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Woolworthshistory
proper brummie kid
Yes 872 is Correct ... Sadly closed either 1972 or 1973 ....
Woolworthshistory
proper brummie kid
Depending on what years there may be photos can be found ..
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Covroad
master brummie
The 3 main woolies I favoured was the Bull Ring, Coventry Rd, and Chelmsley Wood again a happier and less chaotic times.
Woolworthshistory
proper brummie kid
Yes it would be approx ...
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
More about Woolworths
HI ZILKY My sister inlaw worked at the aston rd north branch she was a superviser for many a year until she met my younger brother dave and he married her and then later she left ;on the subject of your expereinces at winson green branch ; you was lucky it was only once...
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woolworths gone into administration
I cannot believe Woolworths has gone into administration, it has been trading for nearly one hundred years.
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pjmburns
master brummie
See also here. Link from member Woolworthshistory
Maria Magenta
master brummie
I remeber the Bull Ring one having a soda fountain, where you could have a milkshake in the sort of glass that you don't see now, and the one in New Street having (I think) three floors.
Covroad
master brummie
Yes , in the Bull Ring store there were 3 sets of escalators that took you from floor to floor and I am sure the cafeteria was on the top floor.
I can remember as a very small child being scared of going on the escalators , seems so silly now when I think of that experience.
Fainey View
New Member
My Mum Kathleen Clarke had recently arrived from Australia to live with family in Hubert Rd so the first job she went for was Woolworths on the Bristol Rd. Selly Oak. She collapsed with hypothermia on her first week! c1959
paul stacey
master brummie
Love the pics, like a lot of my generation, 1940's, I loved going especially at Christmas, mom worked there, my sisters had Saturday jobs there, it was such a large part of our lives, when they closed, both my sons texted me saying so sad dad !!!
Covroad
master brummie
My wife’s Aunt worked at the Coventry road branch from leaving school to retirement
paul stacey
master brummie
Yes, Covroad, our local was Harborne, but as a kid, I went at Christmas time, to the Bull Ring store, it was lovely all lit up with tinsel, and balloons, very bright and exciting for a young lad, I am in my late 70's now but will never forget the experience, of those long gone forgotten days, when you could buy the world for a shilling!!!
Radiorails
master brummie
A small correction: all Woolworth branches were called 3d. and 6d. stores until after WW2. It is hard to believe that it relates to such minuscule amounts in today's money.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
End of the sixpenny maximum price
Woolworth was forced to abandon its British and Irish price limit of sixpence in 1940. It also had to adapt to rationing and supply shortages.
www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Woolworth’s British Shopfronts
F. W. Woolworth & Co Ltd occupied a prominent spot on British High Streets for nearly a century, from 1909 until 2009. Beneath the red and gold signboard of the famous 3d and 6d stores, the for…
buildingourpast.com
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
woolies uniform 1930s
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Splendid 20th Century Pictures of British Woolworths - Flashbak
The American store that became a British Institution
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Why 3pennies and 6pennies? Was 3d minimum and 6d maximum price for any item ? Viv.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Viv, their original marketing in Canada and US was 5 & 10 cents or 5 & dime. The 3 & 6 pence was a similar low price that most people could identify with, the stores were designed to attract those clientele.
Covroad
master brummie
Some pictures of Woolworth’s in the Bull Ring, 1 view from outside showing the frontage and steps / ramp to the upper level of the shop area and Matador pub, the others show the cafeteria There is an Avery 1d scales in the corner on the last picture
Source historicengland.org.uk
Source historicengland.org.uk
