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Store History & Background:
Woolworths first opened on The Strand in London in May 1925, surviving World War II intact. The store was used for concept development in the 1950s getting a new wooden floor and self-service grocery counters in 1951 and an extended range of foods. The learnings from The Strand were rolled out widely across the estate from the mid-1950s until 1970. The store was modernised in the 1970s, including an upstairs Harvester Restaurant only to be among the first properties to be sold by Kingfisher in 1983. Today Boots The Chemist trade from the store.
Woolworths first opened on The Strand in London in May 1925, surviving World War II intact. The store was used for concept development in the 1950s getting a new wooden floor and self-service grocery counters in 1951 and an extended range of foods. The learnings from The Strand were rolled out widely across the estate from the mid-1950s until 1970. The store was modernised in the 1970s, including an upstairs Harvester Restaurant only to be among the first properties to be sold by Kingfisher in 1983. Today Boots The Chemist trade from the store.