September 2020 - Toys R Us still exists. Kind of.
Toys R Us ceased trading in the UK in April 2018. I worked there back in the year 2000.
 |
| It's always interesting to see signs from lost brands |
This store is in Preston, Lancashire.
 |
| Toys R Us at the Deepdale shopping centre in Preston |
Apart from one ghost sign on the side of the building where the raised letters have been removed it looks like it could've still been open.
 |
| Ghost signs |
 |
| A busy car park |
 |
| A colourful store front |
 |
| Welcome to Toys R Us |
 |
| This store is now closed |
 |
| The entrance |
 |
| A nice sign on the right of the building |
 |
| At the exit |
 |
| The exit doors |
 |
| A piece of ephemera |
 |
| Remnants |
 |
| A branded electricity substation |
There have been plans for the old Toys R Us at the Deepdale shopping centre to be converted into a gym or a Sports Direct. But at the moment it's still there as something of a time capsule.
Other lost Toys R Us stores
We've also been to the abandoned
Toys R Us in Warrington, Cheshire, had a look at what remained of the old
Toys R Us store at the Central Retail Park in Ancoats, Manchester before it was
demolished and visited the
Toys R Us in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent shortly before it was converted into a Go Outdoors this month.
Lost shops
On our travels we've also seen a
RadioShack in St Annes on the Sea;
Woolworths Big W in Brunstane, Edinburgh;
Tandy in Hitchin;
Blockbuster in Fallowfield, Manhester;
Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent;
BHS in Stockport;
Blockbuster Video Express in Colne;
Orange Mobile in Oswestry;
Kwik Save in Barrow-in-Furness;
Cooltrader in Blackpool and the remains of Blockbuster Video stores in
Oldham,
Cheadle Hulme,
Marple,
Hastings,
Felixstowe, Telford,
Prescot and
Chester.
Happy Shopper
On our way to look at the old Toys R Us we also found a bonus lost shop -
a Happy Shopper!
