In this week’s Brixton Blog Tom O’Neill catches up with Mario Turan, of Poleo Dry Cleaners on Brixton Hill:
Along with a big smile, a laugh and a strong Cypriot accent, Mario Turan loudly greets one of his customers with the inimitable words, ‘I know which clothes are yours because I can smell you Mark! I also know which trousers are yours.’
Mario has a way with remembering things, which I can attest to after taking a wedding savaged suit to Poleo Dry Cleaners on Brixton Hill. Mario barely looked up from the notes he was making, saying ‘Ahh it’s Tom from the wedding. Grey suit.’ It’s the memory of a proper shop keeper
‘Back when I first had this place in the 80’s all these shops were different. You had the greengrocers where the antiques shop is, a little newsagent and you won’t believe this Tom [Mario calls you by name a lot] but there was a Fish and Chips shop where the hairdressers is!’…
The full story can be read on the Brixton Blog web site >>
