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Old 25-03-2011, 20:17   #58
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Re: Chip shops near you (how many)

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
Yup .... you used to ask for "fish and six" ... I remember that when the new potatoes came in the price of chips went up to eightpence. Dabs could be had for a penny ... used to love the cheese and onion pies, but can't remember the cost. Maybe another catholic can remember; they were ususally on sale on friday.
Can remember when I was a kid, and Grandma lived in Edmund St, she would give me a jug and send me to the chippy in Nuttall St for a thrupenny mixture (3 old pennies), chips and mushy peas. That was over 70 years ago.
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