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Crook’s long-lost Woolies

Graham Soult December 10, 2010 Market Towns, Property, Retail History, Woolworths 3 Comments

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Former Woolworths (now Boots), Crook (6 Nov 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now Boots), Crook (6 Nov 2010)

Imagine a small town whose Woolworths opened in the 1930s, closed in the 1970s, and is now occupied by Boots.

A town where, even all those years later, the building is instantly recognisable as a former Woolies.

A place where, in 2010, discount retailer The Original Factory Shop has to some extent assumed Woolies’ place as a variety store at the heart … Continue Reading

Logging the North East’s long-closed former Woolies

Graham Soult May 31, 2010 Retail History, Woolworths 6 Comments

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Former Linthorpe Road Woolworths, Middlesbrough. Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Linthorpe Road Woolworths, Middlesbrough

Last week’s blog post about the long-closed former Woolworths in Benwell seems to have opened the floodgates to lots of comments and insights about other nearly-forgotten Woolies in the North East – many thanks indeed for all your contributions!

While Seamaster … Continue Reading

Finding old Woolworths stores in unlikely places, courtesy of The New Bond

Graham Soult May 28, 2010 Retail History, Woolworths 25 Comments

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Copies of The New Bond. Photograph by Graham Soult

Copies of The New Bond

One of the things I most love about researching retail history is the way that interesting stories can emerge from the tiniest leads. 

As a Woolworths enthusiast, I’ve recently discovered that a fantastic starting point for retail history nuggets of a Woolies nature is The New Bond, the ‘house journal’ of F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd that was published between 1935 … Continue Reading