Appreciate all the content mate, especially all the traveling about on top of it all, must cost you a absolute fortune, good to see someone that cares about your audience, channels like this should have more subs and deserve to be making plenty revenue from it
There's something so special about childhoods that as adults we keep trying to replicate it whether its food, sweets, games, music, films or whatever.....anything that takes us back to better times!!
Great video Lee. This is how all fish and chips were cooked when I was a kid in the 1960's and 70's. Sad to think that this is the only shop in the UK that is still carrying on with this tradition. Beef dripping makes all the difference.
We still use coal in Northumberland I have 🔥 every thing is stone in my village am really good at dry stone and wet wall people crying out for people like me and it's good money 💰 a was meant to have a day of but no rest for the wicked up here and I am part of the community so I managed the village as well a don't get paid for that a can put my hands just a bout on eney thing am only 38 tho and I am crafter am bit like Fred dibner old school and new a love a Durham as well done a lot of jobs there a no I have went of the track no I have not you were on about coal David
That looked absolutely stunning. It's always good to see a queue forming before a place opens and combine that with proper Beef Dripping AND cooking over Coal as a heat source and you just know that you can't go wrong.
Brilliant :-) it was me that told you about it & sent you a link. I actually discovered this place by complete accident. About 9 years ago we moved to a village near Wakefield called Upton & when we 1st moved here we googled fish & chip shops in Upton and this place popped up. Couldn't believe it when we looked at the website as it's so unique in this day and age a real treasure.
Not sure whether it's coal fired but that reminds me of the chippy at the Black Country Museum, which does fish & chips in beef dripping, and are well worth a sample if you're ever down Dudley way!
The chippy I used to go to as a kid, had exactly the same type of stove as that, the colours the mirror, the lights, brings back memories of queuing on a Friday tea time, the fish and chips looks amazing as well !!
Can't give this any less than a solid 10/10. My only gripe is the curry sauce. It doesn't belong in a traditional chippy. It'd be like going to Naples for a traditional pizza, and asking whether they do Hawaiian pizzas. They'd chase you out with their rolling pins! Haha. The crowd doesn't lie. I'd go to the ends of the Earth to get to that shop. Great review. More of these traditional and nostalgic places please, Lee. Another brilliant upload. Great work.
Nice to still see people in the sticks still honoring 2m distancing, that place reminds me of a chippy from my childhood. It was in a tiny village outside of Sheffield called Marsh Lane by Ecclesfield. Oh for the good old days when a fish & chip lot used to cost about 45 - 50p. M
Places like this sitting in the shadows, whilst places like Binley mega chippy in the limelight .. doesn’t make sense to me, this is true British Heritage
I'm glad you pointed me in the direction of this video Lee aka the macmaster after I missed it when you released it I'd give it a 10 as I'm not as fussy with the skin, I look forward to visiting it sometime soon
it's like the way you like your eggs fried the way you want and skin on your fish,easy tell them how you want your eggs cooked and to take the skin taken off the fish that ,that will stop you moaning 😅according to your mate JR on one of his vlogs the skin contains the omega 3 and keeps the fish moist when cooking 👍
Been a few times ,they are lovely you are right about the batter , I love their scraps ,all the hurray henries on Saturday turn up ,it’s like a Range Rover car park ,60 mile drive or 120 return but worth every penny ,who remembers taking your newspapers to the chippy and when I was young my local chip shop in Sunderland actually had a block of rock salt ,plus there it’s fun when put the coal in ,evocative beautiful smell we used to have a coal fired range 3ovens ,a kettle plate that went over the fire and a back boiler hundred weight of coal for 5inches of bath water with the old cold tar soap happy days getting dried in front of the fire.
hi mac that looks like the best fish and chips in THE WORLD just how i love it is the fish cooked in dripping too ? or juts the chips for me 10 / 10 thank you i will make a point of getting there👍
Supplied by my hometown of Great Grimsby you say? Proud moment being from a family of Dock workers. Can easily see why this quiet town brings such queues, The finest catches England has to offer cooked in the ways that made the dish popular to begin with. 11/10.
Hi Lee, it was me who recommended Upton Fish and Chip shop to you a few months ago. It is such a pleasure to visit and enjoy their outstanding fish and chips. I always take my own fork and spoon because I refuse to waste one morsel it is so 0good
When I was a kid, I'm 54 now, my aunty, nan, and other nan, all had coal fires!!! The smell of the burning coal, especially in autumn/early winter was beautiful!! I know all that smoke is bad, but whenever I get a whiff of coal burning, it takes me back, brings a tear to the eye!!!!. Also,.making toast on an open fire, amazing!!!!!
Love this place! We went a few years ago pre-Covid. Took two trains and a bus just to get there. Crazy I know but worth it! Village reminds me of mid summer murders though. Nice looking place though. Did you know they even cut there own chips using an old fashioned chip cutter. Can’t wait to go back again. Best place ever! ❤️
Skin on is an issue that people in England south of Yorkshire seem to accept, bizarre, looked exactly like the chippy we went to as kids, long since demolished, amazing.
