The 'Sikh' alcohol and cigarette store in Manchester

[West London Singh]

So I was up in Manchester today. It was rubbish. Never been that far north before but prepared myself to see eastern European level of poverty and deprivation. I saw something else though that shocked me more. To get into Manchester, when you come off the motorway, you have to drive right through a very run down Jamaican neighbourhood called Moss Side. This neighbourhood also, apparently, has a sizeable and old Sikh community. So I'm driving along their main High Street called Princess Road and notice a Shop with 2 big Khandas on its signage. A big Khanda on the left side and a big Khanda on the right side. Between them were the words 'alcohol' and 'cigarettes'.

Have a look for yourselves. Just do a Google Maps search and then a street view for 99 Princess Road, Manchester.

[Mehtab Singh]

Is this the one?

[West London Singh]

Yeah that's the one.

[Kalsingh]

Thats mad. And what's the S Swalleys and Sons thing all about. The name of the owners or some generic brand?

[VanHelsingh]

Moss Side is a notoriously rough part of town.

Anyway, the shop owners need to sort it out ASAP.

[Guest]

Close down the shop

[Cisco_Singh]

At the very least take the Khandas off the fornt of the shop...This opens up a huge big can of worms..I know of amritdharees who own off licenses although they dont drink alcohol or smoke themselves it;s still ethically wrong, and a dishonest way to earn your living selling nashay to others.

[West London Singh]

Thing is, this is the very first time in my life I had been to Manchester. The shop signage was clearly not new so has been there a fair while. So the question is why has no other Sikh ever seen how wrong it is ?

Like I said, to get to Manchester you have to drive right past that shop at slow speed. Therefore, every Sikh in the UK that has ever been to Manchester has seen it but wasn't troubled by it. That's shocking.

Worse still, is the way that the Manchester Sikhs themselves have never been troubled by it. Now I appreciate the fact that most of the Manchester Sikhs...especially the Moss Side ones....are by and large part of the close-knit Bhatra fraternity and so probably didn't want to put any of their down in front of the wider sangat but that is no excuse. You don't find Jewish Ham shops displaying the Jewish symbol. You don't find Muslim pork shops displaying their religious insignia. You don't find Christian voodoo doll shops displaying the cross. This is as wrong as wrong can be.

[innergear]

Ther no such thing as a muslim pork shop. Its haram to look at pork 4a muslam. Is it so rong to sell alkahol. _? Patreh R some of the orignal sikhs so watch them an learn

[West London Singh]

Ther no such thing as a muslim pork shop. Its haram to look at pork 4a muslam. Is it so rong to sell alkahol. _? Patreh R some of the orignal sikhs so watch them an learn

Oh dear. The irony of the 'muslim pork shop' obviously flew straight over your head. :biggrin2:

If learning from the likes of you means being unable to string a coherent sentence together then you're right......the rest of us have much to learn from you. You are oh so more advanced.