Whose first chip shop was opened in Guiseley, Yorkshire?
"Firth. The Campaign was launched in 2013 with the initial target of raising funds for one CPAD to be placed in Guiseley. The Campaign has now raised funds for in excess of 110 CPAD`s throughout the UK, having saved 5 lives during that period including that of a local councillor. One of the recent Defibrillators was actually donated on behalf of Harry Corbett and Sooty and installed at The Guiseley Theatre. The Global CPAD Campaign has also installed defibrillators at the premises originally owned by Harry Ramsdens and at the Guiseley A.F.C. Guiseley has two retail parks: Guiseley Retail Park"
"chips"". A prominent meal in British culture, the dish became popular in wider circles in London and South East England in the middle of the 19th century: Charles Dickens mentions a ""fried fish warehouse"" in ""Oliver Twist"", first published in 1838, while in the north of England a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed. The first chip shop stood on the present site of Oldham's Tommyfield Market. It remains unclear exactly when and where these two trades combined to become the fish-and-chip shop industry we know. A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin, opened the first recorded combined fish-and-chip shop in London"
"site adjacent to the main restaurant, which once held the Guinness World Record for the largest fish and chip shop in the world, seating 250 people, serving nearly a million customers a year. Harry Corbett of Sooty fame was a nephew of Harry Ramsden and played the piano in his uncle's original restaurant. In 1954, the business was sold to Harry Ramsden's long term business partner Eddie Stokes for a large sum of , subsequently selling in 1965 to Essex-based Associated Fisheries. In 1988, the company, which still comprised the original Guiseley fish and chips premises, was bought by Merryweathers,"
"the West Riding towns in 1854. A blue plaque in Oldham marks the origin of the fish-and-chip shop, and thus the start of the fast food industry in Britain. In Scotland, chips were first sold in Dundee: ""in the 1870s, that glory of British gastronomy – the chip – was first sold by Belgian immigrant Edward De Gernier in the city's Greenmarket"". In Ireland the first chip shop was ""opened by Giuseppe Cervi"", an Italian immigrant, ""who arrived there in the 1880s"". It is estimated that in the UK, 80% of households buy frozen chips each year. Although French fries"
"were opened in the 1860s, in London by Joseph Malin and in Mossley, near Oldham, Lancashire, by John Lees. However, fried fish, as well as chips, had existed independently for at least fifty years, so the possibility that they had been combined at an earlier time cannot be ruled out. Fish and chips became a stock meal among the working classes in England as a consequence of the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea, and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, so that"
"in a metal tin. Out of this innovation grew two businesses: Joseph (the elder's) biscuit shop that was to become the famous biscuit manufacturer Huntley & Palmers, and Huntley, Bourne and Stevens, a firm of biscuit tin manufacturers founded by his younger son, also called Joseph. In 1838, Joseph Huntley was forced by ill-health to retire, handing control of the shop to his older son Thomas Huntley, who was joined in partnership by George Palmer. Joseph Huntley Joseph Huntley was a 19th-century biscuit maker and innovator, who lived in the English town of Reading. In 1822 he founded a small"
"Gibsons Games Gibsons Games is an independent, family owned British board game and jigsaw puzzle manufacturer, and the oldest of its kind in the United Kingdom. In 1903, Harry Gibson managed to obtain an unsecured loan of £500 from the Royal Bank of Scotland in Bishopsgate, London. This generous sum enabled him to start a business, which at that time was called The International Card Co. Trading from offices in Aldersgate Street, he supplied retailers with a range of products including card games and postcards; an unlikely combination these days, but back then, most towns would have a number of"
"chips in Evansville, Indiana. When, Hesmer closed, Don Miller, the manager of Hesmer, and Allan Proctor of Grippo's, formed a distribution company called A&D Distributing Co., to distribute Grippo's in the Evansville area. Grippo's Grippo's is a snack food company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beginning operation in 1919, the company grew regionally, adding varieties of snack foods to its production. The company was founded by Angelo Grippo and originated from a one-room office on Court Street in downtown Cincinnati. Today, the business is headquartered at Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati. In 1919, Angelo Grippo began manufacturing rolled sugar cones. He later"
