The toys our great-grandparents bought from the counters of Woolworth's before World War II, in words and pictures. The retailer was the market-le...
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Profiles of three confectionery factories which supplied Woolworth's in the 1930s, making Toffees, Nestlé's Chocolate and Easter Eggs.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum 1930s Mass Production By the 1930s Woolworth's had become the most successful retailer in both the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State. ...
Pictures and details of the Toys and Games that our grandparents and great-grandparents bought from Woolworth's shops between 1949 and 1959.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum The thrifty fifties The late 1940s and 1950s marked an era of change as Britain recovered from the world war. Initial austerity made ...
1960s toys inspired by the Space Race and Moon Landings, from Woolworth stores in Main Streets and High Streets on both sides of the Atlantic.
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F.W. Woolworth's British stores provide 'A Little Piece of Home' for American GIs in the build-up to D-Day during World War II.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum Preparing for D-Day In 1942 plans were laid to take back Continental Europe from the Nazi occupation through a mass invasion from England and ...
Woolworth was forced to abandon its British and Irish price limit of sixpence in 1940. It also had to adapt to rationing and supply shortages.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum End of an era The British Woolworth was founded as the Threepenny and Sixpenny stores. In the 1930s its sister companies dropped the ...
Woolworth staff buy a Spitfire for the RAF, and are matched by the Company Directors. The story of 'Nix Over Six Primus' and 'Secundus'.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum Supermarine Spitfires The mass-produced Supermarine Spitfire played a pivotal role in preventing a Nazi invasion and occupation of the British Isles, and helped ...
In 1997/8 Woolworth UK bucked the trend in the High Street with record profits of £107.8m, through tight control and retail disciplines.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum An ocean apart One of the ultimate ironies of the Woolworth company is that in one and the same year, 1997, the ...
Toys sold at Woolworths featuring the stores themselves. Woolies remembered in words and pictures.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum Blowing one's own trumpet From time to time Woolworth buyers indulged in the age-old indulgence of blowing their own trumpet, selling products that ...
Woolworth's partnership with Pasold Limited. In the 1930s the retailer became the first client of the Ladybird Clothing supplier's British factory.
... Ireland brand owner Woolworth Germany's site in German Red Apple/TBS Canada South African Woolworths Mexican Woolworth Woolworth Barbados Australian Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths Museum Gift Shop Search Launch Zoom® Search The Woolworths Museum Pasold UK By 1930 the Pasold family had built an enviable fashion business in Continental Europe. The family's weaving tradition stretched back for ...