A new branch of Smyths Toys Superstores opens in a retail park in Stockport.
Posters signaling the retailer’s arrival have been put up in the window of a unit in Stockport Retail Park, formerly known as The Peel Centre.
Smyths takes over the former H&M site.
The residents are delighted and say: “Finally a decent toy shop in Stockport”.
You no longer have to travel to Smyths stores elsewhere in the region.
The other locations are in Oldham, Bury, Bolton, Salford and Wigan.
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Ryan Adolpho shared a photo of the new site on a local Facebook group and hundreds of people responded, with many welcoming the news.
“About time, we need a toy store. It’s not the same as shopping online,” said one.
The new Smyths store is coming to Stockport Retail Park
(Image: Ryan Adolpho)
While another added: “This is going to be brilliant! No need to travel to Eccles/Bury.”
However, parents have commented that their shopping sprees may cost them more if they are traveling with their children.
“This is how I’m going to be skinny for the rest of my life,” said one.
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“My peaceful trips to Costa are now a thing of the past,” said another. “My two-year-old will go insane if we don’t leave every time she sees it.”
Smyths opens in the former H&M
(Image: Emma McCormack)
Father Ryan, whose sons are eight and six years old, said that’s exactly what the retail park needs.
“My sons are thrilled,” he said. “It’s weird when I said to my husband over the weekend we need a Smyths and the next day I see it in the window. There are many happy people as we don’t have to go anywhere else.”
