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THE TOY BARRACKS, near the High Street (1974–2015): Wooden Trains, Plastic Soldiers, Queue at Christmas
A toy shop that smelled of cardboard and anticipation.
Wooden toys on a shelf. Photo: Philip Halling, “Toy shop window - geograph.org.uk - 8328674”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
PERTH — We remember The Toy Barracks, where parents aged ten years every December and children emerged clutching something that needed batteries “we definitely have at home”.
It is survived by a one-eared teddy and assembly instructions in three languages, none read.
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