• http://www.mamalife.blogspot.com Lisa

    I remember shopping and eating at Woolworth’s as a child and even as recently as the early 1990’s there was still one open not far from where I lived in Dayton, Ohio… how old is this picture?? Are there any still around?? Did Woolworth’s declare bankruptch and completely go out of business in the past 5–10 years???

  • 72feetabovesealevel

    We had a Woolworths in Tacoma, but it closed long ago. The Building now houses a server farm.

  • http://razdreams.blogspot.com RazDreams

    i bought my first purchase EVER at a woolworth’s at age…9? a three-quartered-length-sleeve E.T. t-shirt. very 1980s. i will never forget that shirt and how it felt to buy something with my own money.

  • http://www.maxigumee.com maxigumee

    Oooh! I remember Woolworth’s! When they closed, we bought a bunch of stuff from them. We have to “Welcome to Woolworth’s!” rugs and a set of staff lockers.

  • RaeSF

    I remember the Woolworth’s at the base of Powell & Market here in San Francisco. That location is now a Gap. Sad, but true.

  • http://superfi.port5.com Fiona

    Woolworths — still very much in business here in England — my nephew is there right now being spoilt by my dad in fact!

  • solid kid

    Is this from King Street? It’s been a while since I’ve been home to Charleston, but I think the sign is still up.

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/camaranta Amaranta

    There used to be a Woolworth’s with an attached lunchonette in the mall by my parents house when I was growing up– I would buy fish in a bag at Woolworth’s and then get milk shakes next door.… ahh I miss that place.

  • Jaclyn

    Yes, I am in London for the summer and I have seen two Woolworth’s. I was just thinking how funny it was that they still have them here.

  • http://cashbag.blogspot.com/ cashbag

    I just moved back from England and Woolies is the mutt’s nuts! They have EVERYTHING you could ever want, including, but not limited to, beer coozies with “Dead chicks don’t say no” emblazoned across the middle and plastic tape dispensers with a fair likeness of David Beckham rendered on top.

    Who can say no to Woolies?

  • Peter

    There still is a Woolworth’s here in my hometown in Germany, too.

  • Daman

    I remember, as a kid, every week when I was through with my CCS paper route, my mom would take me to Woolworth’s for a chili dog and a rootbeer float. That particular store went out of business a long time ago, to be replaced by a Dollar General store. I’m not sure if it still has the luncheonette inside. I’ll have to check it out the next time I make it back to Toledo.

  • LesleyMW

    The Woolworth stores/lunch counters in Charleston, SC sadly ALL closed down. Where else could you get sliced turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing all smothered in (greenish, salty) gravy??? I worked half a block from the WW on King St. My co-workers and I were sad to see it go. A hoity-toity tourist joint moved in.

  • http://russell.supersized.org Russell

    We had a Woolworth’s in Modesto, California. It was felt creepy in there.

  • Steph

    We had a Woolworths here in Toronto that is sadly now a liquor store. (Well maybe not so sadly.) My one memory is that I did my one and only act of shoplifting there. I stole a fruity smelling eraser but I started crying as soon as we got to the car out of guilt. Mom frogmarched me back inside to hand it to the saleslady. I cried and cried — what a wuss.

  • http://www.tattoostation.co.uk minxlj

    You won’t find chili dogs and rootbeer floats in any Woolworths in the UK though :( I don’t even think they had restaurants/cafes — or at least not in the North East!