I'm going to be honest here Lee but I like the skin on fish and I'm a yorkshire man. Any fish and chip shop still cooking with beef dripping is always worth a visit, as we are finding out there becoming extinct sadly. Doesn't taste the same with veggie oil. They looked amazing . As for the green bits in the curry sauce some contain apple or soya?. Great video mate. 👍
Crikey looked the business Lee what A great find that's what you call fish and chips a 10 from me! We went to the SHED at Pembrokeshire to far for you to go but absolutely delicious like no other fish we had ever tasted 😋 there was no skin on it either although I quite like the skin
Another coal-fired one is Davy's Fish & Chips in the beamish museum, the range is very similar to the one in the chippy you visited. It's worth visiting if you find yourself in the Co Durham area, again cooked in beef dripping.
Hey Lee. Looks a pretty good place, no wonder you might need camping chairs to queue up there. I agree with the others on here. Take a set of cutlery with you just in case you struggle with the flimsy forks they give you in chippys. Can’t beat a bitter shandy after a Chippy tea. So refreshing take care Lee 😘👍🏻
Oh man! Lee you are tormenting me! We had a village chipper like that in the 70s! Range was coal fired & everything was cooked in dripping too! My dad used to help the man unload the big blocks of dripping off his van & got a bag of chips and a lift home in return! Oh and I remember the old guy always smoked his pipe while he cooked the fish and chips! A real trip back in time there Lee, thank you!👍👏👏👏😊
I was born in a fish and chip shop in the 1930s, run by my mother and father, we had a coal fired range fried in beef dripping, I have eaten fish and chips all around the world, even Whitby, but never had better. HAPPY DAYS
Solid 10 from me. A traditional chippy sticking to tradition and not bowing to public pressure and using alternatives to beef dripping simply because a few ethnic minorities and vegans are offended will always get my vote. What a difference from your previous award winning chippy......told you cod is best 😂 Their mushy peas actually looked like peas not paste and the mysterious green in your curry sauce.....peppers or chili possibly ? I think you've inspired me with this one to actually go check it out , cheers fella 👍
@@brendamorgan ....I've seen more flakes in a fishfinger than in the haddock he tried in Blackpool. I love all fish but cod my fave when eating out as I want value for money 😎
What a truly authentic little gem, and so represtative of a time gone by that it should get some prestigious heritage status, it's practically a museum. Now then lee, I'm sure like thousands of others I was shouting "Why didn't you ask if its skin on when you ordered instead of complaining after when your eating it!, like you do all the time!!", you did address this later in the vlog though. Great Vlog Lee, one of your best. It made me feel all nostalgic and proud of our county.
There’s no comparison to that wafer thin fish that you were served in Blackpool !! Upton fish & chips only need to open two days a week says it all proper Chippy 📦✅😋
I used to work in a Chinese fish shop and they used to have to start at 3 pm on the afternoon to peel the potatoes & chip them then they started getting frozen chips delivered and the staff didn't have to turn up till 4:30 .🏴
The video just before this was Papa's Blackpool and the difference is CHALK AND CHEESE. Papa's fish was wafer thin - "Upton's" was thick and flakey. Papa's was very expensive - "Upton's" was really good value. Papa's was cooked in oil -"Upton's" was done in beef dripping. How did Papa's get Best Fish & Chips in Britain [methinks brown envelopes stuffed with cash changed hands]
looks like old school chippy when i was a kid in the early 80's. fish always had the skin on. looks like a winner. only thing its missing is the newspaper.
This is a great video. Awesome fish and chips and being able to sit outside in the sun in small town UK -- can't beat it! Isn't that the Cotswold Explorer sitting on the park bench (great UA-cam channel if you haven't seen it!)? Sure looks like him.
Looks alone best yet, as for the village it looks like the sort of place where you wouldn't be surprised if Miss Marple or Father Brown cycled passed, you would just wave and say 'good afternoon'.👍👍😀😀
Where I come from haddock *always* has skin on. I’ve never ever had one that doesn’t have the skin, and because I’m used to it I think I’d be pretty disappointed if I got one without it. It doesn’t exactly change the taste and I’ve always thought it must have some nutrients in it. On the other hand cod here never has the skin on.
The Black Country Museum in Dudley has an old chip shop that cooks the same way. Not sure if it's coal fired but by eck it's delicious. The queue's are equally long but worth it.
Hobsons Chippie at the Black Country Museum in Dudley fries in beef dripping too . Had a great feed there on one of my visits back to England from here in Sydney . You are right Lee, the English countryside in Sumner can’t be bettered , wish I was there now . I ‘m not a fan of fish skin , so it would be a 9.9 from me too . Cheers from a damp and cool Sydney .
