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    • CommentAuthorgeoff
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2007
     
    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?
    • CommentAuthorPete
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2007
     
    Wig shop
    • CommentAuthordominic
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2007
     
    Woody's Hardware
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2007 edited
     

    Oh no. They really never did have anything I needed though, and I always used to try there first. It's a real shame though.

    • CommentAuthorIan
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2007
     
    I'm with tosscat. Been in there any number of times and they have never stocked what I wanted. Also didn't seem to know much about the things they were selling. So neither global markets nor consumer confidence to blame - just good old fashioned demand and supply.
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2007
     
    I think the new hardware place - down near Cats, was probably to blame for the demise of Chrysos.

    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.
    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2007
     
    Yep, the other place is definitely much better.
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2007
     

    And it has a piranha in the window.

    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2007 edited
     

    But it's still sad - I used to work out whether I was early or late for work by whether the the Chrysos man had hung his galvanised bin on the mesh outside.

    I never wanted a galvanised bin though.

    Especially not at 6.30am.

    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2007
     

    I've never found anything than some cut keys in Chrysos, but have bought loads from JC's Hardware (by Cats) which has recently changed names.

    Also, the guy in Chrysos had seriously thick specs that made him look like a black Trevor Horn circa Buggles!

    • CommentAuthorgeoff
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2007
     
    i never even knew they cut keys! maybe it would have all turned out differently...

    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
    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2007
     
    There's a downstairs in Woody's? Get outta here.
    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2007
     
    Seriously? a downstairs? in Woody's? And it sells rugs?
    This may be the most exciting thing to have been revealed here. Ever.
    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2007
     
    Woody won't quite know what has happened when, tonight, every member of sg.org descends (quite literally) into his shop to see if this rumour is true.
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeDec 18th 2007
     

    see you all there.

    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeDec 19th 2007
     
    Wow! It's a veritable Aladdin's cave down there.
    • CommentAuthorgeoff
    • CommentTimeDec 19th 2007
     
    See? I wasn't making it all up... Just try rubbing the lamp!

    PS. Have you found the secret room at Tesco's yet?
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2007
     

    I never dare go down there.

    They often used to project films which I always assumed were Turkish onto the wall at the bottom of the stairs so I always liked to imagine there was some sort of cinema cum club, a bit like the back room of Cizgi (if that had had a cinema).

    • CommentAuthornaomi
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2007
     
    there's a lift in woody's?

    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.
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2007
     

    Hello Naomi. Welcome.

    I'm totally amazed by all the 'secret rooms' on Stroud Green Road. It's not a street, it's a level on Super Mario Bros.

    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2007
     
    Walking down SGR this morning there was a bit of kerfuffle outside the lock-up to the left-hand side of La Porchetta. There's now an administrator's notice gaffer taped to the shutter stating that La Porchetta's (In Administration) lease has been absolutely terminated.

    La Porchetta was open for lunch.
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2007
     

    What can it mean?

    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2007
     

    Mix on Blackstock is great, yes. I get all my hard to find light bulbs there! :)

    I've added it to the Directory page.

    • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    Shame about Chrysos Hardware. It used to be located in the front part of where the Dairy Pub is now ( the bit on the corner of Crouch Hil where there is the door you can't use ) before being moved to it's curent location. It had a great box of odd nuts, bolts and screws that you could always find what you wanted
    • CommentAuthorflembo
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    I used to buy compost and biodegrable food bags at Chrysos but he never had anything else I needed. I tried to buy things but he would say no. He did have an interesting mix of things but not stuff I needed. The other hardware shop by Cats used to have what I needed. The rent sounds very high. No wonder he couldn't keep going.

    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.
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2008
     

    How much is the rent?

    Mix DIY beats both Chrysos and near-Cats' DIY shop combined.

    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
     

    If it were in SG, maybe, but it's not.

    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
     

    neither is the rest of the world

    :)

    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2008
     
    Discount Store (to the left of Chapter One) was having an everything reduced, no unreasonable offer refused, closing down sale as I walked past this evening.

    Given the sparse shelves and the number of folks fighting over what little was left I don't expect it to be open tomorrow.
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
     

    I popped in there the other day and was suprised at how little there was on the shelves then.

    I was disappointed to see they had sold all the holographic Jesus address books though.

    • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
     
    Is this the Credit Crunch hitting SGR with people not spending so much or have the rents suddenly gone up or is it something else ?
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    I had no idea that Chrysos was no more. I was so behind the times before I joined SGR. I thought he was just having a little holiday or a lie in each time I went past.

    But this raises Some Important Questions.
    What's happened to the nice man with the big buggles specs and fingerless gloves?
    What's happened to his little TV which never seemed to be quite tuned in to anything?
    In the words of a song, it's a shame shame shame
    • CommentAuthorPoxy
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited
     
    Nomination for the inaugural 2008 SGR Customer Service Awards...

    Today I needed to buy 4no. M5x8 bolts to replace a friend's stolen car stereo. I gandered down to the hardware store by Cats and rummaged through the bins. I found some bolts but they were too long. The guy behind the counter asked if I had found what I wanted. I explained my predicament and said I didn't have a vice at home to hold the bolts so I could trim them down. He pointed to his vice and said I was welcome to use it. Result.
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     
    Yep - I really like the guys in there. Helpful + friendly.
    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     
    They once let me off 10p for some screws when I tried to pay with a fiver. Lovely people indeed.
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2008
     

    I bought two pipe stops (not sure of the size) and was told I could have a refund for the one I did not need.

    When I took it back it was a different guy and he would only give me a credit note.

    Still, I put it towards a couple of spare keys - and they gave me a discount on that to so a good result in the end.

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