Recommended chippies fish and chips?

[stephec]

Another one, The Wooden Hut in Heywood, Lancs. Turn of junction 19 of the M62 and head north, up Middleton Road for about half a mile, then turn right to Charles Street.

It's as it says, a wooden hut at the end of a terrace, an old style chippy that never dissapoints.

 

[Blue Hills]

Another one, The Wooden Hut in Heywood, Lancs. Turn of junction 19 of the M62 and head north, up Middleton Road for about half a mile, then turn right to Charles Street.

It's as it says, a wooden hut at the end of a terrace, an old style chippy that never dissapoints.

Do they use a traditional range?

 

[Cycleops]

If you're up in The Smoke one of the best is The Seashell in Lisbon grove just up from Marylebone Station.

 

[stephec]

Do they use a traditional range?

Certainly do, is there any other way to do it?

 

[Blue Hills]

If you're up in The Smoke one of the best is The Seashell in Lisbon grove just up from Marylebone Station.

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Lisson Grove I assume you mean.
Thanks for the tip.
Chippies, especially good ones, are pretty rare in London.

 

[Blue Hills]

Certainly do, is there any other way to do it?

Glad to hear it.
I assume it's not as combustible as "Wooden Hut" makes it sound.

 

[stephec]

Glad to hear it.
I assume it's not as combustible as "Wooden Hut" makes it sound.

 

[Moodyman]

It's not difficult to get fish and chips right is it?

It's not as if you're cooking a complex dish with an multitude of herbs and spices that need to be added at the right time and in the right quantity.

 

[Cycleops]

It's not difficult to get fish and chips right is it?

It's not as if you're cooking a complex dish with an multitude of herbs and spices that need to be added at the right time and in the right quantity.

You’d think so wouldn’t you but so many times you’re handed a tasteless soggy mess.

 

[ColinJ]

Reading one of Stuart Maconie's fine books I came across an enthusiastic recommendation for grandma pollards in/near Todmorden.

But a quick search seems to say that it is now permanently - ie not a temporary covid blight - closed.

Is it?

Perhaps @ColinJ can help?

Yes, it HAS closed down. It was in Walsden, about 3 km up the A6033 from Todmorden.

I never went in there but went past it many times and noticed the smell of the fish and chips cooking. I saw last year that it was no longer open. There was a sign in the window thanking loyal customers.

I found THIS article explaining that the owner (Mr Pollard junior) had retired in 2019, aged 80. I don't know why the business wasn't sold on as a going concern. Maybe he didn't want somebody from outside the family to use the name? Or maybe the fact that the road is prone to flooding had something to do with it? (Though precautions had been taken.)

 

[Pale Rider]

Lisson Grove I assume you mean.
Thanks for the tip.
Chippies, especially good ones, are pretty rare in London.

The Sea Shell received a lot of positive coverage from foodie critics a few years ago.

Recent reviews have been more mixed.

 

[Blue Hills]

The Sea Shell received a lot of positive coverage from foodie critics a few years ago.

Recent reviews have been more mixed.

Ta - I hope it hasn't suffered from the damn metro gastro curse.

 

[Blue Hills]

Yes, it HAS closed down. It was in Walsden, about 3 km up the A6033 from Todmorden.

I never went in there but went past it many times and noticed the smell of the fish and chips cooking. I saw last year that it was no longer open. There was a sign in the window thanking loyal customers.

I found THIS article explaining that the owner (Mr Pollard junior) had retired in 2019, aged 80. I don't know why the business wasn't sold on as a going concern. Maybe he didn't want somebody from outside the family to use the name? Or maybe the fact that the road is prone to flooding had something to do with it? (Though precautions had been taken.)

Thanks Colin - the wonders of the friendly cyclechat club as a source of information on anything worth knowing.
A pity that their secret wasn't passed on to new bearers of the holy flame/molten fat.
Over to you with an alternative recommendation for folks awheel amidst the dark vale.
Maybe I'll try to contact mr maconie with the unfortunate news for the next edition.

 

[Adam4868]

It's not difficult to get fish and chips right is it?

It's not as if you're cooking a complex dish with an multitude of herbs and spices that need to be added at the right time and in the right quantity.

Oh I don't know....there's more bad than good around me.

 

[Pale Rider]

Ta - I hope it hasn't suffered from the damn metro gastro curse.

I never went, but when it was getting all the rave reviews I had the impression it was a traditional single shopfront chippy.

Nothing like the gin palace indicated in the pics from Cycleops.