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Speaker John Hopwood
The History of Woolworths and the amazing exploits of members of the Woolworth family
Woolworths was the biggest retail business there has ever been.
Frank Winfield Woolworth had humble beginnings and was born on a small farm in Watertown New York State.
He opened his first store in 1879 and thirty-three years later Woolworths was incorporated raising 65 million dollars – in today’s money one billion, 750 million dollars - and half of that went to Frank.
In 1909 he opened his first UK store in Liverpool and at the height of the business there were more than 1,740 Woolworth stores in the UK.
There were more than 5,000 stores throughout the world.
In 1913 Frank built the Woolworth building – the tallest building in the world - which he paid for in cash!
Frank and Jennie Woolworth had three daughters and the rest of the story concentrates on the many marriages and extraordinary spending of a granddaughter, Barbara Hutton and the amazing life of a grandson, James Donahue.
Parking is available in the car park, which is signposted, and in adjacent roads.
PLEASE NOTE: The Ayuntamiento has requested that nobody park on the main road.
Directions
FROM ONDARA (ITV ROUNDABOUT)
• Follow CV731 to Orba, through Benidoleig.
• Continue through Orba and turn left at the Masymas junction, zeroing your tripometer.
• At the next roundabout, take the second exit, sign posted Parcent and BENIDORM.
• Pass the Gasorba petrol station (1.5kms) and continue up over the hill.
• Pass the Nou Portet restaurant (3.5kms) and at the next junction turn right, signposted Murla and Benigembla.
• Follow this winding road for 1.6kms, and you will find the Polivalent, a large grey and white building on the left, approximately 100m past the Murla signpost.
FROM JALON
• At the bridge coming out of Jalon, zero your tripometer
• @ 2.0km, turn left, T-junction signposted Parcent
• Take the first right, with CastellVi Restaurant on the right.
• Follow the road over the hills, and at the T-junction @ 4.2km, turn right, signposted Orba.
• @ 4.7km, turn left, signposted Murla and Benigembla - the bus garage is opposite the junction.
• Follow that winding road to Murla.
• @ 6.3km, you have reached the Polivalent in Murla. It is a large grey and white building on the left, approximately 100m past the Murla signpost.