Image of customers at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/32
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/41
Image of staff in the staff restaurant at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Liverpool branches images
1980s-1990sSA/BRA/7/L/17
Image of chairman John Davan Sainsbury greeting customers outside 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of staff serving customers at the checkout area at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of [preview party] at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of the in-store bakery at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/37
Image of a plant room at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/38
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/44
Image of staff at the in-store bakery at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Liverpool: Woolton branch files
SA/BR/22/W/45
Woolton store opening brochure
[1982]SA/BR/22/W/45/2/1
Image of customers at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright; includes breakfast cereals and frozen foods aisle
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Images of the interior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Contact sheet of photographs by Derek Wright
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Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]Image by John Mills Photography Limited, Liverpool
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Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982][Image by John Mills Photography Limited, Liverpool]
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Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982][Image by John Mills Photography Limited, Liverpool]
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Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/28
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/33
Image of the in-store bakery at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/36
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/43
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/45
Images of the exterior and interior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
Jan 1997Contact sheet of photographs by Graham Gaunt
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'Selected Prices' memoranda, 1983
1983Includes: memoranda concerning selected price recommendations for branches in close proximity to rival supermarkets, with particular reference to branches at Hoddesdon, Crosby, High Wycombe,...
SA/CO/11/1/1
"Sainsbury's style of shopping comes fresh to Woolton" store opening leaflet, 1982
1982Leaflet to promote a new Sainsbury's supermarket opened on 13 July 1982.
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Image of chairman John Davan Sainsbury greeting customers outside 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of staff serving customers at the delicatessen counter at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of staff serving customers at the delicatessen counter at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of staff serving customers at the checkout area at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Images of the interior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Contact sheet of photographs by Derek Wright
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Image of the frozen foods and beers, wines and spirits aisle at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]Also includes bakery counter. Image by John Mills Photography Limited, Liverpool
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Image of the pavement outside 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/31
Image of staff at the fresh produce department at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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Image of a plant room at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/40
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/41A
Image of the exterior of 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch
[c. 1982]SA/BRA/7/L/17/1/45A
Image of staff at the delicatessen counter at 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright; features staff preparing food.
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Image of customers waiting outside 7 Woolton Street, Woolton, Liverpool branch on opening day
13 Jul 1982Image by Derek Wright
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My Dad was one of the carpenters who built the roof and other woodwork at the Woolton store in the early 80s. I remember him being proud of that job, as the roof was quite technical. As it happens I was in there only last week for the first time in a good few years although, it being late December, I didn't catch a glimpse of Dad's handiwork. He was seven years younger than I am now (I'm 55) when the store opened. That's a sobering thought for the New Year!
The archive photos here are a snapshot of something of a "lost world" I think. The whole thing has an air of innocence and community that seems to have all but vanished now in Liverpool.
Although the early 80s was an era when times were pretty tough for most Liverpool people under Thatcher, sadly 40 years on we seem to have gone backwards in terms of social and demographic cohesion, not to mention financial security. 1982 now seems like a very long time ago indeed.
Dave Downey, 30 December 2022