A file containing 68 photographs depicting the F W Woolworth and Co store at Spurriegate, York. Known as Woolworths store number 171, this was the one-hundred and seventy-first branch of Woolworths to open in the British Isles. When the store opened in 1924 it occupied the site at 2 Spurriegate. It was damaged in bombing raids during the Second World War and was rebuilt in the mid 1950s, extending into neighbouring premises at 41-43 Coney Street. It closed in January 2008.
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
