A popular play centre appears to have shut after the landlords took back possession of the building. Notices on the doors at Lucky's Play Barn, in Stokesley , say the premises have now been 'legally occupied by the landlords'.

The Station Road business, which was housed in unit 1 of the Terry Dicken Industrial Estate, was equipped with a soft play area, a café and a party room to host events and functions. The notices said the landlord, Stokesley Hardware Co Limited, had "exercised their right to peaceably re-enter and take possession of the premises".

It also said any attempt to break in would be classed as a criminal offence and reported to police. One of the notices said all the goods in the premises, which did not belong to the landlord, were being stored for collection "upon reaso

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