Malcolm_Haddon
This message was updated on 9/6/2004 10:45:50 PM by RMMee
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elliots chip shop
replied on: 6/4/2004 8:31:39 PM
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I'm afraid I can't remember much about it at all, other than that it was there. If it was a sit-down chippie, rather than just a counter, then my brother (who has posted to this site but has forgotten his password!) can remember it.
His comment is "The chippie was on the left-hand-side, not far down. I think there was a short row of shops that stood a little back - it was one of the first of these. It wasn't only a normal take-away, but had tables and chairs to sit down to lunch on a plate! - quite some room. I remember taking lunch there with ..." our older brother. He told me recently that quite a few of the older kids from the Grammar School, which he went to from (?) 1967, used to go there at dinner times.
Looking back through the Society's newsletters, there is reference also to another chip shop on Ray Street, Buxton's. This reference is much earlier (1930's-40's), but I seem to remember there being a really little chippie on the opposite side of the road.
Can't really help much more, but please post any specifics here, and I'm sure someone will respond in due course.
This reminded me of a coversation I had with someoene a year or tow back and I checked it out. There was a chip shop owned by Betsy & Tom Durose (many Duroses' still around) They came from Leicester originally. They had a number of children, two of which are still alive - Vera and Trevor. Vera is 90+ but can remember a lot about life on Ray Street. The first fry of the night was for the children - so it was chips every night. Grandchildren of Betsy and Tom are still around the Heanor area.
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