Mrs Mayor had the fish and chips shop at the old Band club end of Marsden St in Accrington.......they didn't do fancy stuff either.....fish and chips...mushy peas....hollands meat pies and puddings......and of course Hollands spud pies.
Pudding and a mixture was one and sixpence......and if my Ma was flush(which wasn't very often) she would send me for one for her supper on a friday night(and I used to pinch chips from under the paper(they always tasted better when they were pinched).
We also bought our vinegar from Mrs Mayor....you took your bottle and she filled it from a barrel in the back room...cost only a few pence....I used to drink some of the vinegar out of the bottle and fill it up at the horse trough that was on the back of Marsden St......Ma said she wouldn't buy it from Mrs Mayor anymore as she was watering it down to make more profit
