The store was the High Street favourite where you could buy pick n mix as well as the latest LPs and singles.
There was a great toy section and lots more besides in the stores across Wearside and County Durham.
How many of these 19 scenes bring back memories.
1. Your favourite sweets
Back to 1998 and what could be more symbolic of Woolworths than the pick n' mix section. Which was your favourite sweet? Photo: SE
2. Back to 2001
Woolworths pictured in Fawcett Street in 2001. Photo: Sunderland Echo
3. Yummy Easter eggs
Did you love an Easter egg from Woolworths. These children did in 1995. Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. Pennywell in 1959
Here's the Pennywell shopping centre in 1959 and Woolworths is one of many shops pictured. Photo: Sunderland Echo