That looks absolutely amazing Lee. I need to visit this place. Probably the best fish and chips I’ve seen you eat so far. Just how it should be. Staff seemed friendly as well. It says a lot when people from all around the country and even abroad visit this place. 10/10 for me. Thanks for the great review mate👍
What a lovely place😍 that fish and chips shop and the village is beautiful, nice to see this old fish And chips shop like this👍 like going back in time 🕰 love the chip fryer ❤ the fish looks a good bit of fish not thin like some you had Lee, and the way they cook it is brilliant, But for me it's 'skingate' again 🐟🤣 But you said you can ask for it to be removed so that's Good 9/10 👍 and isn't it nice that people are waiting happily for good old fashion fish and chips cook the old way can't beat it 👌 I must visit here it so lovely that village, my dad would love it here specially the pub 🍺the perfect summer evening👌first fish and chips and then the village pub 🇬🇧😊👍👍😘
I only use beef dripping at home. Makes fabulous chips ! Believe it or not beef dripping is far more healthy than than vegetable oil. Brittania Beef Dripping, available in Morrisons and Tesco too. Oh and sea salt and apple cider vinegar too. Yummy !
There was one in my village with the exact same stove. It was taken out and went to a museum somewhere not sure where? But now the little house is a Chinese.
Ohhh my, those chips looked amazing the fish looked even more amazing , my grandmother used to run a chippy years ago her chips were simply the best , nothing like fish & chips cooked the traditional way 😁😁
As soon as I saw the fish and chips they were turning out in your B roll, I thought ‘that reminds me of the fish and chips we used to get at the local chippy in Longbridge in Birmingham where I grew up’. I like skin on fish but when it’s grilled to a crisp and not battered. I wondered if the green stuff in the curry sauce might be methi/fenugreek leaves. They transform any curry! Top place and I loved the fryer set up. Must go before they can’t get coal any longer.
Lee, there are at least 2 fish and chip shops in the north east which use coal fired ranges and fry in beef dripping. One in Beamish museum (Davey's fried fish 👍) and the other in Esh Winning, just outside Durham (Fields) both highly rated. Next time your up north give it a try! Keep up the good work Mac.
im a GRIMSBY fishermans daughter and the skin on fish is a must have, dont ever ask for skin to be taken off in Grimsby you would be lynched, great vlog cheers
Wow fantastic fish and chips cooked to perfection the beef dripping adds to the flavour peas and the curry sauce looked good as well it does not matter about the skin on the fish they never took it off the old days 10/10.
That gets a 10 from me. The last time I had fish and chips cooked in beef fat was about 20 years ago in Oulton Broad near Lowestoft absolutely incredibly tasty, the fat seems to line the roof of your mouth but obviously not good for you health wise. Controversial but that’s why it tastes so good. Great video Lee 👍
Hey Lee. I think if i am not mistaken the reason the batter tasted this way is because they make the traditional batter that uses beer inside of it....
A proper chippy, I can see why folk would be willing to queue, everything looked really nice. On another note Lee, if you ever find yourself in Nottingham city centre check out 'Wing Spot' It's in Trinty Square and occupies an old Pizza Hut property. As the name suggests, it does chicken wings, boneless and on the bone and has a great selection of sauces, and the best fries I have had in a longtime. My better half and I found it yesterday after leaving the cinema and went in to eat (you can takeway as well) I had 10 wings (5 with Atomic sauce (Hot!!) and 5 with Korean sauce) and Michelle had 10 boneless pieces with hickory sauce, we shared a large fries and both had an unlimited soft drink and the whole lot came to £27.00, staff were great and place was nice and clean......I realise this sounds like an ad for the place, but I assure you I am not connected to it in any way shape or form, just assumed you are always on the look out for places to visit and review so thought I'd mention it...Cheers.
Fish and chip shops should take note of this video and go back to cooking in beef dripping. In my experience fish and chips cooked in oil has no taste. This video reminds me of my childhood about 60 years ago before it was all destroyed. It actually brought tears to my eyes. If anyone knows of fish shops anywhere in Britain, north or south that still use beef dripping, post it on here or better still Macmaster could make videos of them. I don’t mind the skin so 10/10 from me.
Looks a class. Reminds me of a old fish and chip shop in the 90s in a village near Colchester run by this old guy. My dad use to take me regularly, it had all the beef dripping on the chips, was so nice.
Those chips looked amazing...not had beef dripping chips here in London for years! I would have asked for skin-off on the fish so I could enjoy it all. 10/10 for me!
This reminds me of the coal fired fish and chip shop where I used to live in Outwood No. Wakefield. Just to give you some idea how long ago this was Fish was 6 old pence and chips were 3 old pence and a fish cake ( piece of fish between 2 slices of potato) was 4 old pence.
First comment. Enjoyed this vlog. Did you know that the Beamish Museum. Also has a coal fired fish and chip shop, called Daveys. In Northumberland. Worth a visit one day. I went 3 years ago. It was great. Will now go and watch your other vlogs. Take care
Beamish Open Air Museum also have 2 coal powered fish shops done in beef dripping. However be ready to remortgage house to fund your purchase. But totally off the charts.
You must visit Beamish museum Durham and try Davy’s fried fish and chip shop, were they are fried in two beautiful coal-fired ranges in real beef dripping, then wrapped in specially printed newspaper. Apart from the chippy, the living museum is a must to visit anyway. Dave
It would be a ten for me. I love the skin, but I have never understood the curry sauce thing. There you go, thankfully we are all different and that makes for wonderful England. Would have liked a mug of Yorkshire tea with mine, perfect.
