Guernsey Woolworths – Store 270

5 – 7 High Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Woolworths opened their second Channel Islands store in Guernsey on 20th August 1927 – six years after their first Channel Island store in Jersey. It was in the Guernsey capital of St Peter Port. “Both (Channel Islands stores) proved popular with local people, and…

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…

Bath Woolworths – Store 207

13-15 Stall Street, Bath, Somerset BA1 1QA Woolworths opened in Bath in 1925. The store, designed by William Priddle, was on the corner of Stall Street and Abbeygate Street. Local architects admired the building apart from ‘one conspicuous defect’ – the way the shopfront continued across the corner bay. Of course Woolworths favoured these corners….

Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown) Woolworths – Store 90

89 Lower Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland The 90th Woolworths store opened in Kingstown in Ireland, in 1920. In 1921, the town got renamed Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dunleary). In the below photo you can see the store on the right with the three pointed roofs. Source: Historical Picture Archive The store traded here for 64…

Aberdeen Woolworths – Store 79

48/52 St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen AB9 1DD Affectionately known as ‘Wee Woolies’, this was the first store to open in Aberdeen on 18th October 1919, at 48-52 St Nicholas Street. Source: The Doric Columns It was next to Vogue on the corner of Flourmill Brae. Source: The Doric Columns Locals called it “Wee Woolies” or…

Worcester Woolworths – Store 65

41-44a High Street, Worcester WR1 2QD Worcester Woolworths, Store 65, opened in 1916 on the High Street. You can see it on the left of Marks and Spencer in this photo. Source: Pinterest In June 1979 the store in Worcester was severely damaged in an arson attack , which started in foam filled pillows in…

Tooting Woolworths – Store 64

17 – 21 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London SW17 9PJ Woolworths opened their 64th store in Tooting, South London in 1916. It was in a prominent location on the crossroads of Tooting Broadway. In 1926 Tooting Broadway Underground Station opened opposite the store which made it even more of an ideal location. Source: Wandsworth Borough Photos…

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…

Luton Woolworths – Store 52

46-48 George Street, Luton, Beds LU1 2BA The 52nd Woolworths store opened in Luton on George Street in 1915, occupying two shop units. Source: Postcard from eBay On 17th June 1933, the store reopened after a rebuild. The design was quite a chaste Art Deco one with a hint of ornamentation. Source: Woolworths Museum In…

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…

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…