Basingstoke Woolworths – Store 107

5 – 7 London Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7AB Woolworths originally opened at 5 London Street in Basingstoke Old Town on 19th November 1921, taking over the premises of William Cannon, the butchers. They extended in 1935 into part of the drapery shop of J Boyer next door, making a larger store. Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk In Febraury 1959 the store was…

Sutton Woolworths – Store 71

148/150 High Street, Sutton, Surrey Sutton Woolworths was one of the very early stores of the chain. It opened in the High Street in 1916. In the below 1923 postcard, the Woolworths store can be seen on the right. It was next to the Surrey County Theatre which opened in 1921. Source: Woolworthsmuseum.co.uk Below you can see…

Edgware Road Woolworths – Store 30 / 2031

168-176 Edgware Road, London, W2 2DX Woolworths opened on Edgware Road on 21st March 1914, the 30th store to be opened in the UK. Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk The above photo is from 100thbirthday.co.uk and is a “photo taken on a colleagues Woolworths sixpenny camera. It shows the funeral cortege of the late H.M. King George V…

Sutton – Store 1192

71 High Street, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1DT After Woolworths closed at 148/150 High Street, they moved down the road to 71 High Street. 71 High Street was quite a historical building in Sutton. It was where Sutton’s first department store was located, called Shinner’s Department store, built in 1935. Source: K Park Prints and Collectables Source: Old UK Photos…