Ilkeston Woolworths – Store 141

102 Bath Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8HA Woolworths opened in Ilkeston in 1923. In the 1930s the store had an update with an Art Deco facade added. Source: Francis Frith This Woolworths store was one of the few that kept it’s original 1930s features – the bronze window and door surrounds, the curved glass, the…

Dunfermline Woolworths – Store 124

52 – 58 High Street, Dunfermline, Fife We’re in Scotland again! Store 124 was on the medieval High Street of Dunfermline, Fife, and it opened in 1922. Source: Dunfermline Through Time – Simpson E., Robertson G. In the 1939 they moved across the road and built a new store with an Art Deco facade, contrasting…

Reading Woolworths – Store 111/1180

61/64 Broad Street, Reading RG1 2AJ Woolworths originally opened at 51 Broad Street, Reading in the Spring of 1922, which is where H&M is today. Some pretty fantastic vintage photos of the Reading store have been put up on www.reading-forum.co.uk by markjuk. (http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5709&p=51409) THEN: Source: http://readingimages.epixtech.co.uk/loc/1261402.PDF NOW: Source: http://uk-retail.pldbgw-dtz.maximalls.net/dynamic/image/2374271?x=340 The store was expanded to have entrances in Broad…

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…

Nottingham Listergate Woolworths – Store 36

22 – 26 and 34 – 38 Listergate, Nottingham NG1 7DG Over 100 years ago in August 1914, Woolworths opened their first Nottingham store in historic Listergate. It possibly started off small, as between 1936-1937 F.W.Woolworth architects designed the most large-scale Art Deco front, extending the store to 22-26 Listergate. You can see how large…

Ilford Woolworths – Store 19

118-122 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1BY The nineteenth Woolworths opened in Ilford in 1912, in a prime location next to the town hall. There are no photos of it when it first opened. In 1938, the store was updated to have a simple Art Deco look. You can see it in the below photo –…

Brixton Woolworths – Store 7 / 2020

415-417 BRIXTON ROAD,  LONDON SW9 8HJ Brixton was the first London store! Number 7 of the group, Frank Woolworth decided to open it at 415-417 Brixton Road, as Brixton was an affluent part of London (yes really) where society ladies liked to shop apparently. It did really well there, catching commuters on the way to the railway station ….

Preston Woolworths – Store 2

30-31 Fishergate, Preston PR1 3PU Woolworths’ second UK store opened in Preston, 35 miles north of Liverpool, on 5th February 1910. It was chosen because it was a market town with fine buildings and affluent factory workers. Originally the store was on the junction of Guildhall Street until 1922. It was in a prominent position…

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…