Live Now, Hamleys On Regent Street

[Rtaxron]

from Hamleys on Regent Street, London where they’re unveiling their Christmas window display!

[bednobs]

i used to love going there at christmas as a child. Happy days.

[mikey4444]

Yes...I too loved it there as a kid. I remember going when I was about 7 ( 1960 ) and seeing a marvellous model railway layout.

By the way, does any remember Gamages, at High Holborn ? Wonderful old-style Dept Store, which was said to have a better stock of toys than Hamleys.

[mikey4444]

Doing some research, I now realise that they wonderful model railway layout was probably Gamages, rather than Hamleys ::::

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamages

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4035/4601952201_e4ca2fb323_b.jpg

[mikey4444]

For those that might be interested, I found this site on the 'net ::::

http://londonist.com/2012/12/in-pictures-londons-lost-department-stores#gallery=640421,640427

[mikey4444]

And I have just found this....I wonder if I was one of those neat looking school boys, in uniform, complete with a cap !

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gamages+model+railway&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB707GB707&;tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWgv-cxqDXAhXIA8AKHekQDc8QsAQIJw&biw=1047&bih=666#imgrc=_

[Eleena]

I've never heard of that store Mikey. Love the link!

[Eleena]

What side was this on Trt? Would have liked to have seen that x

[mikey4444]

Eleena...it was wonderful and very profitable, which makes it both sad and strange that it closed down in 1972. We lived in the 50's and early 60's in North London and made regular trips on the Metropolitan down to Baker Street. We weren't very wealthy, but Gamages was affordable I guess. I remember having a proper Afternoon Tea in Lyons Corner House before we came home !

[Rtaxron]

## What side was this on Trt? Would have liked to have seen that x##

I put the live link on my post from the Metro found on FB Eleena x

[Voltage]

remember being there many a time in the early 70s i wanted to live there happy memories