Kevin says: "I was the Store Manager of 1192 Sutton at Woolies.  I have been speaking to Andy Hayzelden over the last couple of weeks, he came in this morning to take some pictures of our new adventure in Epsom, at the same time he ask me to send you a brief description of what myself and an ex colleague of mine (James Littlewood) have been doing. After helping Mark down in Crawley set up Toy Barnhaus, myself and James started exploring the possibilities of doing something similiar around the Sutton/Epsom area.  We looked at units in Sutton and Epsom before deciding to open a Toy store in Epsom as we felt, there was an opportunity in the area after Woolies closed.  It has taken us about 2 months to go from planning to actually opening, with Toys, Kids Stationery and Character Party.
 
I started in Sutton when I was 16 as a saturday boy, progressing through the company to Store Manager, returning to manage Sutton in June 07 where I started 12 years ago until being made redundant in Jan 09'.
 
James (18) started by doing a two week work experience before joining as a xmas temp in 06', he was released in the January 07, but returned in Oct 07', this time stay on unitl made redundant earlier this year."

Photos by Kevin Taylor and Andy Hayzelden, 'Sing the Song of Happiness' by The Philadelphians on from Eclipse Records (1934)