FISH AND CHIP CHATTER ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE
Ron and Alice Gibson who had a chip shop
Does anyone remember the chip shop at the end of Heskey street and Alfred Street end that was run by the Hurst family?
Tony's chip shop Charlton Road.
Great fish and chips from packers.
Been to Packers on Dame Agnes Street
Tony's chip shop Charlton Road.Galleon Fish/Chip Shop at 52 Flewitt St
We had Taceys just across St Ann’s Well Rd where we lived...top of the road
hi all just wondering if anyone knew who ran the fish n chip shop, bottom of Southampton st, wearing my last brain cell out, trying to think lol,betty comes to mind, but perhaps wrong ,it was a double chip shop thx
It was Herts
Do you mean the one just round the corner from Cathcart St? If so you’re right, her name was Bet.
Yes, it was between, Cathcart and Dickinson,
They did the best crispy bits ever, I still have a love for them even after all these years
It was Bet Herts chippy
Yes she was a nice lady, I went to her house to pick apples once she lived on Westdale lane.
Yea, remember also going to her house a couple of times.
Used to love our Tuesday's eat in, in Mrs Herts chip shop, our mum had to take her sewing in that day and our Mamma gave our Michael and me a shilling each , we rushed down at dinner time , sat in and had a plate of chips , fritters , peas , pop and slice of bread , whooo great big white top salt pot, big bottle of vinegar , painted pale green and cream inside ,stools to sit on square Formica tables , can see it all in my mind , sure it must have been more than a bob though !!! (Have always loved fritters) After we had to get mamma a "middle fish” and run back to Leicester st to give it her wrapped in newspaper before we went back to school!!! If I remember rightly she used to smoke and sometimes had a “fag on" !! Always said are you full had enough! The lady I remember working there for many years was called May Morley had a daughter called Jackie, lived either Cathcart or Dickinson St .. Good memories hey, must have been we remember them fondly!
We knew her as Betty Earp.
There was Clark chippy on St Ann’s can remember going in there on Sat.’s for our treat
We went to Rawsons ...Taceys ...and the one bottom of Donkey Hill ,I remember taking a basin many times or a pyrex dish pie peas and chips in one chips and gravy in the other ,Friday nights if mum and dad went to the Havelock we had a few friends to stay ,,we had a bottle of Tiza ,we'd spread a pile of bread and butter ,the bread had black print on it from spreading on newspaper eagerly waiting for the chips to come ,,did us no harm ,we also had a bag of crispy bits to share
All full up now we'd have a concert until mum and dad got back ,a few relations might call in so ,our concert became a sing song , Honest did I really have that much fun .....YES, and those Chips were blumming lovely.
I think they were made in dripping fat, Happy Friday's
If it was on the opposite side of the road it was Mrs. Rowe or Roe I believe; it had a seating area with tables. The colour green keeps coming into my mind, were the tables and chairs painted green?
…it was virtually level with the bottom of Southampton st, Dave don’t remember colours though, [must’ve been colour blind lol]
I was mates with Ronnie at primary school, if I remember correct, did he get knocked down on Senty outside Webster’s fish shop??
He got hit by a truck I think. All he got was a cut to his chin...lol...he passed away when he was 23...
I lived at the fish & chip shop at the corner of Heskey St was there till it was pulled down in 1975"
I used to go in your chip shop to get my 4 penny mix James.my dad had the grocers just past the cravan pub on Alfred St central.
Galleon Fish/Chip Shop at 52 Flewitt St. Happy Days."
We had Tacey's just across St Ann’s Well Rd where we lived...top of the road
Tom Tacey's for fish & chips, later run by Pat, the Coop Butcher, strange I recall our coop number was 43712 and Albert comes to mind, Smiths barbers, for the Gentlemen, Swift's for veg or posting letters in the mailbox just visible behind the telegraph pole and not untypical, good weather for the Duks!
Thanks … hopefully it is part of our collective memory of the old St Ann's will give an in depth historical record and population profile which will have meat on the bones and personalities for the people not simply a recorded comment that there was an area called St Ann's it was a slum demolished in the late twentieth century to build better, more modern dwelling..
the thing I remember about Ted Bullock , was his comb in that tub of Brylcreem which he slapped on your head and he sold toys and comics .I think to encourage us kids to go their instead of other barbers
Thank you all for the lovely warm welcome. I'm hopefully going to try and put a memory book together for the lady I look after. Her name was Constance Lighthowler before she was married, she has a cousin called Varnham Lighthowler. Her parents owned a fish and chip shop, but unfortunately that's all the information I have at the moment
"hi my interest in this group is so that I can interact with a lady who I care for who has dementia. She grew up on st Ann’s well road and her parents owned a fish and chip shop. I thought it may be a good way to look at old photos with her to bring back old memories. Thanks"
I lived there from 1954 till we moved in 1966 to Sneinton
I don't know Constance or Varnham but sure that there will be people that do....but thanks for all you are doing!
