A file containing 64 photographs depicting the F W Woolworth and Co store on Fore Street, St Austell. Known as Woolworths store number 291, this was the two-hundred and ninety-first branch of Woolworths to open in the British Isles, in 1927. It was the first Woolworths store to open in Cornwall. The premises were originally numbered 23-25 High Street, but were later renumbered 23 High Street. The store was damaged by fire in 1940, and was extended in 1951 and 1958. It closed in December 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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