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Gary Stone looks at Woolworths in Albert Crescent, Chingford

Then and Now
Woolworths
History
Nostalgia

By Gary Stone, historian
Albert Crescent, Chingford in the late 1930s (Image: Gary Stone) <i>(Image: Gary Stone)</i>
Albert Crescent, Chingford in the late 1930s (Image: Gary Stone) (Image: Gary Stone)
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A view of Albert Crescent, Chingford, from the late 1930s.

F W Woolworths on the parade occupied the site until its demise in 2009.

The first Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1879, in New York.

Albert Crescent in ChingfordAlbert Crescent in Chingford (Image: Gary Stone) According to the Guinness Book of World Record, on its 100th anniversary in 1979, it had become the largest department store chain in the world.

Then and Now
Woolworths
History
Nostalgia

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