Wigan Woolworths – Store 187

1 Standishgate, Wigan, Lancs Woolworths opened in Wigan in 1924. At first they occupied the ground floor of the Royal Hotel on Standishgate. By 1925 the company had acquired the site. The hotel was demolished and Woolworths built a store with half-timbered frontages, pictured below. The gap to the left was where Burtons were to…

Paisley Woolworths – Store 168

14 – 16 High Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire Woolworths opened on Paisley High Street in Scotland in 1924. Again I have no early photos of the store, just this one where we can gather there was a store makeover in 1969, with the oversized ‘Woolworth’ letters experiment on the fascia. According to a local Facebook group,…

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…