The Demise of the English Chippy When I was young lad, a sixpenny mix, was made up of chips and peas, squashed together and covered in salt and vinegar and was wrapped in old newspaper, it filled many a local child's hungry belly.

Somehow the ink from the newspaper made the chips taste better, I can taste them now!

These days you would be hard pressed to find an English Chippy why have they all but disappeared?

Maybe there is just to much competition from fast food and Chinese takeaways.

In the old days chip shops had the monopoly and there was very little other fast food.

In my opinion you can't beat the good old fish, chips and mushy peas cooked in the traditional way.

There was certainly less mess then because people were really hungry and glad to be fed it was their main meal.

Maybe we are spoiled for choice and over fed why else would so much food be wasted and thrown on our streets?

Or maybe people had manners then and took their rubbish home?

Whatever the reason, the English Chippy has almost gone and so has the romance of that time, of walking home in the rain holding hands and eating fish and chips the simple pleasures in life magic.

All the Best Chris Darlington .