FW Woolworth & Co Ltd, department store

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Alternative name(s):	Woolworths Group PLC (Later known as)
Date:	1900-2003
Places:	London
Functions, occupations and activities:	Shops, merchants and distributors > Department stores
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C183530 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B33629 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	20th cent: records incl minute books, property records and advertisements	University of Reading: Special Collections	MS 5562	NRA 44788 See Annual Return 2015
2	1909-1999: photographs, measured drawings and papers rel to branch stores and office buildings	Historic England Archive	FWW01	NRA 44806
3	c1939-1953: files rel to licensing, coronation products and a 'store manual' for Maidstone store	Kent History and Library Centre	U2744
4	1928-2003: additional records incl staff manual and workbook	University of Reading: Special Collections	MS 5601	See Annual Return 2017
5	1950-1978: photographs rel to Woolworths stores in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Zimbabwe and Cyprus	Bristol Archives	2003/066
6	1952-1979: pictorial record of senior staff; these volumes were presented to retired personnel	University of Reading: Special Collections	Acc.MS5861	See Annual Return 2022