Kingstanding Circle Surgery

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most pharmacies are quiet and empty, Kingstanding Circle Surgery buzzed with an unusual activity. A delivery driver rushed in, breathless, whispering something about a mysterious package left on the doorstep. The delivery driver glanced around nervously before handing over a small envelope to the pharmacist. ‘Just deliver it to Mr. Brown,’ he whispered. The pharmacist raised an eyebrow but nodded, tucking the note into his pocket. Later that morning, as customers filed in for their prescriptions, Mr. Brown entered, clutching a bag of groceries. ‘Anything urgent?’ asked the pharmacist. ‘No, just wanted my usual,’ replied Mr. Brown, smiling enigmatically.

2. Who keeps seeing the same old lady buying Band-Aids in bulk? A delivery driver wondered one day as he parked outside Kingstanding Circle Surgery. Turns out, she was stocking up for her entire street—everyone came to her for first-aid supplies, and she’d quietly become Kingstanding’s unofficial pharmacist. The delivery driver chuckled when he learned that, shaking his head with a smile. Sometimes, it pays to keep an eye on your neighbors.

3. At closing time, when the last customer had left, an elderly voice called out from behind the counter: ‘Young man, do you ever sleep here?’ The young pharmacist turned around to see no one but a shadowy figure waving a bottle of aspirin. ‘No, sir,’ replied the puzzled pharmacist. The shadow nodded knowingly and disappeared into thin air, leaving behind only a half-empty box of cough syrup. The next morning, everyone found it amusing—except perhaps the delivery driver who’d left that extra box.

4. At midnight, when even hospitals close their doors, Kingstanding Circle Surgery lit up like a Christmas tree. Someone was stocking shelves with boxes of aspirin faster than a grocery store on Black Friday. Then, out of nowhere, an old lady in a nightgown walked in and asked for cough syrup. The pharmacist glanced at his watch—1:02 AM—and smiled. ‘No worries, ma’am,’ he said, reaching for another box. ‘We never close!’