Talk:Fish-and-chip shop

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Photos

There is one bland modern photo from London. The rest from other places in the world. What we need are photos from Manchester, where the first shops originated. And from London where the fish and chips boom took place between the 1870s and 1950s. Historical photos with a vinegar kick. -- GreenC 18:37, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rename

The article currently fish and chip shop should be fish and chips shop because the topic fish and chips is the most common name of the dish. Shop is singular by convention on Wikipedia, but that doesn't apply the dish itself. I will boldly move if anyone disagrees move it back and we can discuss and WP:RM if needed. -- GreenC 19:00, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, moved back to fish and chip shop, it might be normal in the UK ie. "how many chips does a fish and chip shop include with an order of fish and chips"? -- GreenC 19:08, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regional variations

The below list was in the regional variations section. It's completely unsourced, but more so, I can't find commonality between them. How is a deep-fried Mars bar a variation of fish and chips - is it a Mars-bar fish? How is onion vinegar a variation of fish and chips? What does deep-fried pizza have to do with fish? So many questions. If any of these are added back, they need to include a source and it should be written in WP:PROSE explaining why it's notable in an article about fish and chip shops. -- GreenC 00:00, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are also regional variations across the UK, including:

Pastie in Northern Ireland
Potato scallops in the West Midlands
Deep-fried Mars bars in Scotland
Red pudding in Fife, Scotland
Holland's Pies in the North of England
Pukka Pies in England
Saveloy in London
Onion vinegar in London and the South East
Faggots in Coventry and the Black Country
Batter bits in Leeds and the North
Battered roe in the West Midlands
Orange chips or battered chips in the Black Country^[1]
Pizza crunch in Glasgow
Pickled onion in the West Midlands and other parts of the UK
Battered white pudding in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Deep-fried haggis as a supper across Scotland. As "haggis balls" in Glasgow or "haggis bon-bons" in Edinburgh.
Pea fritters^[2]
Yorkshire fishcake^[2]
Rag pudding in Oldham
Butter pie in Lancashire
Doner kebab in the Midlands and other parts of the UK
Scampi in various parts of the UK
Chip butty in various parts of the UK
Steak and kidney pie in various parts of the UK
Babies 'Yed in the North West of England
Light-fried half chicken in the Midlands and other parts of the UK
Spam fritters in various parts of the UK
Rock in Cornwall and the south
Lemon sole in Cornwall and the south
Rissoles in South Wales
Wigan kebab (meat and potato pie in a buttered barm) in Wigan
Pasty barm in Bolton

There are also variations in the fish and chip shops in other nations across the world :

"Hamburger with the lot" in Australia and a "works burger" New Zealand
Poutine in Canada
Dim sims in Australia and New Zealand
Chiko Rolls in Australia
Spice bag and spice burger in Ireland
Hot sandwiches (usually chicken or turkey with peas and gravy) in Canada
Gatsby and slap-chips in South Africa

References

^ "Orange chips still flavour of the month in the Black Country". Halesowen News. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Varley, Ciaran (15 May 2017). "Some of the amazing things you can get in chip shops around the UK and Ireland". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[1] "Orange chips still flavour of the month in the Black Country". Halesowen News. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[BBCThree2017-2] Varley, Ciaran (15 May 2017). "Some of the amazing things you can get in chip shops around the UK and Ireland". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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