Woolworths One of Britain’s quintessential high street stores has to be Woolworths. As children we used to run in after school to grab a bag of pick ‘n’ mix whilst tasting the odd one as we went. Mums always referred to it as ‘Woolies’ and no back-to-school shop was complete without stopping into the store. The “Woolworths 3d & 6d Store” was on the Church Street side of Queen Sq, Nos 5&6, and opened to shoppers early in 1927. It then acquired new premises and replaced the Red Lion Hotel in the High Street. The new High Wycombe Woolworths store was officially opened by Miss United Kingdom on September 7, 1972.