"shops supplied by Costcutter. It was founded as Value Foods by Welsh entrepreneur Albert Gubay on 11 May 1959 and based in Prestatyn. The company rented its first retail shop in Queen Street, Rhyl, in July 1959. Further traditional shops were opened in Chester and Wrexham. In 1964, Gubay visited the United States with fellow director Ken Nicholson, and learnt about the ""baby shark"" method of retailing. Combined with ideas gained from West German retailer Aldi, the business model was based on buying a limited range of lines on favourable (net 60 or 90 days) payment terms, distributing and selling"
"first registered brand, and world's oldest brand in existence. Elihu Thomson, born in Manchester who subsequently moved to America, formed Thomson-CSF which became Thales Group in 2000. The British part (British Thomson-Houston) would later become part of GEC; he invented the arc lamp. Henry Brunner from Liverpool would join with Ludwig Mond in the 1860s to form a chemical company which became ICI in 1926. Mossbay Steelworks in Workington, when opened in 1877, were the world's first large-scale steelworks; its austenitic manganese steel (mangalloy) was produced from 1877 until 1974, with Britain's railways converting from iron to steel by the"
"their sweetheart. Previously, the spices required to create the biscuits were exclusive to the wealthy classes, who used them to make cakes. A number of manufacturers started making ginger biscuits called ""fairings"" all over England. One example of this was in Grasmere, where the gingerbread sold as fairings was so popular that William Wordsworth's sister Dorothy wrote in one of her journals that she and her brother both craved them. In 1875, John Cooper Furniss obtained a large store in East Bridge Street, Truro, and premises on Duchy Wharf and installed ovens for biscuit manufacturing. He introduced several new kinds"
"punned-upon fish in question. A glimpse of the old Brighton restaurant at No.1 Marine Parade can be seen in the background of Norman Wisdom's 1955 film ""One Good Turn"" just as Wisdom/Pitkin runs onto the seafront; this is now the site of a Harry Ramsden's fish and chips restaurant. A blue plaque at Oldham's Tommyfield Market marks the first chips fried in England in 1860, and the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries. Dundee City Council claims that chips were first sold by a Belgian immigrant, Edward De Gernier, in the city's Greenmarket in the"
"William Whiteley William Whiteley (29 September 1831 – 24 January 1907) was an English entrepreneur of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the founder of the William Whiteley Limited retail company whose eponymous department store became the Whiteleys shopping centre. Whiteley was born in Yorkshire in the small village of Purston, situated between Wakefield and Pontefract. His father was a prosperous corn dealer, who had little interest in rearing his son, leaving William to be raised by an uncle. He left school at the age of 14, and started work at his uncle's farm. He would have"
"the purchase of two confectionery retailers, Meeson and Tuckshop, gave the firm direct access to consumers, some control over retail prices and diversification. In 1929, the Anglo-American Chewing Gum Ltd. (later renamed the Anglo-American Confectionery) expanded their product range and forestalled American entry into the British market with a rival chewing product. Albert Jarman Caley had begun selling a range of mineral waters and soft drinks in Norwich in 1863. He diversified to produce cocoa (1883), chocolate (1886) and Christmas crackers (1898). The business was purchased in 1918 by the African and Eastern Trading Company and underwent expansion at Norwich"
"Magpie Café The Magpie Café is a seafood restaurant in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1937, but its building dates back to the 18th century, when it was a merchant's house. The restaurant is known for its fish and chips and was described by chef Rick Stein as ""the place that opened my eyes to how good a chip shop could be"" and as a ""bloody good fish and chip shop"". The restaurant won a Coast Award for being best fish and chip shop of 2007. The restaurant has faced complaints from local businesses for its long"
