened in Ormskirk in 1953, originally a small store on Burscough Street. Source: Ormskirk Bygone Times Around 1962 they moved to bigger premised. The original building is a bookies now. Interestingly red like Woolworths. 6-8 Aughton Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 3BR The new store was built on the site…
Wymondham Woolworths – Store 792
26-28 Town Green, Wymondham, NR18 0PW Woolworths opened in Wymondham in 1953. Originally in a small unit on Town Green. Source: Historic England Extract from Diss Mercury by Philip Yaxley: “Back in the early months of 1953, there was a buzz about Wymondham. Practically, the only topic of conversation, apart from perhaps the Coronation festivities…
South Clifton Woolworths – Store 791
16 – 18 Princess Victoria Street, South Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BP Woolworths opened in South Clifton in 1953. It was on Princess Victoria Street. It’s a mystery one as there are no photos of the building as a Woolworths. It closed before 1995 as it’s not on that store list. Today Harvey Jones and Farrow…
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