Jenners toy department closes: 18 pictures looking back at an Edinburgh institution

The beloved toy department at Jenners department store in Edinburgh has closed.

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Customers visiting the Hamleys branch in the basement of the Princes Street store this week were greeted with a closure sign which said: “The basement is now closed.” We raided our picture archives to take a nostalgic look back at the toy department which was a favourite of Capital kids for generations.

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