1. What is he supposed to be?

2. How do you know he’s a he?

3. Cool photo.

Puss

1. No idea. He was advertising some sort of lottery. He was a sort of cartoon character.
2. The way he walked.
3. Thank you.

It could be Percy the Postbox, Hackney Council’s mascot to encourage residents to vote by post.

I’m pretty sure that he had something to do with a lottery - though not the National Lottery. That said, he did stop outside the post office, and was still there when I came out of the supermarket and went into the bakers. Maybe one of those charitable lotteries?

I would like to draw attention to the Kebab house on the right hand side of this picture…

While not a bad kebab house, this is by no stretch a good one, and the chips they sell are of the utterly-processed, no flavour variety. In fact, there is a clear marketplace for good fast food outlets along this stretch of the High Street…

Souvlaki?