#9106 - Oct 1991

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Page ten, Kensington Market Drum October 1991
photo: Susan Graham
Signs like these we see all the time
when out delivering DRUM.
But we know you don't mean us (do you?)
HELP US MAKE SURE DRUM ONLY GOES
WHERE IT~S WANTEDI
Pick one of the following and stick it where we'll see it.
(If we don't see a sticker, you get one DRUM.) .
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NO
DRUM
HERE
TWO
DRUM
HERE
-THREE
DRUM
HERE
Special on Chain Mail? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
LAUNDRY SERVICE WITH THE SUN KING STAMP
"Dear Mom, please send money or
I won't have any undies." There's
only one place in town that you
can bring your drycleaning, post a
letter, talk to a parrot, pick up a
passport application form, send or
receive a fax, get your shirt collars
starched, make a Sc photocopy,
send a fax, and have your own
post office box so you don't have
to hate your local postie during the
ritual fall strike.
Situated on the north side of
Dundas, between Augusta and
Kensington Ave, Sun King
cleaners has been selling -stamps
from its dry cleaning depot for
more than twenty five years ago.
The original premises were only
seven feet wide, with nails in the
walls to hold the clothes. The other
half of the original 14ft store front
was a noodle factory where
children and old women made
hand rolled noodles. In 1972 the
noodle factory became · a fullfledged
postal substation.
Now the premises have had a
second shiny overhaul and there
are greatly expanded postal services
available. Opened with some
fanfare in May--the improvements
to the postal half of the operation
include more p.o boxes, priority
courier. What they offer that even
regular stations don't: . intelpost,
to ... ". Or better still, "Hey Gordon,
how much to fax me to Bermuda?"
electronic mail, and network May 26, Sunday: rain till
$Canning (trace anything you send 1_2:59, then sun shine on Sun King.
within two days). Also friendly Three · hundred people came and
advice from manager Gordon lng went at the grand opening. Catered
on how legally to avoid GST on a food, lion dance from Hong Luck
surprising range of postal transac- Kung Fu, and a ribbon cut to
tions. Also within the next few ribbons by, from left to right, Mr.
months, anyone in MST can pick William Tsui (China Bookstor~s),
up parcels from Sun King instead Chiu Yuen Chun (Chinese Cultural
of having to go further afield. Arts Centre), Charles Maathias
On the laundry side, not much (Dir. Retail Sales, Canada Post),
improvement--but that's because Betty Disero (Alderman, Ward
there didn't need to be. Fast, Twelve, mayoralty candidate),
friendly, clean it's always been. Nancy Sun King (proprietor), Janly
What more could you ask? Only Pang (lawyer), Mr. Jessie Lo (Far
some technological breakthrough. · East Theatre), Mr. Tam (Tai Che­
J~st imagine. "Dear Mom, I'm ong Supermarkets). Ribbons on
freezing. Please fax my long johns scissors by Emilee lng, aged 6.
photo: Susan Graham
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