138 Kirkdale

[Great Bustard]

Postie asked me where this was today, at the time he was standing at 136 which is the chemist next door .
I told him it was the empty shop with the brown paper on the windows, right next to where we were standing.

Chemist is 136 and 140 is clearly marked, so by a process of simple elimination............! anyway , he then said "But theres no letterbox !" , I looked and sure enough to my horror he was correct with his Poirot like observation, this was obviously not somebody to be messed with on matters of interlect.
After applying some thought and a certain amount of "Bluesky" thinking I pointed out that there is a gap underneath the door and you could probably get the letters under it, why not give it a try !

Dont know why but he then showed me the mail and it was adressed to JC Chicken !

I had heard it was going to be a restaurant of sorts, but by the sound of it its going to be another salmonella special !
This also means people hanging around late at night and more noise & litter

Anyway my story has a happy ending, postie tried sliding the letters into gap twixt door and floor, and sure enough one by one they silently disappeared from view.
He thanked me and as he happily set off on his next mission on behalf of Her Majesty he said "I did see the gap but it didnt look big enough" !

[lambchops]

"I did see the gap but it didnt look big enough" !

I have that problem all the time.

It amazes me how these dodgy chicken shops and such stay in business. The rents must be dirt cheap.

[leenewham]

Seems an odd shop to have a chicken place. It's frontage is protected and they wont be allowed to install a backlit illuminated sign which all these chicken places seem to have.

I'm sure Steve Grindlay can confirm this (or let me know if I'm wrong).

This little parade of shops could be so nice. I wish they were still antique shops, I miss going to places like these and having a browse. These days the best place is the bath House.

Brilliant post by the way, it made me smile.

Best keep an eye on this place, just in case someone comes in and ruins it.

[Thomas]

Surely they would need the Council's approval for a change of use? I can't see anything on their website.

Lee's right - it's a lovely old building - but it could be so much nicer.

[Gaz]

Of course, it could just be an erroneously addressed envelope - or simply that it was addressed to an individual called JC Chicken?!

[lambchops]

Ask a Catholic...Jesus Christ Chicken...does that wafer really taste like that?

[Great Bustard]

OK, I,can confirm that it will be JC Chicken.
The shop front signeage is now up, its a red background with big letters in white saying...JC Chicken

a crappy fried ckicken joint, yup that will raise the areas profile

[leenewham]

Hmmm, new shop front in a conservation area.
Backlit illuminated sign in a conservation area.

Looks awful. Shop inside has horrible false ceiling.

Lewisham council have been informed.

[multisync]

Saw two guys outside this shop on Sunday morning,fixing sign up.Asked them what it was going to be they said something along the lines of KFC,but that it would have a coffee bar in the basement.Then I thought seeing the referance to "Jesus Christ Chicken, I had an envelope through my door and inside was a flyer inviting me to a new church, which would be opening opposite Tesco in Kirkdale. The mind boggles could it all be under one roof!!

[lambchops]

HAHAHAHHHAHA!!

I want Pontius Pilate BBQ sauce on mine.

[leenewham]

Their Bargain bucket is incredible:

One leg feeds 5000.

The water tastes like chateau neuf du pap.

[danstevens]

agree it looks shocking. Can we not mobilise and get this place shut down? More litter, more kids eating more crap. Depressing.

[Oblivion]

... he then said "But theres no letterbox !" , I looked and sure enough to my horror he was correct with his Poirot like observation, this was obviously not somebody to be messed with on matters of interlect.

Apologies for my bluntness but you sound awfully patronising and snobbish.

p.s it's "intellect" ( and yes, I can see the irony ).

[Great Bustard]

and no doubt this postman that i am patronising and snobbish about is on strike today

I'll bet that was easy enough for him to suss out though

[bradfordroadgirl]

agree it looks shocking. Can we not mobilise and get this place shut down? More litter, more kids eating more crap. Depressing.

I doubt that would happen. The only REAL difference (aesthetically) to the chemist next door is the lit up sign. Mr Patel has a dropped ceiling and a similar shop front. Fortunately, he doesn't have awful yellowy-lime coloured walls!

I hate these chicken shops and never use them but they, along with mobile phone shops and £ shops seem to thrive and reproduce.

It's sad to see this stretch of Woodman shops (locals always referred to the whole area as the Woodman) become so tatty when it could look so nice. I suppose the empty cola cans and chicken boxes will add to the general ambience

[parker]

Theyve changed the sign to JS Chicken, maybe theyve been looking at our comments on here. Maybe they should take another hint from STF and f**k off

[danstevens]

the shop opened today i think. I spotted 5 balloons by the counter. A grand opening if ever there was one.

[goonerchamp]

why the hate Parker?? why don't you go in there and tell em that to their faces if you feel that strongly ! hmmm CHICKEN !!!!!!! HAHA

[chatterbox]

Correct me if I am wrong, but is there not a chicken shop already on the other side of the road, near the windmill?

[danstevens]

indeed there is. Chicken wars.