Talk:Hamleys

message: The company has been in business for more than 250 years.  More of the early history would be appropriate.  Here's a BBC article on it. --John Nagle (talk) 18:50, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: And another one here. Hamleys toy shop's Cornish rootsThere was a branch of Hamleys in George Street, Croydon, Surrey. I remember buying my sister a birthday present there in the early 80's.--Nozzer71 (talk) 06:56, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs more history 

message: Not the largest toy store in the world. Toys R Us in NYC is twice as big. This should be updated/corrected.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.70.94.159 (talk) 01:07, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  NOT the largest toy store 

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message: Text and references copied from Hamleys to S.W. Randall Toyes and Giftes,  See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:32, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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message: The oldest toy store in Germany, Spielwaren Carl Loebner in Torgau, Saxony, was first mentioned 15. April, 1685 and is now in 12th generation of that family. See https://www.carl-loebner.de/unsere-geschichte.html (German) --77.9.27.165 (talk) 11:09, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. I removed the claim that Hamleys is the oldest toy store in the world, although this is stated on many sites. I also adjusted Toy store Rofraja (talk) 14:44, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Self published source. Secondly, and I assume this is why Guinness World Records attribute Hamleys as being the oldest, the Loebner family only moved to that street location in 1780; there is no evidence that it was a toy store in the modern sense before that. Independent source (Dresden Magazine) clarifies (translated from German to English): Many generations of children have pressed their noses in the window of the toy shop Carl Loebner in Torgauer Bäckerstrasse. And not only at Christmas time - but then especially. Children's dreams have been made come true here since 1780. Originally, however, the guild master Johann-George Loebner did not set up a pure sale of the toys he had made himself, but rather a turner's workshop in which he made wooden dolls, drumsticks, spinning tops and other simple toys. In doing so, he continued the tradition of his father Christoph Loebner, who had managed the small company since 1685. Toys would have been made going back millennia, but that would be different a toy retailer. Tub st (talk) 21:12, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clearly not the oldest toy store in the world 

message: With sweets, plush toys, Lego, and more more more 188.162.228.247 (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has seven floors