1959 Adelphi Hotel -
Old Photos Of Where You Live
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They called it a Bobby's Job when I was a little lad - poor pay too , but with perks -
Keep meaning to look each time I’m in town but keep forgetting, is the cross in the pavement outside the building still there.
….as far as I know (to signify where the church was). i’m thinking that Woolies was the first in the UK.
….York Terrace, 1950s;
….Cazenau St, 1971;
….street musician playing behind the Empire Theatre;
….William Mount St looking towards Gt Homer St, 1960s;
….Kirk St, 1970;
….Birch St, 1960;
….St Amorose, Prince Edwin St;
….Professor Codmans Punch & Judy (lpossibly Bessie Braddock on the pic);
November 1909 Frank Woolworth opened his first store outside North America. 5¢ & 10¢ became Threepence and Sixpence for the branch in Church Street, Liverpool, England. Woolworth had toyed with the idea of opening in Britain ever since 1890 and took the plunge despite the reservations of his management.
A brief history of Woolworths
A short history of F.W. Woolworth, the original five-and-ten retailer which had 5,000 stores in North America, the UK and Ireland and still trades in Germany.
woolworthsmuseum.co.uk