Took me back to the 1960s the cooker was the same one in my Fish and chip shop my mum took us to every Friday.Beef dripping make fish and chips 10 x better.Keep up the great Work Lee
Already mentioned, but 'Daveys' Fish and Chip shop in Beamish open air museum also cook on coal fired stoves with beef dripping. Really nice fish (they call it 'Dab') and Chips from there, but the queues are always huge for the chips at Beamish, and of course you have to pay to get into the museum first.
10/10 wow love the look of everything properly cooked brown chips, which is a bonus, chunks of cod and love Ben Shaws Shandy haven't had that for a while. Don't mind the skin on, it holds the fish together while it's cooking. Enjoyed the vlog as always. Stay safe!!
Many people commenting there's is a coal burner in Beamish Museum, there is in fact 2, one from Esh Winning which was added recently, the original is from Spennymoor, Co Durham my home town.
Spot on. One in The Beamish Museum(they came to Upton to learn how to coal fry) & Field's in Esh Winning (the only other privately operating one along with this one in Upton).
oh yes, a can of shandy, that takes me back! Not had one in years and years! Glad that place is still running, any idea why they only open such limited hours? Looks like they could make a killing if they opened a bit more!!
Fields fish and chip shop in esh winning Co Durham has been using coal fired fryers with beef dripping for as long as I can remember , also beamish open air museum has coal fired fryers aswell , both are georgous 👍
It's got to be a 10 . Any chippy that remains that Faithfull to being a good old fashioned chippy deserves a 10 . And dare I say it, served by good old fashioned English owners . No kebabs pizzas ,chuffin just eat orders,or phones ringing etc . Non of that garbage . Just fish chips peas sausage ,minimal menu!! . Ace!!
nothing says better on a trip to High Street more than a splendid meal of Coal Fired & Beef Drip-fried Fish and Chips with a nice cold pint, now that's what i call a real slice of "Fried gold" my good man!
Coal fired ,Beef dripping, nice cod and chips wonderful,when I was a lad Dicks at Hutton Rudby Village North Yorkshire was one of my favourites great friendly family run sadly gone ,I think Lee your being hard not giving a 10 they looked great 👍👨🏻🏭
Lee, that was a great vid. Brought a smile to my face, makes me happy - your love for a good fish and chip is infectious!! Its Fryday and I'm going for some in a couple of hours, can't wait now after watching that. 10/10 for me; I love skin on fried fish cos it makes it real 'fishy'. Keep at it my friend.👏
Looked and reminded me of my childhood:) the skin not for me but that's how it used to be when I was younger, the dog used to get the skin lol. Could almost smell the chippy through the screen amazing little hidden gem huggles xxxx
without a doubt of all the reviews ive watched on here , not just on this channel , that has to be the closest looking ive ever seen to fish and chips we used to get as kids , we changed something that wasn't broken :(
Traditional f&c done properly, tho I too balk at skin-on even if it is nutritionally beneficial (apparently🤤) Chips looked amazing and bursting with flavour too, 9.99/10!!
Appreciate all the content mate, especially all the traveling about on top of it all, must cost you a absolute fortune, good to see someone that cares about your audience, channels like this should have more subs and deserve to be making plenty revenue from it
There's something so special about childhoods that as adults we keep trying to replicate it whether its food, sweets, games, music, films or whatever.....anything that takes us back to better times!!
Great video Lee. This is how all fish and chips were cooked when I was a kid in the 1960's and 70's. Sad to think that this is the only shop in the UK that is still carrying on with this tradition. Beef dripping makes all the difference.
There's also Field's in Esh Winning, County Durham and Davy's in Beamish Museum that still use coal
Yep beef dripping changes it entirely
We still use coal in Northumberland I have 🔥 every thing is stone in my village am really good at dry stone and wet wall people crying out for people like me and it's good money 💰 a was meant to have a day of but no rest for the wicked up here and I am part of the community so I managed the village as well a don't get paid for that a can put my hands just a bout on eney thing am only 38 tho and I am crafter am bit like Fred dibner old school and new a love a Durham as well done a lot of jobs there a no I have went of the track no I have not you were on about coal David
Coal won't change the taste at all!! They are cooked in dripping like many places. Looks nice but I can get the same local.
That looked absolutely stunning. It's always good to see a queue forming before a place opens and combine that with proper Beef Dripping AND cooking over Coal as a heat source and you just know that you can't go wrong.
That looks gorgeous. Can't beat fish & chips cooked in beef dripping.
Theres a chippy in Newcastle Under Lyme called Shaws that sell fish and chips fried in Beef Dripping they are fantastic
It’s not the only coal fired one in the world. Beamish museum cook their fish and chips on coal fired fryers in beef dipping and they are delicious.
Correct. They came to Upton to learn how to fry on a coal range when they decided to install one a couple of years ago.
Brilliant :-) it was me that told you about it & sent you a link.
I actually discovered this place by complete accident. About 9 years ago we moved to a village near Wakefield called Upton & when we 1st moved here we googled fish & chip shops in Upton and this place popped up. Couldn't believe it when we looked at the website as it's so unique in this day and age a real treasure.