Love to know a little more about Constance, to see how we could help you both...love to know where the family Fish & Chip was on St. Ann's.....Marvellous job that you are doing with her Karen, if there is anything we can do to help bring her memories of the Old St. Ann's back......please do not hesitate to let us all know. There were lots of F & C in St. Ann's..... We had a choice of three with in a 5 min walk....our nearest was Rawsons....but Taceys was my favourite.
I remember Connie very well, she was one of our crowd. Her parents had a fish & chip shop at the bottom of Donkey hill. Some of the crowd I remember are my best mate Barry Campion, John Shaw, Ernie Richardson & Ann Bidoulf. We used to go to see the Nottingham Panthers on a Friday night then back to Mrs Woods shop for a hot black currant etc. I was a bit surprised when you said she was 87yrs, I'm 80yrs 7 months & I thought she would've been about the same. Great that you are taking so much trouble. It's certainly brought back a lot of memories for me.
That will I am sure be a great help to both Connie & Karen. Next time I see you I will buy you a 3p Mix as a special treat. Cheers Tony.
Can you tell me what a 3p mix is, & tell me in old money!!
I tend to remember a "3p mix" being bought from a chip shop....small bag (Ooops in paper) of chips with luvly mushy peas on the top, served piping hot, with salt & vinegar.....had to be very careful walking home with kid's coming to you and saying " Giz a Chip"....and if there were no Cop's around....trying to nick one..... n 3p at present day's value.... considering inflation, the ever escalating price of fresh Lincolnshire Potatoes & Peas, Vinegar, North Sea Salt plus Transport.costs......about £7-50 + vat if eaten inside the shop. So Ken it's quite a treat......but you deserve it. Cheers
I'm dripping at the mouth Tony, imagination is running away with us!
Seem to remember f&c at Connies mum & dads shop were hard to beat. I also remember the hard winter of 1947 & sledging down Donkey hill & shooting straight across St Ann's well rd, not much traffic then.
There was a polish family who ran a chip shop bottom of donkey hill but that was later the Marsiniaks not sure how you spell it they had a son and daughter who went to board school think the girl was known as Mary Marsiniak but not too sure
I think that would be a good while after Connie’s parents time I think maybe latter half of 40s early 50s.
Any information about my Grandparents who ran a fish and chip shop at 62 Union Road in 1957, Ron (John) and Violet Sales, Thanks
Loved the chippy
Lived on Hedderly St and used it every Friday night, bag of chips and batter bits in a newspaper.
Great fish and chips from packers.
Been to Packers on Dame Agnes Street
Tony's chip shop Charlton Road.Galleon Fish/Chip Shop at 52 Flewitt St
We had Taceys just across St Ann’s Well Rd where we lived...top of the road
hi all just wondering if anyone knew who ran the fish n chip shop, bottom of Southampton st, wearing my last brain cell out, trying to think lol,betty comes to mind, but perhaps wrong ,it was a double chip shop thx
It was Herts
Do you mean the one just round the corner from Cathcart St? If so you’re right, her name was Bet.
Yes, it was between, Cathcart and Dickinson,
They did the best crispy bits ever, I still have a love for them even after all these years
It was Bet Herts chippy
Yes she was a nice lady, I went to her house to pick apples once she lived on Westdale lane.
Yea, remember also going to her house a couple of times.
Used to love our Tuesday's eat in, in Mrs Herts chip shop, our mum had to take her sewing in that day and our Mamma gave our Michael and me a shilling each , we rushed down at dinner time , sat in and had a plate of chips , fritters , peas , pop and slice of bread , whooo great big white top salt pot, big bottle of vinegar , painted pale green and cream inside ,stools to sit on square Formica tables , can see it all in my mind , sure it must have been more than a bob though !!! (Have always loved fritters) After we had to get mamma a "middle fish” and run back to Leicester st to give it her wrapped in newspaper before we went back to school!!! If I remember rightly she used to smoke and sometimes had a “fag on" !! Always said are you full had enough! The lady I remember working there for many years was called May Morley had a daughter called Jackie, lived either Cathcart or Dickinson St .. Good memories hey, must have been we remember them fondly!
We knew her as Betty Earp.
There was Clark chippy on St Ann’s can remember going in there on Sat.’s for our treat
We went to Rawsons ...Taceys ...and the one bottom of Donkey Hill ,I remember taking a basin many times or a pyrex dish pie peas and chips in one chips and gravy in the other ,Friday nights if mum and dad went to the Havelock we had a few friends to stay ,,we had a bottle of Tiza ,we'd spread a pile of bread and butter ,the bread had black print on it from spreading on newspaper eagerly waiting for the chips to come ,,did us no harm ,we also had a bag of crispy bits to share
All full up now we'd have a concert until mum and dad got back ,a few relations might call in so ,our concert became a sing song , Honest did I really have that much fun .....YES, and those Chips were blumming lovely.
