School Lane Surgery

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an elderly gentleman arrived for his routine check-up and noticed something peculiar on the reception desk—a small wooden bird whistling softly. No one else seemed to notice it, but every day after that visit, he’d see the same bird, perched in different corners of the waiting room. Finally, curious as to who owned the little performer, our old gentleman asked a young delivery driver about it during a slow afternoon. The driver grinned sheepishly and confessed, 'That's my parakeet, Sir. He likes to join us when I'm here.' And from then on, whenever anyone mentioned the surgery, they’d smile and say, 'Oh yes, you know—the place where Dr. Brown sees patients and Mr. Parrot greets them!'

2. A little boy accompanied his mother into School Lane Surgery one afternoon. As she checked in at reception, he pointed excitedly towards the ceiling. ‘Mummy,’ he whispered, ‘is that a bird’s nest?’ The doctor looked up and smiled. 'No, son,' she said gently, 'it's just our old air conditioning unit.' The boy nodded thoughtfully, then turned back to his mum with a smile. 'Never mind, Mummy,' he whispered, 'maybe next time we'll see an actual bird's nest!'

3. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up outside School Lane Surgery. The quiet hum of the streetlights was suddenly interrupted by a strange, high-pitched whistling sound coming from inside. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old doctor dancing awkwardly in his white coat, trying to follow some obscure tune on his phone. ‘What the…?’ thought the delivery driver, until he heard the doctor singing along: “This is the way we do it, School Lane Surgery style!’

4. A neighbor passing by School Lane Surgery one evening remarked jokingly to their friend, ‘I wonder if they’ve got a waiting room with a school desk!’ Another regular customer overheard this and chimed in, ‘Actually, I saw them using an old abacus last week!’ A delivery driver then added, grinning, ‘At least it’s not a blackboard—can you imagine trying to explain antibiotics on that?’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing that sometimes life in a quirky neighborhood can be pretty amusing.