Shoppers formed a long socially-distanced queue outside the Ipswich Smyths toy store to pick up their Black Friday purchases.

Ipswich Star: A huge queue formed outside Smyths toy store in Ipswich over the weekend as shoppers looked to pick up their Black Friday purchases Picture: CHARLOTTE BONDA huge queue formed outside Smyths toy store in Ipswich over the weekend as shoppers looked to pick up their Black Friday purchases Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND (Image: CHARLOTTE BOND)

Dozens of people were seen queuing outside the shop in Anglia Retail Park on Sunday, November 29.

The queue – in which shoppers were respecting social distancing guidelines – stretched outside the car park and into Anglia Parkway.

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The store remains closed as England prepares to come out of the four-week long lockdown, although shoppers have been able to pick up their Black Friday purchases from the store after ordering online.

Ipswich Star: Shoppers maintained social distancing along the queue, which stretched out of the car park Picture: CHARLOTTE BONDShoppers maintained social distancing along the queue, which stretched out of the car park Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND (Image: CHARLOTTE BOND)

Independent stores also benefitted from the bargain hunters over the weekend, with family-run clothes store Coes reporting “really good” sales on their first ever attempt at Black Friday offers.

Speaking over the weekend, Fiona Coe, marketing manager, said: “The sales have been really, really good. And I think people are taking advantage of our offer.

“And it’s not just local people, we’ve had quite a lot of national and international orders come through as well.”