Ah, The Parson's Nose....Happy days, faggot and pea batches as well. Mind you the chinese next door was where I had the best beef curry ever. I heard much later that they found hundreds of cat pelts in the garden at the back so it was probably cat curry! nevertheless it was fantastic.
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Astute
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Had a few curries from there. Went in whenever the queue at the parsons nose was too long. And I thought I had never eaten cat before
Kuklinski
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Luigi who owned The Parsons Nose was jailed about 10/11 years ago. It turns out he had abused his daughters when they were youngsters, and then he started abusing his grand-daughters. I would see him in the casinos around the Midlands, he came across as a loveable old Grandad type, but he was a beast.
derbyskyblue
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When i'm back in utopia then the beech tree is best by miles, however on a side note the chips they make in the black country, orange battered sort of with loads of bits are quite delicious.
Bloodnut1964
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Chip shop that used to stand on it's own in Wood End yrs ago, it was just off Hilmorton Road behind the Community centre. Best chips ever in my opinion all them yrs ago.
DiveDiveWhereverYouMayBe
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There is nothing wrong with the chips in Gabriels! I'd say they are generally better than Frydays on Fletchamstead Highway or the Torrington Avenue Fish Bar. Fishy Moores was well worth a visit as a kid; I agree with the earlier person who said many of these places are now jack of all trades and master of none (now they serve everything from pizza to fish and chips to curry to kebabs).
WillieStanley
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Haven't been there in ages due to a slight relocation, but the one in Jubilee Cresc. and the one on Holyhead Road has seen a vast improvement since it was reopened.
NorthernWisdom
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Bloody hell, you search for the mega chippy opening hours and it brings up this sodding site.
Still none the wiser, mind you:facepalm:
Still none the wiser, mind you:facepalm:
NorthernWisdom
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NorthernWisdom
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Oh, I'll add a vote for the Marina btw, cracking chips there... but too far to walk!
NorthernWisdom
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just-eat.co.uk is your friend
Not when it comes to the mega chippy!
Did get a menu through for some Mexican takeaway I fancied trying, mind.
B-Ban-Boogie
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When I'm back i go to two Chippies depending on where i am at the time : Marina Fishbar at the top of the hill on Barker Butts Lane or Spon End Fish Bar by the Arches as they give you massive portions.
Damn.. Now I'm craving Chips and curry sauce... :-(
Damn.. Now I'm craving Chips and curry sauce... :-(
NorthernWisdom
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Nah, got to be chips and gravy.
skybluetony176
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It's been a good few years since the lived in Coventry but Barras Heath used to be good and Marinas on the London Road. The latter being just down the road from where the lived.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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The best ever chippy was Wales the Cov and Warwick car park took the whole road ,might have been Russell Street and in those days scratchings were free. Best batches Pickens bottom of Cashs Lane,threepenny dip heaven
Brighton Sky Blue
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I do miss the places back home that don't deep fry everything in sight. They even do batches filled with the crumbs of batter that fall off the fish, it's impressive commitment.
dutchman
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I miss batter that's been properly cooked, it's often hard to tell these days where the batter ends and the fish begins.
When I was a kid we used to go on coach trips from Coventry to Drayton Manor and Wickstead Park, they served the best fish & chips I've ever tasted.
When I was a kid we used to go on coach trips from Coventry to Drayton Manor and Wickstead Park, they served the best fish & chips I've ever tasted.
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
I remember Wales Chippy BHSB! On the corner of Howard Street. I used to live in Joseph Halpin House opposite and would use them most week-ends! (Nice to see old posts from 2011 revived eh?! :claping hands:
Colonel Mustard
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The Poseidon.
It's reasonably new - a few years old at most - and located on Daventry Road in Cheylesmore.
They are FANTASTIC, and you'll often see long queues in the evenings. The fish and chips are always fresh, unlike the sticky and greasy lunchtime leftovers you see at other places. And the batter is soft and damn near skin-tight, not jawbreakingly crunchy.
Worth going out of your way for.
It's reasonably new - a few years old at most - and located on Daventry Road in Cheylesmore.
They are FANTASTIC, and you'll often see long queues in the evenings. The fish and chips are always fresh, unlike the sticky and greasy lunchtime leftovers you see at other places. And the batter is soft and damn near skin-tight, not jawbreakingly crunchy.
Worth going out of your way for.
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Have to mention my local chippy here in Newport. You get LOADS of chips and the cod is to die for! You have to wait about 7/8 minutes for everything because they cook them fresh.
NorthernWisdom
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Many years ago now, but a family holiday on the IoW, and the chip shop wherever we stayed (Christ knows where!) did the best cheeseburgers I've ever had.
Nick
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Us nicks stick together, he spits in them now!Nick's Plaice on Kingsley Park Terrace in Northampton (different Nick - not the keyboard warrior on here!
Anyway, when I lived in Cov as a kid (in the 70's), wasn't there a decent on near Sandy Lane?
Rusty Trombone
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Binley mega Chippy gets my vote, always worth the massive Friday night queue. Even when drunk after the Pink Parrot was never really tempted by parsons nose, terrible standard of chips. When a kid it was always the one on Charter Ave, near the half sovereign, we used to take our old papers up for them to put people's food in, I'm glad food standards have improved, I dread to think what germs I picked up from someone else's old copies of the Sun.
in my day it was faggot peas and chips....
Nick
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Free mayo...
NorthernWisdom
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Then when does it open??:slap:
