Showing posts with label Longton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Longton. Show all posts

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

The last Woolworths shop in the UK closed in January 2009 so it was brilliant to see this frontage looking fairly unchanged!


Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

We first spotted the store in Longton while driving through the town in 2019 and returned in 2020 for a closer look. We were very surprised to see the branding still in place.

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Video Future

Spotting an old video shop in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.


Video shop in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Video Future!

You can also see the remains of a Woolworths store on the main street in Longton
. It's quite a sight to behold in 2020!

Saturday, September 05, 2020

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

A look at the old Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.


Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Anyone want some Woolies Pick n' Mix?

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of the shopfront on Market Street

The last Woolworths shop in the UK closed in January 2009 so it was brilliant to see this frontage looking fairly unchanged!

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Lovely to spot this extra piece of old branding hidden in plain sight on the shopfront

It won't be like that for too much longer though as work is going on inside the unit and it'll soon be a totally lost store.

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
A look inside the store

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
A view down the side of the store in Longton Shopping Centre

Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
The secondary entrance / exit

Woolies in Longton

We first spotted the store in Longton while driving through the town last November. We were very surprised to see the branding still in place.

Woolworths Big W

We had a look at an old Woolworths store in Brunstane, Edinburgh back in August 2011. That was the Big W Woolworths store at The Jewel retail park.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

The British High Street, November 2019

Spotting a dead brand on a high street.


On my travels I always keep my eye out for interesting sights and while Emily and I were driving through Longton in Stoke-on-Trent I spotted a Woolworths!


Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Woolworths in Longton

The last Woolworths shop in the UK closed in January 2009 so we were amazed to see the sign was still up.


The Woolworths on Market Street in Longton closed its doors for the final time on the 30th December 2008.

Looking online the former shop had an 'interesting' and 'alternative' use earlier this year!

On a related old retailer note I recently had a look at the old Blockbusters store in Fallowfield, Manchester.