Haslemere Woolworths – Store 779

14 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2JQ Woolworths opened in the market town of Haslemere in 1952. Haslemere is in a conservation area, which meant this Woolworth looks quite different from other branches. Here is an extract from the Woolworths Museum talking about the design. “Harold Winbourne, the company architect, showed remarkable stamina. While many…

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…

Tolworths Woolworths – Store 646

20 -24 Broadway, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey Woolworths opened in Tolworth, near Surbiton/Kingston-Upon-Thames in Surrey, in 1936. It was part of a shopping parade – in the 1930s, lots of shopping parade were built like this in suburban areas, with a similar look on the upper floors. There were usually flats above the shops. This is…

Guildford Woolworths – Store 285

56 High Street, Guildford, Surrey Woolworths opened their 285th store in Guildford in 1927. It originally was at 56 High Street, on what you can see is a slope, pictured below. They traded here for 30 years before relocating across the road. This photo was taken just before the relocation in 1958, and there are…

Redhill Woolworths – Store 164

3-7 High Street, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1RE Woolworths opened on Redhill High Street in 1924, two doors down from a public house (The Junction). You can see it below on the left side of this 1933 photo, the second shop in. Source: Francis Frith Here is a later photo from 1955, from another angle. Woolworths is on the…

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…

Kingston Upon Thames Woolworths – Store 43

6 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey The 43rd Woolworths store opened in Kingston Upon Thames on 14th November 1914, completing a ring of stores around London’s metropolitan areas – the others were Richmond, Wimbledon, Lewisham, Ilford, Peckham, Croydon, Harlesden and Brixton. It was on a prime location between Clarence Street and Church Street, in the heart of town opposite…

Richmond Woolworths – Store 23

19-21 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1BP  Woolworths opened Store 23 in Richmond in 1913 on The Quadrant. Unfortunately there are no photos of the store. They moved from this site in 1963 and Lloyd’s Bank is now at that address: 1/2/3 Lower George Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1AB In 1963 Woolworths moved to Lower George…

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…