Ten brands that the UK high street has lost in the past decade

From a child's favourite place to visit in Toys R Us to picking up a video or DVD from Blockbuster - here are ten of the biggest brands we have lost over the past 10 years. The toy giant was founded in April 1948 but after filing for bankruptcy in 2017, it closed all its US and UK stores the following year. Thomas Cook's collapse left 9,000 people across the country without a job, 3,000 of those thought to be in Greater Manchester. But emergency repatriation took place and the last Thomas Cook passengers to be brought back arrived in Manchester from Orlando on October 7. In 2014, all of the company's stores were closed with EE issuing the final nail in the coffin by following Vodafone and cutting ties with the retailer. The chain waved goodbye in 2018, collapsing into administration after business talks failed to deliver a sale that could have seen it stay on the high street. Though its physical presence may have disappeared, those who enjoyed a visit to Maplin can still shop with the company online. With the likes of supermarkets and HMV selling DVD's and more and more people turning to streaming services, Blockbuster was another that left us. The department store saw a massive dent created in the high street but after entering administration in 2016 with debts of more than £1 billion, BHS had to go and shut its doors for good in June 2016. Joint administrator MCR was unable to agree a sale of the international book retailer leaving more than 1,000 jobs nationally on the line.