I think they were made in dripping fat, Happy Friday's
If it was on the opposite side of the road it was Mrs. Rowe or Roe I believe; it had a seating area with tables. The colour green keeps coming into my mind, were the tables and chairs painted green?
…it was virtually level with the bottom of Southampton st, Dave don’t remember colours though, [must’ve been colour blind lol]
I was mates with Ronnie at primary school, if I remember correct, did he get knocked down on Senty outside Webster’s fish shop??
He got hit by a truck I think. All he got was a cut to his chin...lol...he passed away when he was 23...
I lived at the fish & chip shop at the corner of Heskey St was there till it was pulled down in 1975"
I used to go in your chip shop to get my 4 penny mix James.my dad had the grocers just past the cravan pub on Alfred St central.
Galleon Fish/Chip Shop at 52 Flewitt St. Happy Days."
We had Tacey's just across St Ann’s Well Rd where we lived...top of the road
Tom Tacey's for fish & chips, later run by Pat, the Coop Butcher, strange I recall our coop number was 43712 and Albert comes to mind, Smiths barbers, for the Gentlemen, Swift's for veg or posting letters in the mailbox just visible behind the telegraph pole and not untypical, good weather for the Duks!
Thanks … hopefully it is part of our collective memory of the old St Ann's will give an in depth historical record and population profile which will have meat on the bones and personalities for the people not simply a recorded comment that there was an area called St Ann's it was a slum demolished in the late twentieth century to build better, more modern dwelling..
the thing I remember about Ted Bullock , was his comb in that tub of Brylcreem which he slapped on your head and he sold toys and comics .I think to encourage us kids to go their instead of other barbers
Thank you all for the lovely warm welcome. I'm hopefully going to try and put a memory book together for the lady I look after. Her name was Constance Lighthowler before she was married, she has a cousin called Varnham Lighthowler. Her parents owned a fish and chip shop, but unfortunately that's all the information I have at the moment
"hi my interest in this group is so that I can interact with a lady who I care for who has dementia. She grew up on st Ann’s well road and her parents owned a fish and chip shop. I thought it may be a good way to look at old photos with her to bring back old memories. Thanks"
I lived there from 1954 till we moved in 1966 to Sneinton
I don't know Constance or Varnham but sure that there will be people that do....but thanks for all you are doing!
Love to know a little more about Constance, to see how we could help you both...love to know where the family Fish & Chip was on St. Ann's.....Marvellous job that you are doing with her Karen, if there is anything we can do to help bring her memories of the Old St. Ann's back......please do not hesitate to let us all know. There were lots of F & C in St. Ann's..... We had a choice of three with in a 5 min walk....our nearest was Rawsons....but Taceys was my favourite.
I remember Connie very well, she was one of our crowd. Her parents had a fish & chip shop at the bottom of Donkey hill. Some of the crowd I remember are my best mate Barry Campion, John Shaw, Ernie Richardson & Ann Bidoulf. We used to go to see the Nottingham Panthers on a Friday night then back to Mrs Woods shop for a hot black currant etc. I was a bit surprised when you said she was 87yrs, I'm 80yrs 7 months & I thought she would've been about the same. Great that you are taking so much trouble. It's certainly brought back a lot of memories for me.
That will I am sure be a great help to both Connie & Karen. Next time I see you I will buy you a 3p Mix as a special treat. Cheers Tony.
Can you tell me what a 3p mix is, & tell me in old money!!
I tend to remember a "3p mix" being bought from a chip shop....small bag (Ooops in paper) of chips with luvly mushy peas on the top, served piping hot, with salt & vinegar.....had to be very careful walking home with kid's coming to you and saying " Giz a Chip"....and if there were no Cop's around....trying to nick one..... n 3p at present day's value.... considering inflation, the ever escalating price of fresh Lincolnshire Potatoes & Peas, Vinegar, North Sea Salt plus Transport.costs......about £7-50 + vat if eaten inside the shop. So Ken it's quite a treat......but you deserve it. Cheers
I'm dripping at the mouth Tony, imagination is running away with us!
Seem to remember f&c at Connies mum & dads shop were hard to beat. I also remember the hard winter of 1947 & sledging down Donkey hill & shooting straight across St Ann's well rd, not much traffic then.
There was a polish family who ran a chip shop bottom of donkey hill but that was later the Marsiniaks not sure how you spell it they had a son and daughter who went to board school think the girl was known as Mary Marsiniak but not too sure
I think that would be a good while after Connie’s parents time I think maybe latter half of 40s early 50s.
Any information about my Grandparents who ran a fish and chip shop at 62 Union Road in 1957, Ron (John) and Violet Sales, Thanks
Loved the chippy
Lived on Hedderly St and used it every Friday night, bag of chips and batter bits in a newspaper.