Just had a meeting on Churchgate. Sad to see the Bolton News offices empty. And in a week or two the Travel Counsellors building opposite will be empty. Another 200+ people spending approx £20 per week on parking and lunches in the town... plus whatever other services they spend their hard-earned on - all being lost. Very sad state of affairs.

 

When will it get better? Should these empty offices be turned into apartments?

18 hours ago, Casino said:

usual suspects

 

 

i wonder if he owns the building

if hes not paying ridiculous rents, should be possible to run a decent business, especially if thats the full menu

id be fucking sausages off as well

Its attached to their house, not sure they actually live their  anymore though.

But does show its more than likely fully paid off, also both husband and wife have worked the shop for years themselves, every day. Brilliant people, so nice, and know all their locals, proper old skool.

Good old fashioned hard work with low over-heads and offereing great value for money - who would have thunk it, it still works.

 

Edited January 16, 20251 yr by Pablo

Get down  Daubhill on any afternoon, can of pop, any burger and chips are £3 in many places. (Not that I’d eat it myself like) 

17 minutes ago, royal white said:

Get down  Daubhill on any afternoon, can of pop, any burger and chips are £3 in many places. (Not that I’d eat it myself like) 

I hope the burger is from grass fed, free range cows, so the beef is high in omega-3 oils and rich in vitamins and minerals.

Actually, at that price, I'm going to assume it's just some delicious mechanically recovered animal parts

 

 

On 15/01/2025 at 13:33, Pablo said:

Nice family, his lad is a bobby these day, top fella.

Used ot love a chip-gravy barm on my din din from Smithills scho, my Keogh out trying to catch us all !! 🤣

Best chippy about

Yeah lovely family - can imagine he'd be a good copper. He was the year above me so only vauge memories but always nice and good at football.

Keogh - talk about a teacher out of time with his cape on for assembly.

My mum was a teacher at smithills and they couldn't believe how out of touch he was. Proper old school.

On 10/01/2025 at 21:51, kent_white said:

Just seen this picture of the owner on Facebook.

Look at them prices! 🤣

Been today for Dinner 

Chip barm  with Pea wet and Gravy

£2.40

24 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Been today for Dinner 

Chip barm  with Pea wet and Gravy

£2.40

Everyone knows you are a deviant already but fucking pea wet!?

 

26 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Been today for Dinner 

Chip barm  with Pea wet and Gravy

£2.40

does the gravy not fall out of the barm?

4 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Everyone knows you are a deviant already but fucking pea wet!?

 

its weird as fuck

5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

its weird as fuck

He should be exiled to Wigan the rotter.

31 minutes ago, Sweep said:

does the gravy not fall out of the barm?

In a Tray 

9 minutes ago, little whitt said:

In a Tray 

so you dunk the chip barm into it?  - that makes sense, I thought you meant it was poured onto the barm

Might as well bring back scurvy, child chimney sweeps, the nit nurse and pints of mild.

LW is an absolute tramp. 🤣

45 minutes ago, Sweep said:

so you dunk the chip barm into it?  - that makes sense, I thought you meant it was poured onto the barm

it is 

6 minutes ago, little whitt said:

it is 

Exactly how it should be. How some Bolton folk have never heard of this is quite disturbing. Chip barm with Gravy mmmmmmm

Edited January 20, 20251 yr by royal white

2 hours ago, little whitt said:

Been today for Dinner 

Chip barm  with Pea wet and Gravy

£2.40

How was it? 

32 minutes ago, kent_white said:

How was it? 

AMAZING 

bloke behind  me  OOOO that looks Good 

ile have one of them 

1 hour ago, royal white said:

Exactly how it should be. How some Bolton folk have never heard of this is quite disturbing. Chip barm with Gravy mmmmmmm

Damn right but pea wet?

2 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Damn right but pea wet?

Just had to remind myself what it is - watery shite skimmed off the top of the liquid in the mushy pea warmer. Mmmmmmm 🙃

Edited January 20, 20251 yr by Cheese

19 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Damn right but pea wet?

Yes that’s odd. The dirty fucker

Do you have to pay for this pea wet stuff? 

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Do you have to pay for this pea wet stuff? 

no its FREE 

38 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Do you have to pay for this pea wet stuff? 

Just to confirm it is a food thing and not one of LWs pissing fetishes

Pea wet is ace. Always been free at any chippy in Bolton. Don’t they say if you go down South’have you not got owt moist?’

 

40 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Pea wet is ace. Always been free at any chippy in Bolton. Don’t they say if you go down South’have you not got owt moist?’

Used to work near Fleet Street in London. There was a place called Fuzzy’s Grub. It specialised in roast meal sandwiches, which had the whole roast in the sandwich, including gravy. It was great.

3 hours ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Pea wet is ace. Always been free at any chippy in Bolton. Don’t they say if you go down South’have you not got owt moist?’

We always asked for 'pea soup' not 'pea wet'. As broad as long mind but less chance of being served one of these:-

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwNCvPNTdg9GIrSE0tzywBADNzBaA&q=peewit&oq=peewit&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggBEC4Y1AIYgAQyDQgAEAAY4wIYgAQYnwQyCggBEC4Y1AIYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEC4YgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQoxMTI1MmowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8