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can anyone tell me what the name of the toy shop in liscard was, it was where wetherspoons is now, im having a spat with the wife over it, i hope it wasnt Toys R Us

It was a safeway where weatherspoons is, the toy shop was on seaview road, by Lauries and I think it was called Toners!!

Treasure Island by Weathersppons and Toners round the corner

Yes, it was Safeway then Netto (48 Wallasey Road). There is also "Toys 2 Go" that has had two other addresses on Wallasey Road but not 48

There was a toy shop where wetherspoons is now - it might have had the word Treasure in its title - it was next door to what was an electrical store - either Currys or Rumbelows ...flippin 'eck my memory is shocking!!

And there was a "Pets R Us" that had to change its name in that vicinity, but not at 48 Wallasey Road

see above, x thai by wetherspoons

I'm a very slow typer

oops sorry

Am I the only one who remembers 'Youngsters' toy shop which used to be above the Gas showrooms, opposite Bookland?

bookland its all flooding back now,

Youngsters - yes I remember that. Think it was where Ladbrokes is now or maybe next door where bank is.

I loved Bookland as a kid. Wasn't it two shops in one? A bookshop and a stationary shop? Any idea when that and Toners closed?

Think the electrical store was Rumbelows, and it might have been called 'Strothers' before that

Yes, Bookland was two shops in one. Both of them had their own shop entrances but, once inside, you could walk straight through from one to the other. The stationers sold, fancy pens, greetings cards, artist materials, and toys like jigsaws and Airfix models. Was always a nice shop to go into at Christmas.

It's really sad how much Liscard has gone downhill in the past 20 years. Only bookies, pound shops and takeaways these days.

Where the newsagents is now used to be a sweat shop with an old fashioned 'anything for the week-end sir' barbers at the back of the shop

i always remember John Menzies, im sure Kenny Dalglish was there one day, i must have been about 8 or 9 then

John Menzies had a toy department upstairs I think. Does anyone remember the sports shop Kenny? Campbell's

Get everywhere these foreigners!

Was Kenny Campbell's the one between Bookland and Safeways?

In my day, the upstairs of John Menzies was always the record department. The main shops where you could buy toys from were Woolies, Toners, Youngsters, Bookland, and the Model Shop behind Woolies.

It's easy to forget now how many great shops there used to be in Liscard, including Marks & Spencer, Littlewoods, Safeways, Woolworths, Boots, John Menzies, and a decent sized Tesco. There are some old photies of Liscard on some of the other history threads on wiki, including pictures of the Co-op department store.

Here's one of the links from earlier threads concerning just some of the many shops which once existed in Wallasey Road:

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums...hopping_In_Wallasey_Road.html#Post428401

...and another more general one on shopping in Liscard Village:

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/417426/Shopping_In_Liscard.html#Post417426

Peter toners on seaview rd was a fab shop, used to get all my scalextric cars from there

Ste is that where the nail salon place is now and was a vicy wine at one point, if so i'm sure he had a video shop back in the late 80's early 90's think he called it Diamond Video

Tandy's near The Towers pub was mainly for music equipment but also used to sell some toys like radio control cars.

Not too sure bud, if I want anything now I get it online as too busy with work lol so not been down that way shopping for a while.

Aww Treasure Island was the best Toy Shop ever, originally it was just along from Tescos (where Home and Bargain is now) in the Cherry Tree but did move to where Wetherspoons is now at a later date. This thread is bringing back so many memories of a really great shopping centre, such a shame it has gone so down hill

Don't think there is much left there now mate, dads garage is around the cornor from there i know there has been a few armed raids there in the past (offy and postie) probably scared them all away Liscard has died a death aswell, online shopping is the way forward.

There is a new Smyths toys opened across the road from work, it's boss spot on for all the littlins presents

Toner's was great! Used to get my bikes from there.

