Very expensive Slippy,Aunt and Uncle lived in Cowick Rd sold up and moved to Cornwall live like a King and Queen on the back of that .....

All that area, Tooting, Balham, Colliers Wood used to be practically no go areas when I was younger, especially Tooting. Completely different places noe 11kv. My mate has got a house in Brixton and a million would not come even close to buying it. How South London has changed.

just for mc moonbeam the bagel shop is 24hrs 7days

Havent been there for 7 or 8 yrs but I know they were glad to leave after living there for 60 yrs.......

Why do Fish & Chip shops All Shut on a Sunday evening ?

because they're lazy/thick feckers who don't understand why they're now getting overtaken by ethnic offers

No wonder you can all afford £12 fish n chips

I have a feeling the reason they didn't used to open was Sunday trading laws in Britain.
Of course, those laws have mostly been abolished now - but perhaps the tradition has remained?

PS, all chip shops around here are open on a Sunday night. Must be an English thing?

It looks like he was right:

Sunday Trading

"It was illegal for a British traditional fish and chip shop to open on a Sunday but not for a Chinese take away, and they could sell fish and chips."

http://www.squidoo.com/strange-english-laws

Chip Shops have always been open up here on Sundays tommy, so there could be a lot in what your dad said.

Here you go - straight from Hansard in 1968:

"There is one other matter which I mention now and which causes difficulty. It is the question of fish-and-chip shops. This is what the Committee said on this subject in paragraph 156: Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 5 allows almost complete freedom for the sale of meals or refreshments for on-consumption; the only exception is that fried fish and chips cannot be consumed at a fried fish-and-chip shop. That is a little odd, when fried fish and chips can be sold in a restaurant. In an attempt to get round the law (because I think I am right in saying that it is not quite certain whether this is legal) many people now attach a small café to the fish-and-chip shop itself for Sunday, so that it becomes a café or a restaurant where fish and chips may be sold. I am not sure whether that point has ever been settled. This is the nonsense of the present Act."

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1968/mar/28/shops-sunday-trading-no-2-bill-hl

I don't want to make you jealous moonbeam

but there is one that opens Sunday night near me

I got 1100 to 200 that UK would introduce Sunday racing a few months before first meeting

Nice bit of info on Wiki about the history of fish and chip shops:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

Unless your at the seaside, how many people want fish and chips on a Sunday night ?  I've had a Chip Shop in the past and closing on Sundays was the only day off, but it was hardly ever a complete day off because there was always something to do - cleaning or some prep work or doing the books.

Leeds is the London of the north, which the north never wanted. If that North Korean leader fancies trying out his nuclear weapons, then Leeds wouldn't be a bad target. If he's not accurate, hitting Bradford, Wakefield or Dewsbury wouldn't be a bad 2nd prize.

Good to see HRH The Lager Khan back.

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the chinese takeaways are all owner operated too rick

plus most people don't even buy fish from the chip shop , more pies ,  doner/chicken meat , kebabs , sausages etc


It's not a proper chippy if it sells kebabs and other shíte
In fact any "chip shop" that doesn't stick to the traditional menu should be bombed

Thank you Slippy. Most kind.

I've got your best interests at heart kenny mann, you know that.