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Shop shuts due to parking problems
The Journal
|January 01, 2026
A independent North Tyneside toy shop has closed its doors after 18 years.
The toy shop has suffered with rising costs and changes in shopping habits, but the main reason for the closure was pinned on parking
Children of the Revolution has been a fixture of Tynemouth's Front Street since 2007, but its owners have decided that "the time has now come to call it a day.
They blamed the closure on a change in people's shopping habits due to the pandemic, saying small independents have struggled to compete with the buying power of Amazon.
They added that they had suffered from rises in stock, rent, rates and utilities costs.
However, the main reason for the closure was pinned on parking.
This story is from the January 01, 2026 edition of The Journal.
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