209 – 211 Preston Road, Wembley, Middx HA9 8NF Woolworths opened on Preston Road in Wembley in 1955. It was in the parade of shops just by the Preston Road London Underground Station (Metropolitan Line). There is an interesting history to this area which you can read here: https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-preston-story-part-3.html. You can glimpse the Woolworths store…
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Burgess Hill Woolworths – Store 891
49/51 Church Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex RH15 9BH Woolworths arrived in Burgess Hill in September 1955 on Church Road (now Church Walk). Source: Francis Frith It was one of the later branches to be opened, as you can tell from the store number, and it looks as though it was medium sized from the photo…
Finchley Woolworths – Store 727
105 Ballards Lane, Finchley, London N3 6JR This store opened in 1938, in a familiar Woolworth architectural style (see far left): Source: Francis Frith The store closed in February 1988. And here it is today, the top half unchanged and clearly recognisable – now Superdrug and what looks like a closed down bakery. Source: Property Link
New Malden Woolworths – Store 672 / 2019
106-110 High Street, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4EY Woolworths opened in a small store on New Malden High Street in 1936. There was huge excitement in the town on opening day – look at the crowds! Source: Pinterest The store was extended 3 years later in 1939. You can see it below on the right, 3 stores down…
Paignton Woolworths – Store 477
63 Victoria Street, Paignton, Devon TQ4 5ED On 22nd July 1932, Woolworths opened in Paignton, ‘the family resort of picturesque Torbay’ as the town is described on vintage railway posters. This was 12 years after the neighbouring Torquay branch opened. Paignton Woolies opened on the former Dellers Hotel site next to the level crossing at Paignton Station,…
Banbury Woolworths – Store 428 / 1203
7 High Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire Woolworths opened on Banbury High Street in 1931, according to the Banbury Guardian. It was built on the site of the Red Lion Hotel, below on the left, which was demolished to make way for the new store. Source: Francis Frith Here you can see the Woolworths store on the…
Manor Park Woolworths – Store 315
809/813 Romford Road, London E12 6EA Woolworths opened on Romford Road, Manor Park, in 1928. It was on the junction of Carlyle Road opposite Second Avenue. The store took over the premises of W.Laver, Weaver & Draper – here is a photo from 1915 before it became a Woolworths. Thanks to former Manor Park resident Tony Quinlan,…
Rhyl Woolworths – Store 308
29 High St, Rhyl LL18 1EN On 10th March 1928 Woolworths opened in the seaside town of Rhyl in North Wales. It was on the High Street, a small single-storey store. They extended on 23rd May 1931. Below is a photo of the store in 1953, when there were Coronation celebrations for the Queen. Interesting that…
Windsor Woolworths – Store 295
17/18 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1DX Woolworths opened in Windsor quite soon after Slough, in 1927 – the difference being that this was the Queen’s local Woolies: “Her Majesty once told The Daily Mail that she had done her Christmas shopping at Woolworths. She was spotted occasionally in the large store in Peascod Street,…
Brighton (London Road) Woolworths – Store 288
1/2 London Road, Brighton, Sussex Woolworths opened their second Brighton store on 29th October 1927 at 1-2 London Road, on the corner of Cheapside. This branch was nearer to the two railway stations, whereas Store 73 was closer to the seafront. Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk On 8th June 1934, the store was extended, it looks like into the…
Holloway Woolworths – Store 240
442/446 Holloway Road, London N7 6QE I had many fond memories of Holloway Road from the 1990s when I started my student life, but I did not recall a Woolworths. So when I saw it listed on the 1970s store list, the idea for this whole blog began… Woolworths opened on the bustling Holloway Road…
Sheffield (Attercliffe Road) Woolworths – Store 222
679-683 Attercliffe Road, Sheffield S9 3RE Woolworths opened its second Sheffield branch on Attercliffe Road in 1926. The first was on The Moor (Store 143). We have Graham Soult to thank for this information, as I had to message him for help when I was totally stuck on this store! Store 222 was not on…
Staines Woolworths – Store 216
95/103 High Street, Staines, Middlesex Woolworths opened at 101-103 Staines High Street in 1926, next to the old White Lion pub, as you can see in the below 1950s photo. The pub was demolished in 1956 when the one-way road system was built. Source: pubshistory.com This photo is from the 1960s, you can see Woolworths…
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…
Southampton Woolworths – Store 128
64/66 Above Bar Street, Southampton SO9 5UD Woolworths opened a branch on Above Bar Street on 7th February 1923, alongside the original Southampton Woolies on East Street (Store 24) which opened in 1913. This newer one was a larger store. Source: http://www.100thbirthday.co.uk/images/StoreGallery/images/0128Southampton-1930s.jpg Former resident Margaret House remembers this store, “From memory, the original Woolies there was a…
Birmingham Bull Ring Woolworths – Store 103
105/107 The Bull Ring Centre, Birmingham B5 4QN Originally, Woolworths opened in Birmingham City Centre on Spiceal Street in 1921, 6 years before the nearby New Street branch opened. THEN: Source: Woolworths Museum It was hugely successful in this location – sales were amongst the highest in the country in the 1930s – so they…
Torquay Woolworths – Store 88
122/126 Union Street, Torquay, Devon TQ2 4QB Torquay Woolworths first opened in Union Street on 7th February 1920, extending in 1931. The neighbouring Paignton branch opened in 1932. Below is an image of colleagues preparing for their town carnival entry in 1928. Most Woolworths stores entered a float in their local procession, winning many gold medals (Source: woolworthsmuseum.co.uk)…
Peterborough Woolworths – Store 62
62-64 Bridge Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1DX Woolworths opened on Bridge Street in Peterborough in December 1915, and amazingly there are two photos of the store from this time, the first being this one: Source: 100thbirthday.co.uk And this one, although this photo shows the ‘3d and 6d’ placed before the F.W.Woolworth on the fascia: Source: Peterboroughimages.co.uk They extended…
Bournemouth Woolworths – Store 54
18/20 Commercial Road, The Square, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5LZ Six years after the first Woolworths opened in the UK in 1909, the fifty-fourth store was opened at 18 Commercial Road, The Square, Bournemouth in 1915. Source: Historic England The store was extended to include 20 Commercial Road (previously Bon Marche, drapers and milliners) in 1931…
Putney Woolworths – Store 45 / 1264
45 – 53 Putney High Street, Putney, London SW15 1SZ One of the very early stores, Woolworths opened on Putney High Street sometime between 1914 – 1915. You can see it in the below photo – the fourth building along. Source: Roll the Dice, Flickr In the 1960s, they moved across the road. Today Robert…
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