Thanks Steve. Amazing place.
Always 10/10 👌 I commented on one of your previous videos about this place, been going since I was a kid with my parents! Well worth the wait 👍🏻
Not sure whether it's coal fired but that reminds me of the chippy at the Black Country Museum, which does fish & chips in beef dripping, and are well worth a sample if you're ever down Dudley way!
The chippy I used to go to as a kid, had exactly the same type of stove as that, the colours the mirror, the lights, brings back memories of queuing on a Friday tea time, the fish and chips looks amazing as well !!
Can't give this any less than a solid 10/10. My only gripe is the curry sauce. It doesn't belong in a traditional chippy. It'd be like going to Naples for a traditional pizza, and asking whether they do Hawaiian pizzas. They'd chase you out with their rolling pins! Haha.
The crowd doesn't lie. I'd go to the ends of the Earth to get to that shop.
Great review. More of these traditional and nostalgic places please, Lee.
Another brilliant upload. Great work.
Nice to still see people in the sticks still honoring 2m distancing, that place reminds me of a chippy from my childhood. It was in a tiny village outside of Sheffield called Marsh Lane by Ecclesfield. Oh for the good old days when a fish & chip lot used to cost about 45 - 50p. M
Places like this sitting in the shadows, whilst places like Binley mega chippy in the limelight .. doesn’t make sense to me, this is true British Heritage
It’s 29c here in Wales. I was thinking of a salad today but now I’m off to the chippy. So thanks a lot. Looks great!
And may it be there in another 75 years! What a gem, it really is.. the frier's a work of art in its self😉. Nice one Lee😃
I'm glad you pointed me in the direction of this video Lee aka the macmaster after I missed it when you released it I'd give it a 10 as I'm not as fussy with the skin, I look forward to visiting it sometime soon
Beef dripping!! Mmmmmm. Back in the day when a family fish and chips supper didn't break the bank!! Great video mate. Onwards and upwards x
it's like the way you like your eggs fried the way you want and skin on your fish,easy tell them how you want your eggs cooked and to take the skin taken off the fish that ,that will stop you moaning 😅according to your mate JR on one of his vlogs the skin contains the omega 3 and keeps the fish moist when cooking 👍
Been a few times ,they are lovely you are right about the batter , I love their scraps ,all the hurray henries on Saturday turn up ,it’s like a Range Rover car park ,60 mile drive or 120 return but worth every penny ,who remembers taking your newspapers to the chippy and when I was young my local chip shop in Sunderland actually had a block of rock salt ,plus there it’s fun when put the coal in ,evocative beautiful smell we used to have a coal fired range 3ovens ,a kettle plate that went over the fire and a back boiler hundred weight of coal for 5inches of bath water with the old cold tar soap happy days getting dried in front of the fire.
hi mac that looks like the best fish and chips in THE WORLD just how i love it is the fish cooked in dripping too ? or juts the chips for me 10 / 10 thank you i will make a point of getting there👍
Supplied by my hometown of Great Grimsby you say? Proud moment being from a family of Dock workers.
Can easily see why this quiet town brings such queues, The finest catches England has to offer cooked in the ways that made the dish popular to begin with. 11/10.
Hi Lee, it was me who recommended Upton Fish and Chip shop to you a few months ago. It is such a pleasure to visit and enjoy their outstanding fish and chips. I always take my own fork and spoon because I refuse to waste one morsel it is so 0good
When I was a kid, I'm 54 now, my aunty, nan, and other nan, all had coal fires!!! The smell of the burning coal, especially in autumn/early winter was beautiful!! I know all that smoke is bad, but whenever I get a whiff of coal burning, it takes me back, brings a tear to the eye!!!!. Also,.making toast on an open fire, amazing!!!!!
Love this place! We went a few years ago pre-Covid. Took two trains and a bus just to get there. Crazy I know but worth it! Village reminds me of mid summer murders though. Nice looking place though. Did you know they even cut there own chips using an old fashioned chip cutter. Can’t wait to go back again. Best place ever! ❤️
Skin on is an issue that people in England south of Yorkshire seem to accept, bizarre, looked exactly like the chippy we went to as kids, long since demolished, amazing.
I'm going to be honest here Lee but I like the skin on fish and I'm a yorkshire man. Any fish and chip shop still cooking with beef dripping is always worth a visit, as we are finding out there becoming extinct sadly. Doesn't taste the same with veggie oil. They looked amazing . As for the green bits in the curry sauce some contain apple or soya?. Great video mate. 👍
Crikey looked the business Lee what A great find that's what you call fish and chips a 10 from me! We went to the SHED at Pembrokeshire to far for you to go but absolutely delicious like no other fish we had ever tasted 😋 there was no skin on it either although I quite like the skin
Another coal-fired one is Davy's Fish & Chips in the beamish museum, the range is very similar to the one in the chippy you visited. It's worth visiting if you find yourself in the Co Durham area, again cooked in beef dripping.
