Woolworths Collection

Stevenage New Town
This pedestrianised shopping centre at Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire, England was the first in England, opened in 1959. It was also the first designated New Town in 1946. Date: July 1966

Birminghams Bull Ring Centre - 1960s
circa 1910s

Tesco Stores Ltd, The Modern Grocers
Tesco in its infancy: Tesco Stores Ltd, The Modern Grocers. Date: circa 1950s

Cairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - Street snap
Cairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - candid street snap. Note the use of classic western brand names for the local boutiques

Swansea High Street probably 1930s

Bishop's Stortford Potter Street probably 1920s

Woolworths 3d and 6d store Edwardian period

Woolworths store, possibly 1930s

Record sleeve, Woolworth's Embassy 45rpm record Date: 1950s

High Street Tonbridge, Kentf
A recently opened Woolworths store dominates the High Street in Tonbridge, Kent. Date: circa 1935

Chain stores, Woolworths, Boots, Liptons, etc
Chain stores making an inroad into towns in the thirties, including Woolworths, Boots, Freeman Hardy & Willis, and Liptons. Date: circa 1930s

A parking attendant writing out ticket, Middlesex
A parking attendant issuing a ticket in Hayes, Middlesex. Date: circa 1950s

View of Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1910

Tatler cover - Barbara Hutton
Cover of The Tatler magazine featuring Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76). Hutton, the Woolworths heiress, dubbed

Woolworth Building by night, New York, USA. Date: 1913

Hardinge Street, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, with Torrs Hotel and Electricity House. Date: circa 1940

Longest lunch counter, F W Woolworth, Los Angeles, USA
The longest lunch counter in the world, at F W Woolworth, 431 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. One hundred yards long, and air conditioned. Date: circa 1930s

LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19
Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store

Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth s
Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939

North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Looking south on North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Date: 1913

First Woolworth store, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
The first Woolworth store, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where items were sold for five and ten cents. It was opened by F W Woolworth on 21 June 1879. Date: late 19th century

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Woolworths Crawley
Women and children outside Woolworths in Crawley, Sussex, England

Fire brigade attend Woolworth store in Manchester
People watch from a safe distance as the fire brigade attends a fire at a Woolworth store in Manchesters Piccadilly Gardens, where ten lives were lost on 8 May 1979. Date: 1979

Blackpool / Woolworths
Blackpool, Lancashire: Woolworths and the Tower Date: circa 1930

Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
Eighth Avenue (looking west), Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA, with the Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent Store on the right. Date: 1911

North Main Street, Gloversville, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Lincoln-Drexel Building, Lincoln Road, Miami, Florida, USA
The art deco style Lincoln-Drexel Building, on the corner of Lincoln Road and Drexel Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: late 1930s

London firefighters at work in Hampstead High Street
London firefighters at work outside a Woolworths building in Hampstead High Street, north-west London (11 May 1946). General aerial view of the front of the premises after the fire has been

Sketch cover featuring Barbara Hutton, 1939
Cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76). Hutton, the Woolworths heiress, dubbed

South Africa - Gardiner Street, Durban - note the local branch of Woolworths! Date: 1938

Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet
A booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled Good Things to Know and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course

Leys Avenue, Letchworth
A view of Leys Avenue in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, with people out shopping and several parked bicycles

The Woman Who Spent 10 In A Woolworth Store, by H. M. Bate
A humorous illustration showing a lady who has bought everything in a department store. Woolworths was particularly renowned for its low-cost goods

Ashford High Street
A tranquil Ashford High Street in Kent, in the days when more people cycled than drove cars

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