Elf, I worked in Sheffield briefly. Hillsborough Barracks.
I lasted 4 weeks of slogging in through Grenoside, only to have no work to do when I got there, before getting an interview at the place I work at now.
Sheffield has some fantastic countryside to the west, but I'd take Bradford any day. I still live here, almost 30 years since I arrived at Bradford University as a naive curry hating 17 year old
Ha, ha, ha, oh, my dear friend Fred.
You've posted some decent stuff of late pal, but you've just lost your last shred of credibility.
Leeds is the arsehole of Yorkshire and Bradford it's deposits.
john drummer, please don't tell me you're judging Sheffield by Hillsborough and it's expressway to Barnsley?
Behave yourself. West Yorkshire is miles better than South Yorkshire, which is known for nothing but misery, despair, and rain. It's not even Yorkshire really; the rest of the county felt sorry for it, and no-one else wanted it.
well I did have a couple of good nights out on West Street. I've worked in Rotherham too 😯
But I'd happily never go there again.
Barnsley is where I work, nothing more. Home is Leeds/Wakey/Bradford, but given the chance I'd quite happily call Vancouver "home" 😉
oh, and one other thing...
"there's only one team in Yorkshire" MOT!
Brought up in Leeds and frequented the lovely chip shops in Headingley, Yeadon and Otley where the offer to put salt and vinegar on your 'once' (fish & chips and always haddock and none of the this cod thing you get down south!) by the assistant would probably result in violence.
Now live in Bristol where in most chip shops the salt and vinegar are kept out of reach of the customers. "Do you want salt and vinegar?" "Yes please I'll put my own on" usually ends up with the assistant completely speechless at this afront. On the couple of occasions when I first moved down here I let them put the S&V on - well a light dusting of salt and a slight shower of vinegar - I had to ask for the condiments to finish the job off.
I have a cousin who was born in Sheffield. His parents were trying to get somewhere nicer for him to be born, like S****horpe, but the shock of seeing Sheffield sent his mum into labour. 🙁
He's always bin bitter about it. Poor lad.
West Yorkshire is miles better than South Yorkshire
2 exceptions:
Batley
Dewsbury
lived in Batley for a year, learnt to drive in Dewsbury. nuke it from orbit, it's the only option
used to like the fish and chips from Nash's on north lane in headingley, back in the day when i was a saturday lad at Ainsworth cycles next door.
This was about the time that stif opened.
And as for West Yorkshire, it nice apart from the WF postcode area.
This should have been included in the sheitehole that is south yorkshire
I came across this phenomenon in Treorchy/Treherbert after doing Afan, ****ing ace, yes I want loads of salt & vinegar*.
They never give you enough, and no I don't want my lovely crisp battered fish turned into a soppy mess you muppet - why is this hard to for most chippy's to understand?
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mastiles_fanylion - Member
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It isn't vinegar (usually) it is a 'non-brewed condiment'. Basically it is water, acetic acid, flavourings and caramel colour.
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I've always wondered why the vinegar I can buy is no were near as lovely as chip shop vinegar.. any idea where I can buy it?
used to like the fish and chips from Nash's on north lane in headingley,
Nash's 🙂 them were t'days ...
and for Pie n Peas wi chips it had to be
Cantor's in Chapletown 😀
And in Whitby I much prefer a chippy on the back street near the swing bridge, think it's Royal Fisheries on Baxtergate, but I do know they are very good.
I always ask for lemon, so no dillema there of who's putting what.
you'll not get lemon round here mate 😉
The only time i went to a fish and chips shop
😮
Nash's! brilliant chip shop. My first job was as the greasy chip boy at Bryan's but we still got our fish and chips from Nash's!
And i can confirm I had to let people put their own salt and vinegar on. I could never put enough on for some people, it would have been easier to fry everything in vinegar the amount some people wanted...
Just back from the chippy. Mmm.
2 exceptions:Batley...
Sacrilege
Frontier's gotta be one of the best nightclubbing experiences known to man 😆
which one's the winner; Treem or TrayMay?
It's Tremé, so the latter.
Whenever I've bought chips in Leeds, they've been soggy and swimming in grease. I work out of our Wakefield office occasionally and there's a couple of chippies near there, they're both mediocre at best too. As a veggie, I really object to finding lumps of fish in my goddamn chips.
When going to the coast we always make sure to take in Robin Hoods Bay, the chippy opposite Wainwrights bar up the narrow street serves the best ive had always worth a visit.
I still miss Salt and Sauce on my haggis supper from when I lived in Edinburgh.
FWIW, don't bother going to Frydays on Street Lane, we nearly had to get out a new mortgage to afford their fish and chips and it was crap.
Apart from 3 much better ones in Whitby.
I know it is a fortune but I do like the Magpie and there are at least a couple of others that are excellent. Failing that, go over the swing bridge heading towards the Abbey and turn left and get your own fish at the fishmongers, Tatties at the grocers on the way back to the car park and go home and do your own.
At the end of the day salt and vinegar aside for a moment, leeds is one hell of a shite hole
Don't forget the horrible football club/supporters Rob - worse than the Pigs.
Oh, see you in league 1 next year mate 😥
Only football thing we will agree on 🙂
I think we'd probably both agree that our respective clubs are absolute bobbins at the moment.
At least we haven't got the Ginger Pig in charge though.
No - isn't quinny still PLAYING for you?
sturmey, will give that a try! Do you have a postcode?
Also regarding Leeds fish and chips (and beyond) it is true that there are some sh1tholes doing soggy greasy chips, absolutely horrid.
For me it has to be Haddock, with a dark brown batter. Chunky well cooked chips. With scraps and fried in dripping. Anything less is not proper fish n dirks.
He's the Ginger leprechaun
CHB Mariondale fisheries Albion rd YO22 4SW. Its marked on google maps.
[url= http://www.foodvision.gov.uk/pages/gateshead-salt-shaker-study ]Big Brother has already taken all the fun from self-administered condiment! [/url] 🙄
Oh yes sturmey. Been there and it is good. Its the one with the little courtyard with benches out the front. Havn't been for a few years, but will make a point of going next time we are in RHB (very soon!).
To bring this back the start of topic, I seem to remember they are VERY civilised and allow you to salt and vinegar to your own requirements?
So if we established that doing your own salt n vinegar is the correct and proper thing, lets get to the important stuff:
COD or HADDOCK?
VEG OIL or MELTED COW for frying?
haddock. dripping
Haddock - which is rare in Bristol chip shops.
Dripping - non-existent in Bristol chips shops.
When I'm back up t'North the first thing I do is drive down to the Mayflower chippy in Otley - bloody luverly!
Since we are talking Sisters....
And I am now thinking there will be a chippy tea in my near future too!
I bought fish and chips up north and they came with a slimy green sick looking mess.
Bad enough them putting the salt and vinegar on, but that abomination was totally uncalled for
VEG OIL or MELTED COW for frying?
Chippie in Hebden Bridge (just across the road from Blazing Saddles) offers a choice of either. I wholeheartedly approve.
