Helen Mead

Features Writer

Helen has a weekly column in the Telegraph & Argus, where she shares her views on a variety of topics click here to read.

Helen has a weekly column in the Telegraph & Argus, where she shares her views on a variety of topics click here to read.

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These crowds are queuing for a bargain meal - but what kind of food?

HOW about this as proof of how much we love our fish and chips? Or it may be more a case of how we can’t resist a bargain. This picture, from Aireborough Historical Society, shows Harry Ramsdens in Guiseley back in 1952, celebrating 25 years in business. To mark the occasion, fish and chips were sold at the price they would have been sold at when the fish and chip shop opened.  An estimated 10,000 people turned up to grab a portion of cut-price fish and chips. Harry Ramsden opened his original Fish & Chip shop in December 1928, paying £150 for a wooden hut near the tram stop at White Cross in Guiseley. His first restaurant opened in the same location at White Cross, three years later.  The company still has restaurants and takeaways around the country but the Guiseley restaurant closed in 2011 and is now owned by Wetherby Whal