Early Woolworths shops in Birmingham

[Morturn]

There was one on Erdington High Street opposite the National School. My mom took a job at that branch after leaving school at 14.

 

[Astoness]

The Hawthorn Road Kingstanding branch had wooden floors too (probably parquet). The date of the branch wouldn't have been before the 1930s as it was part of a 1930s shopping parade. I remember it had counters with a frame above them to hold more stock, although I think by the 1960s, that had all gone. I remember them selling certain non-perishable food priducts like jam, sugar and tea. There wasn't any stacking of items as I recall, it was all out on counters at waist height, with glass dividers between items. It was a place to browse, especially at Christmas. And it was a double shop frontage, so plenty of space. Sometimes Mum bought Ladybird clothes for us from there, in particular I remember a grey pleated school skirt and a pale blue mohair cardigan.

i loved the hawthorn road woolies viv and was using it right up until it closed a few years back...it is now a heron shop

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Would not have thought there would be much demand for herons