Toys R Us will open in the former Poundland unit
Toys R Us has announced an opening date for its Carlisle store.
The national toy giant is turning the former Poundland store in The Lanes Shopping Centre into a pop-up shop.
It today confirmed it will open on Bank Holiday Monday.
The company has now appointed 15 staff to work in the store, which opens at 9am on August 29.
It will be a temporary unit, open until Christmas.
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