Hey Lee. Looks a pretty good place, no wonder you might need camping chairs to queue up there. I agree with the others on here. Take a set of cutlery with you just in case you struggle with the flimsy forks they give you in chippys. Can’t beat a bitter shandy after a Chippy tea. So refreshing take care Lee 😘👍🏻
Oh man! Lee you are tormenting me!
We had a village chipper like that in the 70s!
Range was coal fired & everything was cooked in dripping too!
My dad used to help the man unload the big blocks of dripping off his van & got a bag of chips and a lift home in return!
Oh and I remember the old guy always smoked his pipe while he cooked the fish and chips!
A real trip back in time there Lee, thank you!👍👏👏👏😊
I mentioned this little gem awhile ago glad you tried and enjoyed it 👍
I was born in a fish and chip shop in the 1930s, run by my mother and father, we had a coal fired range fried in beef dripping, I have eaten fish and chips all around the world, even Whitby, but never had better. HAPPY DAYS
Solid 10 from me.
A traditional chippy sticking to tradition and not bowing to public pressure and using alternatives to beef dripping simply because a few ethnic minorities and vegans are offended will always get my vote.
What a difference from your previous award winning chippy......told you cod is best 😂
Their mushy peas actually looked like peas not paste and the mysterious green in your curry sauce.....peppers or chili possibly ?
I think you've inspired me with this one to actually go check it out , cheers fella 👍
Jumbo haddock all the way.👍
Thought the green could be coriander leaf….
@@brendamorgan ....I've seen more flakes in a fishfinger than in the haddock he tried in Blackpool.
I love all fish but cod my fave when eating out as I want value for money 😎
What a truly authentic little gem, and so represtative of a time gone by that it should get some prestigious heritage status, it's practically a museum.
Now then lee, I'm sure like thousands of others I was shouting "Why didn't you ask if its skin on when you ordered instead of complaining after when your eating it!, like you do all the time!!", you did address this later in the vlog though. Great Vlog Lee, one of your best. It made me feel all nostalgic and proud of our county.
There’s no comparison to that wafer thin fish that you were served in Blackpool !! Upton fish & chips only need to open two days a week says it all proper Chippy 📦✅😋
Also I think the main reason places don’t cook in beef dripping is because it’s much more expensive, but it makes far better chips
i agree my friend you just dont get it today what happened to quality it is all frozen now
I used to work in a Chinese fish shop and they used to have to start at 3 pm on the afternoon to peel the potatoes & chip them
then they started getting frozen chips delivered and the staff didn't have to turn up till 4:30 .🏴
The video just before this was Papa's Blackpool and the difference is CHALK AND CHEESE.
Papa's fish was wafer thin - "Upton's" was thick and flakey.
Papa's was very expensive - "Upton's" was really good value.
Papa's was cooked in oil -"Upton's" was done in beef dripping.
How did Papa's get Best Fish & Chips in Britain [methinks brown envelopes stuffed with cash changed hands]
looks like old school chippy when i was a kid in the early 80's. fish always had the skin on. looks like a winner. only thing its missing is the newspaper.
This is a great video. Awesome fish and chips and being able to sit outside in the sun in small town UK -- can't beat it! Isn't that the Cotswold Explorer sitting on the park bench (great UA-cam channel if you haven't seen it!)? Sure looks like him.
Haven't seen a Cod as big as that in a long long time! My mouth was watering looking at it.. ☘🇮🇪👏 10🇮🇪
Looks alone best yet, as for the village it looks like the sort of place where you wouldn't be surprised if Miss Marple or Father Brown cycled passed, you would just wave and say 'good afternoon'.👍👍😀😀
Gutted, five mile up the road. If I'd known I would have come and said hello Lee.
Where I come from haddock *always* has skin on. I’ve never ever had one that doesn’t have the skin, and because I’m used to it I think I’d be pretty disappointed if I got one without it. It doesn’t exactly change the taste and I’ve always thought it must have some nutrients in it. On the other hand cod here never has the skin on.
The Black Country Museum in Dudley has an old chip shop that cooks the same way. Not sure if it's coal fired but by eck it's delicious. The queue's are equally long but worth it.
There is one in Beamish as well
The one at the Black country museum was originally coal, but it has been converted to gas now.
Great fish and chips at the Black country museum
Hobsons Chippie at the Black Country Museum in Dudley fries in beef dripping too . Had a great feed there on one of my visits back to England from here in Sydney . You are right Lee, the English countryside in Sumner can’t be bettered , wish I was there now . I ‘m not a fan of fish skin , so it would be a 9.9 from me too . Cheers from a damp and cool Sydney .
That looks absolutely amazing Lee. I need to visit this place. Probably the best fish and chips I’ve seen you eat so far. Just how it should be. Staff seemed friendly as well. It says a lot when people from all around the country and even abroad visit this place. 10/10 for me. Thanks for the great review mate👍
I do believe Beamish in the North east as a fully working coal fire chip shop.
It does. They came to this shop in Upton to train on how to cook on a coal fired range.
