| SHERINGHAM
CHIP SHOPS |
Dear Sirs,
I am writing to you about the article in your Issue No 24 of @ Sheringham, about chip
shops. I did telephone you and say I was the daughter of Charles Bishop who had the chip
shop in Wyndham Street.
It belonged to my Grandfather Robert 'Black Bob' Bishop and then my father Charles Bishop
had it after him. My cousin Agnes and her husband Ledger Chinnery helped Dad at the shop
and lived in the little cottage at the side of it. |
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I was born in the house next to the shop. My memories of
it are that there was a tall counter and there was a hole in it where we children would
ask for our chips. The fish cost 2d and the chips 1d (old pennies) We used to ask for a
'twopenny and one' There was a small restaurant at the side as well, I think. There was a
big yard at the back where we played, and I remember seeing the potatoes being peeled in a
big container in one of the outhouses and then cut into chips.
The shop was sold to Joe Pegg when we moved in May 1940.
I am enclosing some photos, one of Grandad and one of my Mum and Dad, my brother Bob,
sister Freda and myself. I am the youngest. This one is taken in the yard of the fish
shop. Until last week we had a postal strike in this area so I didn't think it wise to
write then. My brother was hoping to find a picture of the shop amongst his treasures but
hasn't done so yet. If by any chance he sends it to me in a day or so, I will send it on
to you. |
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Also, my Grandfather received a certificate for bravery
when he was a member of the Sheringham Lifeboat crew. It is not a very clear copy but some
of the reading is: Preservation of Life from Shipwreck Resolved. That the thanks of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution and £1 be presented to Mr Robert Bishop, in
recognition of his praiseworthy services in wading through a heavey sea with a line and
assisting to save the crew, officer, men of the Brigantine 'Alpha' of Faversham, which was
wrecked off Cromer, during a strong gale from the N.N.W. on the 4th October 1883. I hope
this will be useful to you for your fortnightly paper.
Yours Sincerely, Olive A Wright. |
1500s FACT?
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock them out
for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare
them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the
family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence
the custom of holding a "wake." |
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