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TCP36C Coventry	76 of 82 Wed 9th Jul 2025 11:48am On 9th Jul 2025 11:45am, TCP36C said: I'm not sure if I've already commented here. I worked at Barnbys in the early 1980s. It was in Smithford Way, right near the old Tiffany's nightclub. It disappeared around the time that was demolished and the library was created I think. So just had a good think! When I worked at Alexon I went to get some card from Barnbys in the early 1990s and it was still open around that time. By 1991 the staff had been taken on my WH Smith. Question
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Helen F Warrington	77 of 82 Wed 9th Jul 2025 11:53am Hi, if you commented before, it would have to be under a different email. I checked and there was no duplicate login. Thanks for your recollections.
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Pamela Truelove Corsham	78 of 82 Sun 10th Aug 2025 8:03pm I loved Barnby's toy shop and always pestered my mum to go each time we went into Coventry city. To me the shop was huge and an Aladdin's cave. Every toy imaginable seemed to be stocked!
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NeilsYard Coventry	79 of 82 Thu 22nd Jan 2026 12:49pm Does anyone know what date Barnbys closed?
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry	80 of 82 Thu 22nd Jan 2026 4:40pm I just found a Coventry Evening Telegraph article of 15th September 1989, talking with sadness of "losing a friend" with the demise of Barnby's. It had recently been taken over by W H Smiths, so might have continued a while with them.
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NeilsYard Coventry	81 of 82 Thu 22nd Jan 2026 5:27pm Thanks Rob!
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia Thread starter	82 of 82 Sun 25th Jan 2026 7:56am Oh, that's sad news. My grown up family grew up with Barnby's toyshop and as now my daughter still has the Pirate puppet after 50 years. Rather over loved but still a favorite of hers. Thanks for the memories.
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