What a lovely place😍 that fish and chips shop and the village is beautiful, nice to see this old fish And chips shop like this👍 like going back in time 🕰 love the chip fryer ❤ the fish looks a good bit of fish not thin like some you had Lee, and the way they cook it is brilliant, But for me it's 'skingate' again 🐟🤣 But you said you can ask for it to be removed so that's Good 9/10 👍 and isn't it nice that people are waiting happily for good old fashion fish and chips cook the old way can't beat it 👌 I must visit here it so lovely that village, my dad would love it here specially the pub 🍺the perfect summer evening👌first fish and chips and then the village pub 🇬🇧😊👍👍😘
I only use beef dripping at home. Makes fabulous chips ! Believe it or not beef dripping is far more healthy than than vegetable oil. Brittania Beef Dripping, available in Morrisons and Tesco too. Oh and sea salt and apple cider vinegar too. Yummy !
I'd give it a 9.5 only because of the skin. But it's so refreshing to see something traditional come back. Great indeed.
There was one in my village with the exact same stove. It was taken out and went to a museum somewhere not sure where? But now the little house is a Chinese.
Ohhh my, those chips looked amazing the fish looked even more amazing , my grandmother used to run a chippy years ago her chips were simply the best , nothing like fish & chips cooked the traditional way 😁😁
As soon as I saw the fish and chips they were turning out in your B roll, I thought ‘that reminds me of the fish and chips we used to get at the local chippy in Longbridge in Birmingham where I grew up’. I like skin on fish but when it’s grilled to a crisp and not battered. I wondered if the green stuff in the curry sauce might be methi/fenugreek leaves. They transform any curry! Top place and I loved the fryer set up. Must go before they can’t get coal any longer.
Thats how ALL chippies should be, it should be law FANTASTIC
Lee, there are at least 2 fish and chip shops in the north east which use coal fired ranges and fry in beef dripping. One in Beamish museum (Davey's fried fish 👍) and the other in Esh Winning, just outside Durham (Fields) both highly rated. Next time your up north give it a try! Keep up the good work Mac.
Looked good. I love nostalgic stuff like that.
Now that's what I call a proper fish and chips top marks from me 10/10 thanks for sharing lee 😁❤
im a GRIMSBY fishermans daughter and the skin on fish is a must have, dont ever ask for skin to be taken off in Grimsby you would be lynched, great vlog cheers
Looking forward to watching this one. Really pleased you went here because me & the missus have being wanting to go here for ages.
Wow fantastic fish and chips cooked to perfection the beef dripping adds to the flavour peas and the curry sauce looked good as well it does not matter about the skin on the fish they never took it off the old days 10/10.
That gets a 10 from me. The last time I had fish and chips cooked in beef fat was about 20 years ago in Oulton Broad near Lowestoft absolutely incredibly tasty, the fat seems to line the roof of your mouth but obviously not good for you health wise. Controversial but that’s why it tastes so good. Great video Lee 👍
Quality over profit that is. Looked amazing.
Hey Lee. I think if i am not mistaken the reason the batter tasted this way is because they make the traditional batter that uses beer inside of it....
A proper chippy, I can see why folk would be willing to queue, everything looked really nice.
On another note Lee, if you ever find yourself in Nottingham city centre check out 'Wing Spot' It's in Trinty Square and occupies an old Pizza Hut property. As the name suggests, it does chicken wings, boneless and on the bone and has a great selection of sauces, and the best fries I have had in a longtime. My better half and I found it yesterday after leaving the cinema and went in to eat (you can takeway as well) I had 10 wings (5 with Atomic sauce (Hot!!) and 5 with Korean sauce) and Michelle had 10 boneless pieces with hickory sauce, we shared a large fries and both had an unlimited soft drink and the whole lot came to £27.00, staff were great and place was nice and clean......I realise this sounds like an ad for the place, but I assure you I am not connected to it in any way shape or form, just assumed you are always on the look out for places to visit and review so thought I'd mention it...Cheers.
Fish and chip shops should take note of this video and go back to cooking in beef dripping. In my experience fish and chips cooked in oil has no taste. This video reminds me of my childhood about 60 years ago before it was all destroyed. It actually brought tears to my eyes. If anyone knows of fish shops anywhere in Britain, north or south that still use beef dripping, post it on here or better still Macmaster could make videos of them. I don’t mind the skin so 10/10 from me.
It's not the only chippy that cooks on coal beamish museum have one and the fish and chips are awesome
I was born in Nottingham.......every time I have visited just want mushy peas salt and vinegar. From Australia
Looks so good, chips cooked in beef dripping are unbeatable.
Looks a class. Reminds me of a old fish and chip shop in the 90s in a village near Colchester run by this old guy. My dad use to take me regularly, it had all the beef dripping on the chips, was so nice.
Those chips looked amazing...not had beef dripping chips here in London for years!
I would have asked for skin-off on the fish so I could enjoy it all.
10/10 for me!
This reminds me of the coal fired fish and chip shop where I used to live in Outwood No. Wakefield.
Just to give you some idea how long ago this was Fish was 6 old pence and chips were 3 old pence
and a fish cake ( piece of fish between 2 slices of potato) was 4 old pence.
