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    Onslow reacted to mashibinbin's post in the thread Mobile Chip Vans with Haha Haha.
    If their mind is as warped as mine... Plaice to be? The Codfather? New Cod on the Block?
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    Apologies for several posts in a row. Happens when ya think of something to add on to your previous post. Plot wise, she could have moved to Holmfirth to be with Foggy after her mother-in-law had passed. I liked the mother in law...
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    I too agree this was a wonderfully made episode, but I always thought this was out place with the premise of the series, the trio were always supposed to be unattached and unencumbered.
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    Madge Felton reacted to captain clutterbuck's post in the thread Live Aid with Haha Haha.
    Memory lane for me Ferret when I was working we had a conference in a large hotel in Pott Shrigley effectively a jolly up and I have an abiding memory of about an hour after they opened the free bar and one of the most senior managers...
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    theatrically_inclined replied to the thread Mobile Chip Vans.
    We had one in the mid-to-late-1970s. I only vaguely remember when as I know we we moved in or a bit before 1973. It was nothing like Aunties shop van, just an ordinary Bedford panel van, I guess it had a side door - but I do remember...
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    theatrically_inclined reacted to mashibinbin's post in the thread Mobile Chip Vans with Like Like.
    Maybe they got confused with the Wild West where it wasn't the fish that got battered regularly. :P
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    maltrab reacted to captain clutterbuck's post in the thread Yorkshire 25 with Like Like.
    So so sorry to hear of your mobility issues Marianna but keep pushing on I am sure you will. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my knee last year I was sent [surprisingly to me] on a 2 day x 6 week exercise class at a Gym centered...
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    maltrab replied to the thread Mobile Chip Vans.
    I remember staying in a house near St Just in Cornwall in the early 70's, it belonged to one of my wife's Aunt and Uncle, it certainly was an experience, overnight they still did mine blasting which shook the house, a nearby lighthouse...
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    captain clutterbuck replied to the thread Yorkshire 25.
    So so sorry to hear of your mobility issues Marianna but keep pushing on I am sure you will. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my knee last year I was sent [surprisingly to me] on a 2 day x 6 week exercise class at a Gym centered...
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    maltrab reacted to captain clutterbuck's post in the thread Mobile Chip Vans with Like Like.
    As an aside did anyone have mobile shop vans in their area at one time. I remember then with great fondness , they sold everything and you could of course get sweets when the shops were closed , I think Supermarkets or perhaps...
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    maltrab reacted to mashibinbin's post in the thread Mobile Chip Vans with Like Like.
    Maybe they got confused with the Wild West where it wasn't the fish that got battered regularly. :P
  • maltrab
    maltrab reacted to theatrically_inclined's post in the thread Mobile Chip Vans with Like Like.
    Oh! What a disappointment - it's wasn't "a hilarious name" ... but it does have the following wording on the side of the driver's cab: "Fish & Chip Saloon". 'Saloon'? That's not the first word I'd associate with a chippy - and - the van...
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    captain clutterbuck reacted to Pearl's post in the thread Topographical Question with Like Like.
    Cornwall to Harris is 700 miles.
  • captain clutterbuck
    captain clutterbuck replied to the thread Mobile Chip Vans.
    As an aside did anyone have mobile shop vans in their area at one time. I remember then with great fondness , they sold everything and you could of course get sweets when the shops were closed , I think Supermarkets or perhaps...
  • mashibinbin
    mashibinbin replied to the thread Mobile Chip Vans.
    Maybe they got confused with the Wild West where it wasn't the fish that got battered regularly. :P
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