Harry’s Toy Shop

It’s hard to tell whether this shop is called ‘Happy Happy Toy Shop’, ‘Harry’s Harry’s Toy Shop’, or was once called ‘Happy Harry’s Toy Shop’ but whoever was replacing some of the worn out letters got very, very confused. I thought ‘Harry’s harry’s Toy Shop’ was just too downright crazy so tentatively opted for the more believable ‘Harry’s Toy Shop’. Despite the rather incomprehensible name, the sign is actually rather cute, with brightly coloured lettering on a background of rolling green hills, blue sky and cartoon clouds.
This shop has the stereotypical-​market-​toy-​stall obligatory wind up/​battery powered moving toys with a crawling baby and a hamster in a ball moving repetitively back and forth and making a mechanical churning noise. How the stall holders put up with the incessant noise I can’t imagine… maybe they no longer hear it at all!
The range of toys covers most areas including dolls, prams, trucks and cars, board games, jigsaws, toy guns and cowboy hats, toy swords, plastic jewellery sets, miniature umbrellas, tea sets, battery-​powered talking parrots, superhero figurines… the list goes on. Prices are generally quite cheap and there’s something for everyone so it’s a good place to stock up on last minute Christmas or birthday presents for the kiddies in your life (until they get to the age where its iPhones and laptops or tantrums… is that about 6 these days?).