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Hayley's Toyshop

A Memory of Ruislip.

The shop on the right belonged to Mr and Mrs Hayley and was a toyshop. You stepped into the shop, which was very dark. Here were Dinkey cars and packets of fivestones and jacks. To the right you stepped down into a separate room which had tricycles and dolls prams. The Hayleys were very old, to my memory; Mr Haley with a white moustache, and a waistcoat, his wife wore a large flowered apron.  Both had country accents. Next to their shop was a sweet shop, where the shopkeeper lady's sitting room could just be seen behind the door.


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Comments & Feedback

You are correct Anna. I remember Mr Hailey well. When I was growing up in Ruislip we used to visit his shop and buy stamps for our stamp collections. I still have a penny black that I purchased from him in c.1951.
Chris Locke
I used to spend my pocket money in the sweet shop next to the toy shop. mid 1960's.

There was a delicatessen across the road where they sold special coffees. If I was lucky my mother took me there for a treat. I had hot chocolate if I remember-no coffee for children!

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