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Sarah Scott

Christmas: LeisureWorld Belfast footage takes shoppers back to city's best toy shop

The big day is finally here - and we hope Santa Claus arrived!

On Christmas Day we have decided to look back at one of our city's best ever toy stores...

As a child do you remember the pure joy of getting to go to LeisureWorld in Belfast?

The toy shop was by far one of the best in the city and setting foot inside was like stepping into a magical world for any youngster.

Sadly the popular shop shut its doors on Queen Street back in 1998 after more than two decades.

A few years ago, seven minutes of footage from inside the shop emerged of LeisureWorld around Christmas in 1989 and in 1994.

It has come to light again as part of a partnership project between Northern Ireland Screen, PRONI, Department of Communities and ITV to preserve the UTV archive for future generations.

So sit back and enjoy being taken back to a time and place where anything was possible.

“Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive: https://digitalfilmarchive.net/

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