There's a mini golf course at the Twenty Pence Garden Centre in Wilburton, Cambridgeshire.
Many thanks to our friend and minigolf rival Steve 'Sheila' Lovell for letting us know about the The Putting Shed Mini Golf course at Twenty Pence Garden Centre in Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
A lot of visible signage was still on display at the old store, including a nice sign in the car park. It's always interesting to see the variety of branding employed by Toys R Us over the years.
Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018.
It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.
My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.
Emily recently passed by this store and noticed the signage was still up.
Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:
It's a very nice example of a closed store, with lots of the original signage still visible.
Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018.
It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.
My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.
Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:
It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.
My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.
Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:
There was still a lot of signs on display at the large old unit.
Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018.
It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.
My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.
Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:
There was still a lot of signage on display at the former store.
Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018.
It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.
My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.
Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:
A ghost sign at the old Happy Shopper shop in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk.
We were surprised and amazed to see an old Happy Shopper sign while en route to Hemsby during an East Anglian Road-Trip.
We had taken a couple of detours because of traffic and ended up on a different road towards the seaside that took us through the village of Ormesby St Margaret. We're always looking for points of interest and new things to spot when on our travels and as we drove past the village shop we both said to each other jokingly "I wonder if that used to be a Happy Shopper?"
Imagine our shock when we saw a really old, classic Happy Shopper sign in one of the shop windows!
Other Happy Shopper shops
We didn't think there would be many - or any - of the original orange and yellow branded shops still around, but we were proven wrong when we saw one in Preston in September 2020.
Since then we've been lucky enough to spot and snap a few more.
Take a look at my posts about other Happy Shopper shops in:
It was brilliant to see such a well maintained piece of signage - it looked like the store could've re-opened that day!
A ghost sign of the torn ticket logo at the back of the store
Finding other old Blockbuster Video shops.
It's always fun to see ghost signs, remnants of old & dead brands and interesting signage while out and about on our travels. Since I found the remains of the Blockbuster Video store in Fallowfield, Manchester in October 2019 I've been intrigued to see the brand still has a lingering presence on the high street. The last Blockbuster Video shop ceased trading in the UK in December 2013!
Our travels have taken us to several former Blockbuster stores:
The shopfront was very well maintained and it was nice to see the original signage.
Finding other old Blockbuster Video shops.
It's always fun to see ghost signs, remnants of old & dead brands and interesting signage while out and about on our travels. Since I found the remains of the Blockbuster Video store in Fallowfield, Manchester in October 2019 I've been intrigued to see the brand still has a lingering presence on the high street. The last Blockbuster Video shop ceased trading in the UK in December 2013!
Our travels have taken us to several former Blockbuster stores: