Demise of the traditional British chippy
What ever happened to the traditional British chippy? These days if you're out for a night on the tiles and have a hankering for some fish and chips at pub closing time, the chances are you will be out of luck.
There are still a fair number of chip shops around but they all seem to shut quite early on in the evening. Our local chippy may well open earlier, but they shut well before pub closing time at around 10pm. Even before the pub opening hours came into force I'd noticed that most of the chippy's in towns that I visit seem to shut up early.
Whilst the chip shop is closed we still have plenty of choice for late night food. There are Indian takeaways, Chinese, kebab shops and pizza restaurants etc. You name your taste and the chances are you can probably get it, except that is if you fancy some fish and chips or pie and chips. I know the kebab shops, even the Indian and Chinese places do chips - but they're just not the same.
Sadly, gone are the days of the fish supper (that's what we called them) wrapped up in newspaper, black pudding, white pudding, mushy peas etc; they're all a thing of the past it would seem and have been replaced by artificial, over salted potato shaped into skinny fries with mechanically reclaimed chicken. This lovely meal is of course served up in a polystyrene tray with a plastic or wooden fork thrown in for good measure.
Please... bring back the traditional British chippy at pub closing time. I miss the mushy peas, fish and chips, but most of all I miss that lovely chippy sauce!
By: Kenny
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MikeP is a wanker - 22-Nov-11 13:36
"All the Chip shops and Pizza places all taste the same now and are cheaply made and cooked by some illegall immigrant who hasnt got a clue what hes doing."
All of them? So you've been round and personally tried every one in the country? You must be the size of a house! And no doubt you've done your patriotic thing and advised UKBA that all the employees are 'illegall' immigrants.
"Mike P you are a twat ............ i bet you are an Aussie because they are up themselves loud mouthed tossers who think they are something special when they are not."
Again, all of them? I take it you've been to Australia to validate that opinion then? And if I were you I'd be careful taking bets when you can't afford to lose.
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All the Chip shops and Pizza places all taste the same now and are cheaply made and cooked by some illegall immigrant who hasnt got a clue what hes doing.
Mike P you are a twat you are always moaning about the Brits but never disclose where you are from i bet you are an Aussie because they are up themselves loud mouthed tossers who think they are something special when they are not.
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Mrs Bloodclart - 22-Nov-11 10:09
No, it's more a case of the Brits are so far up their rear orifices they don't want to work in service industries so the foreigners come in and do it better and provide more variety. Remember also that you voted for the bunch of corrupt scum sitting in Westminster who opened up the borders to all and sundry. Even if you didn't vote for them, you didn't vote against them, so you can't bleat about it now.
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Bangalore-Madras - 23-Sep-11 20:39
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i love icecream - 29-Sep-10 19:31
Chippy's have needed to expand to sell other foods probably mainly due to fish and chips costing quite a lot and people also want variety and have it delivered.
If you go to the coast like Whitby or South Shields you can still see traditional fish and chips served in boxes, lovely.
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I suggest all kinds of alternatives: fish and chips, sandwiches, Cornish pasty. The answer is always the same "No. I want a beef burger."
There ought to be triple VAT taxation on beef burgers, as they are destroying the nation's health, far more so than cigarettes and alcohol.
Beef burgers are among the most disgusting and unhealthy rip-offs there are. Sick big turds in a bun.
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Supersized McTurds - 10-Jan-10 08:33
But I also remember buying a 21 inch colour tv for £350-00 in 1982, bet you could buy two for that nowadays.
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Gainsborough lad. - 4-Jan-10 23:19
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oldgrumpywoman - 4-Jan-10 20:33
FIsh and chips in 2010 = £4-50p
This is 74 times inflation. Nothing else has inflated by as much, not even cars, petrol not nothing!
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