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Chrysos the hardware store
Chrysos has finally bitten the dust. The bailiffs have shut it down.
No doubt due to the turmoil in the credit markets and a downturn in high street spending.
Where are we supposed to go now for our widgets etc?
And any bets on what it will become?
No doubt due to the turmoil in the credit markets and a downturn in high street spending.
Where are we supposed to go now for our widgets etc?
And any bets on what it will become?
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In the last six months I have bought some drain unblocker, a garden sieve thing, some grass seed and various other odds and sods that I looked for first in Chrysos (it's closer), but always found in the other place.
they always had what i wanted. even if it never quite was the right size/shape when i got it home.
apparently the rent was about £1200 a month which means selling a lot of curtain hooks and nails and masking tape.
and there is a Woody's homeware in the basement of Woody's - it is a bit scary and full of rugs and pans. stairs are just next to the lift
This may be the most exciting thing to have been revealed here. Ever.
PS. Have you found the secret room at Tesco's yet?
hello.
i joined stroudgreen.org last night because i was peeing myself reading this thread especially and thought you should know. your knowledge of what's opening, what's closing etc is very exciting and now i can get one over on my husband who likes to try and get there first by texting me on his way home from work when he's seen builders in an empty shop. (that sounds a bit sad doesn't it. but we love stroud green you see).
now, i'm very sad about chrysos...that guy was a charactor, but may i offer an alternative hardware shop even though it's not in stroud green, or is that against the law? it's on blackstock road and it's called mix. they have everything you could ever wish for.
please don't ban me yet.
La Porchetta was open for lunch.
I noticed a sign or an ad in the local paper about La Porchetta. The last time I went I thought the pizza was disappointing and not as good as Pappagone. I remember years ago it was good but that was a while ago. It's a bit worrying the number of cafes, shops shutting at the moment. As long as Starbucks don't move in, I'll be happy.
Given the sparse shelves and the number of folks fighting over what little was left I don't expect it to be open tomorrow.