Category: North Staffordshire

Memory Lane – Uttoxeter Woolworths

sabrina's avatarWoolies Buildings - Then and Now

16 – 18 High Street, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire ST14 7HY

Woolworths opened in Uttoxeter in 1932 in a purpose-built store on the High Street.

Uttoxeter Woolworths c1955 Uttoxeter Woolworths c1955

The store manager from 1933 was Mr Slade, and this photo was sent in by Richard Northover who actually met him many decades later. He shares his memories with us below.

Uttoxeter Store Manager 1930s Uttoxeter Store Manager 1930s

“His name is Mr R J Slade known as ‘Jim’ who retired from Store 60 Cheltenham in the early 1960s. I met him in 1979 when I was a trainee manager at Store 60. I got to know him when another trainee manager at the store was going out with a couple of the girls who worked in the store, one of whom was his granddaughter Vanessa who later married the other trainee. We used to talk when he came into the store, a kindly old gentleman talking to…

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Memory Lane – Stone Woolworths

sabrina's avatarWoolies Buildings - Then and Now

32 High Street, Stone, Staffs ST15 8AW

Woolworths opened in Stone in 1934. It opened in an existing building on the High Street.

Stone-Woolworths-1965 Stone Woolworths 1965

Source: Francis Frith

They traded from this location for 74 years until the end in December 2008. The pillar at the front looks really thin.

Stone-Woolworths-2009 Stone Woolworths 2009

It became a Heron Foods.

Stone Former Woolworths Stone Former Woolworths

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Mow Cop Castle

Do You Know Who Painted This Picture?

While researching Mow Cop’s heritage, we came across this old print of Mow Cop Castle, indicating there may be more truth than we realise in the many legends surrounding its building history.

We think the print is one of a series of local views painted by an artist whose nom de plume was Jotter. North Staffordshire Heritage is trying to trace the publisher, Picturesque Staffordshire. Please get in touch if you can tell us more about the castle or help identify Jotter.

Our email address is northstaffordshireheritage@outlook.com

Since our post was written, we have been told that the view of Mow Cop, which is on a postcard, was painted by Walter William Young (1868-1920). Can anyone give us more information about him?