First comment. Enjoyed this vlog. Did you know that the Beamish Museum. Also has a coal fired fish and chip shop, called Daveys. In Northumberland. Worth a visit one day. I went 3 years ago. It was great. Will now go and watch your other vlogs. Take care
That would have been all down the front of my t-shirt. But looked really good. Do they do other things apart from fish.
I don't eat fish and chips but I would try these based on your excitement. Your exuberance for the place was great to see!
It's said that using fresh fish you have to leave the skin on, reason being it falls apart when handling.
Beamish Open Air Museum also have 2 coal powered fish shops done in beef dripping. However be ready to remortgage house to fund your purchase. But totally off the charts.
You must visit Beamish museum Durham and try Davy’s fried fish and chip shop, were they are fried in two beautiful coal-fired ranges in real beef dripping, then wrapped in specially printed newspaper. Apart from the chippy, the living museum is a must to visit anyway. Dave
Totally agree beamish is a must to see anyways, expensive but worth it 😃
They came to Upton to learn how to use the coal fired range.
It would be a ten for me. I love the skin, but I have never understood the curry sauce thing. There you go, thankfully we are all different and that makes for wonderful England. Would have liked a mug of Yorkshire tea with mine, perfect.
Took me back to the 1960s the cooker was the same one in my Fish and chip shop my mum took us to every Friday.Beef dripping make fish and chips 10 x better.Keep up the great Work Lee
Love your videos, great content and keep up the good work bro 🤜
Already mentioned, but 'Daveys' Fish and Chip shop in Beamish open air museum also cook on coal fired stoves with beef dripping. Really nice fish (they call it 'Dab') and Chips from there, but the queues are always huge for the chips at Beamish, and of course you have to pay to get into the museum first.
10/10 wow love the look of everything properly cooked brown chips, which is a bonus, chunks of cod and love Ben Shaws Shandy haven't had that for a while. Don't mind the skin on, it holds the fish together while it's cooking. Enjoyed the vlog as always. Stay safe!!
Many people commenting there's is a coal burner in Beamish Museum, there is in fact 2, one from Esh Winning which was added recently, the original is from Spennymoor, Co Durham my home town.
Spot on. One in The Beamish Museum(they came to Upton to learn how to coal fry) & Field's in Esh Winning (the only other privately operating one along with this one in Upton).
oh yes, a can of shandy, that takes me back! Not had one in years and years! Glad that place is still running, any idea why they only open such limited hours? Looks like they could make a killing if they opened a bit more!!
There's a working one near me at Beamish museum, they even serve them up in a newspaper cone.
Fields fish and chip shop in esh winning Co Durham has been using coal fired fryers with beef dripping for as long as I can remember , also beamish open air museum has coal fired fryers aswell , both are georgous 👍
Coal fired fish and chips cooked in beef dripping looks so nice tasty curry sauce looks tasty well worth trip
I’d have to say that as some of the most delicious looking food you have reviewed recently , I like skin on so 10/10 from me son 👍
It's got to be a 10 . Any chippy that remains that Faithfull to being a good old fashioned chippy deserves a 10 . And dare I say it, served by good old fashioned English owners . No kebabs pizzas ,chuffin just eat orders,or phones ringing etc . Non of that garbage . Just fish chips peas sausage ,minimal menu!! . Ace!!
Those fish and chips look so beautiful and along with that landscape out there just incredible bro keep up the awesome work Lee 🙂
fantastic vlog lee
really enjoyed this
drifting off while wat watching the waves crashing
glad your feeling better
cheers mate
russ 🇨🇦👍
nothing says better on a trip to High Street more than a splendid meal of Coal Fired & Beef Drip-fried Fish and Chips with a nice cold pint, now that's what i call a real slice of "Fried gold" my good man!
Lovely fish and chip shop Lee my score 10/10 l like the skin on well done is that the same one that was on the One Show looks like the same one
Coal fired ,Beef dripping, nice cod and chips wonderful,when I was a lad Dicks at Hutton Rudby Village North Yorkshire was one of my favourites great friendly family run sadly gone ,I think Lee your being hard not giving a 10 they looked great 👍👨🏻🏭
Lee, that was a great vid. Brought a smile to my face, makes me happy - your love for a good fish and chip is infectious!! Its Fryday and I'm going for some in a couple of hours, can't wait now after watching that. 10/10 for me; I love skin on fried fish cos it makes it real 'fishy'. Keep at it my friend.👏
Certain parts of country leave skin on. It's personal preference but don't think you should have marked it down
Looked and reminded me of my childhood:) the skin not for me but that's how it used to be when I was younger, the dog used to get the skin lol. Could almost smell the chippy through the screen amazing little hidden gem huggles xxxx
without a doubt of all the reviews ive watched on here , not just on this channel , that has to be the closest looking ive ever seen to fish and chips we used to get as kids , we changed something that wasn't broken :(
I’m droooooling 🤤🤤 Might have to nip down from Barnsley on Friday, they looked divine 😊
Traditional f&c done properly, tho I too balk at skin-on even if it is nutritionally beneficial (apparently🤤) Chips looked amazing and bursting with flavour too, 9.99/10!!