Brighton Woolworths – Store 73

181-185 Western Road, Brighton BN1 2BG One of the very early Woolworths stores, the Brighton branch opened in Western Road on 5th August 1916. It was joined by two further Brighton stores in London Road and St James Street in 1927. Source: Regencysociety.org In 1968 the store was modernised and reduced in size, with the right side being…

Southsea Woolworths – Store 50

19/23 Palmerston Road, Southsea, Hants PO5 3QA The 50th Woolworths store to open in the UK was in the seaside town of Southsea (after the neighbouring Portsmouth branch opened a year earlier), opening on 26th June 1915 at Palmerston Road. Below is the road in 1925, one of these shops was the Woolworths. Source: Past…

Portsmouth Woolworths – Store 35

121/127 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, Hants PO1 1D 100 years ago, on 22nd August 1914, Woolworths opened in the naval city of Portsmouth on Commercial Road, a year before the neighbouring Southsea branch opened. The premises started off small, but had a series of extensions in 1926, 1934 and 1938. Below is a postcard of Commercial Road…