Birmingham New Street Woolworths – Store 266

103/104 New Street, Birmingham B2 4HG Woolworths opened its second Birmingham store, after the Bull Ring, in New Street in July 1927. They traded from this side of the road for about 20 years, until there was serious bomb damage during WW2. Source: Birmingham City Centre Past Facebook group In 1956, the site of Birmingham’s…

Huddersfield Woolworths – Store 51

49-57 New Street, Huddersfield HD1 2BL Huddersfield Woolworths opened on New Street in 1915. It was expanded in 1934 to include an entrance on Victoria Lane. The upper trading floor retailed funiture and also had a cafeteria. Source: Huddersfield Examiner Source: Pinterest The shop was expanded again in 1964 from two storeys to six. Source:…

Birmingham Pallasades – Store 1172

1- 2 East Mews, The Pallasades, Birmingham B2 4XA This store opened in the Pallasades Shopping Centre on 31st October 1991. It was the first time Woolworths had returned to Birmingham City Centre after the closure of the Bull Ring and New Street branches back in the 1980s. This photo is from my Facebook group,…