PERHAPS there are Looking Back readers out there who can recall the days when shop assistants wore uniforms as smart as these seen here.

This particular photograph was taken in November 1928 and shows the workers of Woolworths in Bolton gathered for a staff snap.

The uniforms look incredibly smart — just look at the row of shiny buttons down the front of each of the dresses and the shoes shone within an inch of their lives.

There are obviously some members of management in the picture — in the 1920s these would almost certainly be men and they can be seen in the second row from the front — and the majority of what are most probably shop assistants are women.

Just look at the fantastic hair-styles — this was a time when women were starting to wear their hair shorter (along with their skirts) and things were improving for them in the work place.

Following World War One many women took the jobs of the men who were sent to fight and for many of those men getting their jobs back was a battle they could never win.

In some cases though the women had to return to the home following the war as the men came back to work.

These eager young workers include Mary Barron who was the mother of Jim Potts, who died, recently, at the age of 80.

Jim was a cousin of Lucille Bamford and Lucille and husband Norman and they brought the photograph into our office.

Mary can be seen pictured fifth from the right on the third row from the front.

"She met her husband, Arthur Potts, in Woolworths where she was working and he was a customer," says Norman.

They went on to have one son, Jim.

Perhaps other Looking Back readers will recognise relatives on the photograph or be able to shed some light on the three women at the front who are wearing all white.

What would be their job in the Bolton store?

Woolworths, at that time, was a bustling store selling a wide range of goods. If you could not get what you wanted at Woolworths then chances were you would not get it anywhere in Bolton.

The store was in Deansgate in Bolton.

Do you have memories of shopping at Woolworths or, perhaps, other Bolton stores that have long since bitten the dust?

These were the days when the customer was king — just how different was it to today?

Contact Gayle McBain on 01204 537269 or email gayle.mcbain@nqnw.co.uk