A file containing thirty photographs depicting the F W Woolworth and Co store in Plymouth. Known as Woolworths store number 56, this was the fifty-sixth branch of Woolworths to open in the British Isles, in 1915. The original Plymouth Woolworths opened in Old Town Street in 1915. It was destroyed during the Blitz in 1941, but quickly reopened as a temporary market stall shop in Plymouth market. A new shop opened on New George Street in 1950.
This is part of the Series: FWW01/01 Woolworths Store Files Of Photographs Of Shops; within the Collection: FWW01 Woolworths Collection
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20th Century Shop, Shops And Shopping
