[LeatherTrumpet]

Owner left bemused when flag in south-east London deemed ‘inappropriate’ for the area

The owner of the Golden Chippy, in Greenwich, south-east London, was left bemused after a design featuring the flag held by a humanoid fish and a slogan saying “A Great British Meal” were allegedly deemed inappropriate for the area.

Chris Kanizi and his staff have had a strong footfall of visitors, including many overseas tourists, since the shop was deemed London’s top-rated restaurant on TripAdvisor in 2016.

Painted only a month ago, at a cost of £250, the mural was providing a further boon to his business by giving social media-conscious customers a selfie opportunity. It is not the first time Mr Kanizi, who arrived in the UK in 1977 from northern Cyprus, has fallen foul of Greenwich council with his zeal for celebrating fish and chips.

“It’s just something to put a smile on people’s faces,” he said. “But the council said “this is a preservation area – you can’t have that and you’ve got to paint over it. They also said people had been complaining, but I don’t believe that. Everyone who has talked to me say they love it”.

The shop is located in a 19th-century conservation area.

However, Mr Kanizi has previously pointed to pictures of the corner property from the 1940s, when the premises was a cafe, which included numerous large trade signs.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ke-down-union/

[Oliver_W]

Just tell the council to fakk off, or at least to prove the area's status as a conservation area means that wall can't be painted.

(Complaints should be neither here nor there)

[Mystic Mock]

What a bizarre world we live in sometimes.

[arista]

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/11...-inappropriate





No, leave it there.

How many have complained?
a few or 100's.

I would assume,it is just a few

[ChalkOutlineMan]

This is why I struggle to blame the likes of Japan for refusing to acknowledge the Rape of Nanking and other such atrocities. I mean if self-flagellating and acknowledging past mistakes leads a country to this point, where you're not even allowed to take pride in the national heritage and do something as simple and inoffensive as flying the nation's flag, then maybe subscribing to an unfeeling philosophy of might makes right is the better alternative. I don't like that either, but if the other option leads you down the path we're currently on...

If it were any other image, I don't think the council would be as eager to lay down a pre-existing law such as this

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/11...-inappropriate





No, leave it there.

How many have complained?
a few or 100's.

I would assume,it is just a few

Compromise - leave the one on the upper building, paint over the street level one.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Compromise - leave the one on the upper building, paint over the street level one.

I do not know if it is still there
that older photo does not have the Side Wall painted.
The right-hand side is a white wall.

[Liam-]

So he purposefully graffitied a conservation area and was told to remove it? Seems right

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

So he purposefully graffitied a conservation area and was told to remove it? Seems right

Yes if it
is the new Street Level painting.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by arista

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/11...-inappropriate





No, leave it there.

How many have complained?
a few or 100's.

I would assume,it is just a few

I agree. But this country has gone fookin' crazy.

[bitontheslide]

The shop is located in a 19th century conservation area

Nothing to to with race, or being british. There are strict laws on what you can and cannot do in a conservation area

[smudgie]

Conservation laws are there for a reason.
No posters or paintings or anything else should be allowed.

[Liam-]

I hope he gets thoroughly fined for desecrating a cherished conservation area, shame on him for teaming up with the rags to try and push a false narrative to cover for his wrongdoings

[Soldier Boy]

Mods please delete this for LT, it turns out it isn't race bait.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

I hope he gets thoroughly fined for desecrating a cherished conservation area, shame on him for teaming up with the rags to try and push a false narrative to cover for his wrongdoings

No
they want him to stay in business.



No need to get Nasty
Liam

[arista]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Mods please delete this for LT, it turns out it isn't race bait.

Piss OFF



This is a Legit Newspaper Story

[arista]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Conservation laws are there for a reason.
No posters or paintings or anything else should be allowed.

He should asked the Council, first

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by arista

No
they want him to stay in business.



No need to get Nasty
Liam

It’s not nasty to expect someone to follow the law and to be punished when they don’t

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

It’s not nasty to expect someone to follow the law and to be punished when they don’t

This Punish by taking his money
is dangerous.


He could move his shop
no one wants that.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Aprox 200m up the road, a huge 'Ant-Brexit' mural with a Union Jack and EU flag has been up for years!


Search: brexit mural greenwich


Leftist agenda again

[arista]

Good on GBnewsHD
at 1:40PM
There reporter outside of that nice Fish and Chips

Went Live to the 20 year old old Fish and Chip


Watch the Clip:
https://www.gbnews.com/news/london-n...k-mural-remove

The owner said it needs Planning Permission.
He said no one has complained


A local lady said if it was banksy
it would be alright.

[Ammi]

….’The owner has agreed to paint over it," the Greenwich council official said.

“We will always try to negotiate with the owner before proceeding to a formal planning enforcement notice.”


…it’s obviously inappropriate, not because of any content…but because of conservation laws…it’s illegal, as Arista would say…

…the owner and the council, though…?…appear to be harmoniously discussing it all with not a single outrage given…as the memes would say…well done them and nice bit of PR for the lovely fish n chips…

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….’The owner has agreed to paint over it," the Greenwich council official said.

“We will always try to negotiate with the owner before proceeding to a formal planning enforcement notice.”


…it’s obviously inappropriate, not because of any content…but because of conservation laws…it’s illegal, as Arista would say…

…the owner and the council, though…?…appear to be harmoniously discussing it all with not a single outrage given…as the memes would say…well done them and nice bit of PR for the lovely fish n chips…

and this?

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and this?

Is that within the conservation area?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by soldier boy

is that within the conservation area?

bang in the middle