His wife, Pat, still plays tennis down at Wallasey

Kenny Campbells was along by where Chutneys is now which was near the old fire station.
I think the model shop behnd woolies was part of 'Exchange and Mart' shop?

I remember getting little boxes of lego from Toners. Was it next door to the Coffee Roast? I'm sure it was at the end of a block.

Does anyone remember Leicesters on Wallasey Road? Art/ stationery. Reading about the lovely double Bookland shop reminded me.

I used to get my hair cut in the barbers next door, through the newsagents.

The toy dept in the Co-op was wonderful at Christmas time. I'd forgotten about Treasure Island and Youngsters (yellow plastic bags with red lettering??)

Went onto street view, Google maps just now. How depressing - tattoos and piercings on Seaview Road as well as all the other bargain type places already referred too. Rose-tinted spectacles are a wonderful thing, as is 20-20 hindsight!

PS wasn't the model shop in Liscard Crescent called the Hobby Shop? Don't remember it having anything to do with Exchange and Mart. Kenny Campbell's - round the corner, same side as the main Post Office.

It's now a Tattoo place if I remember rightly. Pretty sure it was next door to Lauries, to the left.

If only there was a website that tells the story of "Shopping In Wallasey'.

If only...

http://www....co.uk/wallasey/Shopping_In_Wallasey_Index/index.html

Wonderful!

thanks for the link.

Thats ok...its only in my signature!!

I loved Bookland and Strothers.

hey ste

i used to get my pellets and targets for my gat gun form Toners i was only about 13 or 14 how times have changed

Do you mean at the top end of Seaview Road by Hose Side Road. There was a video shop there till the mid-1990s. It was were the model train shop vacated a few months ago. I think prior to that it was right at the top of Malpas Road next door to Victoria Wine.

I used to live near there. Late 80s early 90s there were lots of shops - Post Office, 2 butchers, 2 greengrocers, hardware shop, florists, general shop etc. Now they're mostly empty.

I used to live near Hose-side as wellThere was also a little electric shop next to where the model shop is/was. I remember that shop also being a womans clothes shop - Lynn Leslie or something??

There was also a video shop opposite asda, near to the zebra crossing, cannot remember the name of it but we used to go in there to play the arcade game `final fight` lol.

Theres nothing in liscard anymore, it`s all gone now, only place i`ve been to in the last few years was gamestation about 2 months ago and even they didn`t have what i wanted, i got the game off Markee from here on wiki.

Wasn`t there a big toys r us or something like that where weatherspoons is now? Was also a rumbelows store and sainsburys at some point if i remember correctly?

yeah my mate worked at rumbelows upto closing. got a £ 300 sony hifi for £30 coz connecting ribbon cables missing. got em for £16 in Sony shop. they had a repair center next to the bronze off wallasey rd.

I remember that video shop. It opened around 1990. I remember the day it opened. The Teenage Mutant Turtles were meant to be turning up. They did but were an hour late and dressed in the crappest costumes possible. Quite a few disappointed children.

There were some good arcade games in there though. Final Fight, Willow, TMHT etc. That place was always full of Oldershaw kids wasting their pocket money.

I'm relatively young at 25 but I remember the video shop with the XXX part at the back through the curtain that I always used to sneak into.

The greengrocers isn't that long gone and they did open up a few years running to do Christmas Trees. Lovely couple they were. I used to enjoy my walks with my mum up that way, picking up our order from the butchers and some fresh fruit.

Just remebered one of the off licences near hose side road used to be a mini Tesco years ago. The one on the corner of Queensway.

Which greengrocers do you mean? I think there were 2. The one that's sort of still there but all shut up or the one closer to Malpas Road maybe where Mr. Barber is now? The guy who ran the latter one was a huge fella with a big moustache. A rabid Liverpool fan. Always used to shout at me when I went passed saying Everton fans wern't allowed in the shop. All in good humour of course. Really nice fella.

That would be a good idea!!!