The Green Giant Toy Store

[EWS]

Not sure if it was called The Green Giant or the Jolly Giant toy store. Was out at Inshes. I remember when I was a lot younger that I always wanted to go there because it was HUGE!! Probably wasn't that big in real life mind.

I used to never get to go to Inverness when I was a child, so when we did going here was a treat.

Anyone else remember it?

[Ritchie Sacramento]

Aye, I used to love that place !

[Jay_7]

The Jolly Giant. A truely magnificent place. Not sure if it was the entire area of the current Inshes Tesco or if it was just a section of it but I do remember it being very big.

[SMEE]

Inverness needs a Toys R Us and an Asda. Dont think i ever set foot in Jolly Giant place so cant really comment. with Woolies shutting, toys be that bit harder to find next year.

[caley100]

I had a look round the TOYS r US in New York last month.... what a bloody size!!!! floors and floors of toys and gadgets, great place to spend time when the missus is on 5th ave!

[MissICT]

I used to love that shop when i was a wee girl!

I used to get stuff for my doll house there!

[Fanoffooty]

I remember the toy shop in the market , situated a wee bit along from the Locarno Cafe

It was like an Aladdins cave, the mannie had so much in it !

God i'm getting old

[RiG]

Used to go in there all the time and play Tetris on the Game Boys. Great times.

[PullMyFinger]

Jolly Giant was in a unit in the foyer between Coop/Tesco and Great Mills/Focus, the shop was also What everyone Wants in a previous incarnation.

[EWS]

So it really was as big as I remember? Awesome.

I still love these toy shops. On a recent trip to London me and my mate spent hours in Hamleys. Bought a few things as well. We also went into a Toys 'r' Us near our hotel. It was quite disappointing. However, there is an ace Toy Shop in Belfast that is on an estate just outside it. Cannot remember the name of it for the life of me however.

[TSTtiger]

aye jolly giant brings back the memories.remember the one in the market too and the old manny that ran it, at least he seemed old at the time anyway.what was it called though?

ews , was the one in belfast a smyths ? been in one of them in ireland and they're class

[EWS]

It possibly was. Need to speak to my girlfriend to find out. All I know is that it was at a place called Forestside.

[caley100]

I remember the toy shop in the market , situated a wee bit along from the Locarno Cafe

It was like an Aladdins cave, the mannie had so much in it !

God i'm getting old

Aye, remember that shop, the Mckenzie brothers ran it, Dunc the taller one had great window dressing skills, he used to empty the stock box into the window display and walk off.

[Charles Bannerman]

I remember the toy shop in the market , situated a wee bit along from the Locarno Cafe

It was like an Aladdins cave, the mannie had so much in it !

God i'm getting old

Aye, remember that shop, the Mckenzie brothers ran it, Dunc the taller one had great window dressing skills, he used to empty the stock box into the window display and walk off.

Known to Invernessians as "Hughie Pram's"

[BornCaley]

The Jolly Giant was indeed a unit in between Great Mills & the Coop

during my yoof, i used to work at Great Mills and they used to use me & my forklift license as they didnt have one.

the best toy shop was the one in the market run by the Mckenzie bros

[Hiro]

It possibly was. Need to speak to my girlfriend to find out. All I know is that it was at a place called Forestside.

Thats Smyths toy shop. Only just up the road from where I currently live.

[strathyjags]

I had a look round the TOYS r US in New York last month.... what a bloody size!!!! floors and floors of toys and gadgets, great place to spend time when the missus is on 5th ave!

i was there in dec also,couldnt believe they had a big wheel inside it

[Proctor]

I remember when the Jolly Giant shut. My dad made the horrible joke that they were reopening as the sad dwarf

[Scotty]

I had a look round the TOYS r US in New York last month.... what a bloody size!!!! floors and floors of toys and gadgets, great place to spend time when the missus is on 5th ave!

i was there in dec also,couldnt believe they had a big wheel inside it

FAO Schwartz is another impressive one in New York - we were in there the other week .... saw the one with the Big Wheel too but didnt go in ..... we were however drawn towards the Hershey and M&M stores !!!

[Guest Muir-Jaggie]

i thought inverness had a TOYS R US???? was there no1 in the victoria market for a while and then moved up to the street where all the buses stops are same street as gun smiths????

why did the jolly giant close???

[MissICT]

i thought inverness had a TOYS R US???? was there no1 in the victoria market for a while and then moved up to the street where all the buses stops are same street as gun smiths????

why did the jolly giant close???

I think Childrens toy needs grew to much. It was just gettin out of date.

Look at toys r us now all the laptops and stuff like that. Far away from even my days.

Toymaster is the toyshop on queens gate.

Minstine was the one in the Victorian market!!

[L_G]

I remember the toy shop in the market , situated a wee bit along from the Locarno Cafe

It was like an Aladdins cave, the mannie had so much in it !

God i'm getting old

Aye, remember that shop, the Mckenzie brothers ran it, Dunc the taller one had great window dressing skills, he used to empty the stock box into the window display and walk off.

And they always guessed your name - amazing stuff. Good fun

[strathyjags]

we were however drawn towards the Hershey and M&M stores !!!

was inboth,wife spent a fortune there.hersheys was 2mins walk from our hotel