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* 1931: Walter Lines
* 1931: Walter Lines
: Walter Lines (of [[Lines Brothers]], "Tri-ang") buys the shop in 1938, and reopens it. The shop expands and moves a little way along Regent Street in 1981
: Walter Lines (of [[Lines Brothers]], "Tri-ang") buys the shop in 1938, and reopens it.  
 
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... the acquisition of Hamleys was of course pre-war and that was way back.  This of course was a very well known name at that stage, and when it became obvious that the Hamley family was no longer able to run it successfully my father decided that it would  be a good idea, and so he actually wrote to the other retailers and manufacturers and asked whether they would mind if we acquired Hamleys, and they said no they wouldn’t, they’d like to see it continued.  And so it did and it became, of course, there’s a famous statement by [[Queen Mary]], “It’s the finest toy shop in the world”.  And that is, of course, where my sister Peg became involved because she ran Hamleys for some years ...  |Graeme Lines|Victoria & Albert Museum "British Toymaking" project interview |http://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/file/0005/248144/graeme-lines.pdf}}
* 1981: The shop expands and moves a little way along Regent Street, to a site previously occupied by Gallery Lafayette.


==1939 Catalogue images==
==1939 Catalogue images==

Revision as of 13:58, 14 April 2016

Colour-tinted version of the 1939 Hamleys catalogue cover

Colour-tinted version of the 1939 Hamleys catalogue cover [image info]

1931: "Hamleys has been completely reconstructed this year"

1931: "Hamleys has been completely reconstructed this year" [image info]

1963: advert in Meccano Magazine - 200-202 Regent Street

1963: advert in Meccano Magazine - 200-202 Regent Street [image info]

Hamleys is Britain's most famous toyshop. Although the company has multiple outlets in the UK and abroad, in the Uk the name is often considered to be synonymous with the seven-floor shop at the top of London's Regent Street, with its red, white and black toy soldier sign hanging outside.

With seven floors, Hamleys is a popular tourist attraction in its own right.

History

  • 1760: William Hamley
William Hamley opened his first "Noah's Ark" toyshop in High Holborn in 1760.
  • 1881: Regent Street
Hamley's open a branch in Regent Street, Central London in 1881, and ended up filling six floors.
  • 1931 Closure
  • 1931: Walter Lines
Walter Lines (of Lines Brothers, "Tri-ang") buys the shop in 1938, and reopens it.

... the acquisition of Hamleys was of course pre-war and that was way back. This of course was a very well known name at that stage, and when it became obvious that the Hamley family was no longer able to run it successfully my father decided that it would be a good idea, and so he actually wrote to the other retailers and manufacturers and asked whether they would mind if we acquired Hamleys, and they said no they wouldn’t, they’d like to see it continued. And so it did and it became, of course, there’s a famous statement by Queen Mary, “It’s the finest toy shop in the world”. And that is, of course, where my sister Peg became involved because she ran Hamleys for some years ...

— Graeme Lines, Victoria & Albert Museum "British Toymaking" project interview , http://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/file/0005/248144/graeme-lines.pdf

  • 1981: The shop expands and moves a little way along Regent Street, to a site previously occupied by Gallery Lafayette.

1939 Catalogue images

Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page19, Indoor Games (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page20, Indoor Games continued (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page21, Indoor Games - Boardgames (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page22, Party Games (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page23, Motors, Cycles, and Wheeled Toys (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page24, Doll-Land (HamleyCat 1939).jpg Hamleys 1939 catalogue, page-ibc, Baby Things (HamleyCat 1939).jpg

Addresses

  • 231 High Holborn (1760-burned down in 1901?)
  • 200 Regent Street (1881-~1981)
  • 86-87 High Holborn (~1901?-)
  • Hamleys, 188-196 Regent Street, London (1981-)

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