"Charles Chips Charles Chips is an American maker of snack foods, especially potato chips. It was known for home and office delivery of its products in distinctive tins. They were known for their signature sales slogan, ""Chippin' it!"". The company was started in 1942 when Effie Musser sold her potato chips through a distributor, who put them in distinctive tins, and named them Charles Chips after Charles Street in Baltimore. Effie and her husband soon took over the business and by 1946, moved production to a professional kitchen. They started offering home delivery of their chips, and added pretzels and"
"its UK business and in 1953 started with its first provincial purchase, that of Genge & Co in Dorchester, Dorset. This was swiftly followed by the purchase of William Harvey of Guildford in the same year. In 1955, the company added J D Morant of Chichester, Thomas Clarkson of Wolverhampton in 1960, Thomas White & Co of Aldershot in 1961, Burgis & Colbourne of Leamington Spa in 1963, Parsons & Hart of Andover in 1965 and Harrison Gibson's Bromley store in 1968. It was not only acquisitions that money was being spent on – a new store was built in"
"Papa's Papa's is the oldest running family chain of fish and chip shops. Papas was founded in 1966, by Mr Papas, the family is currently in its third generation and still operate the businesses. In 2015 the family opened their largest restaurant to date, a 320 seat restaurant and takeaway, which was the world's biggest fish and chip shop, in Willerby in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In August 2016 they announced expansion into Hull with the conversion of the Swiss Cottage public house into a 250-seat restaurant and takeaway. Papa’s competed against other top fish and chip shops in"
"at Apsley, Hertfordshire which had already been converted to manufacture paper by the previous owner. John Stafford, the seller, had been one of Dickinson's suppliers. Dickinson installed his own design of machinery at the mill. Dickinson was also involved with producing a paper containing silk threads, which was produced for security purposes. This paper was known as the Penny Post. Another achievement that sprang from Dickinson's factory, was the invention of envelopes that had a gum like adhesive to keep them closed. This production started in 1850 In 1858, Dickinson passed along his thriving business to his nephew John Evans."
"business. The firm was renamed Huntley & Palmers. Whilst it was Joseph Huntley's innovation in the introduction of the biscuit tin and in the sale of biscuits to stage coach travellers that created the business, George Palmer is generally credited with making it a major Victorian success through industrial manufacturing techniques, and by using the railways for distribution. With the engineer William Exall, Palmer invented new machinery to manufacture biscuits on an industrial scale. When Thomas Huntley died, in 1857, George Palmer was joined in the business by two brothers, William Isaac Palmer and Samuel Palmer. The turnover of the"
"George Headley. Sutcliffe became a successful businessman early in his first-class career by using the money he earned as a player to establish a sportswear shop in Leeds. When his playing career ended, he served on the club committee at Yorkshire for 21 years and for three years was an England Test selector. Among the honours accorded him have been the commemoration of a special set of gates in his name at Headingley, home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and his induction into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Herbert Sutcliffe was born in Summerbridge, Nidderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire"
"Harry Ramsden's Harry Ramsden's is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom which offers fish and chips and assorted themed dishes. The business has 35 owned and franchised outlets throughout the UK and Ireland. Harry Ramsden's website claims the business to be ""Britain's longest established restaurant chain"". The business was started by Harry Ramsden (10 Feb 1888–1963) in 1928 in a wooden hut in White Cross, Guiseley, West Yorkshire, northern England. Three years later he moved into a new premises, complete with fitted carpets, oak panelled walls, and chandeliers. The original hut still stands on the same"
"Here, they've returned to first principles ... They've made chips that remind me of being a kid and going to the chip-shop after swimming..."" Kerbisher & Malt Kerbisher & Malt is a chain of fish and chip shops in London. The first branch was established in the west London suburb of Brook Green by chef Saul Reuben and his brother-in-law Nick Crossley in 2011. ""Kerbisher"" was a fishing boat crewed by Crossley's grandfather, who was a herring fisherman, while ""Malt"" is the malt vinegar commonly served with fish and chips. Zoe Williams reviewed their opening for the ""Sunday Telegraph"", praising"
"and daughter and his nephew George, an India Rubber Manufacturer. Daniel Spill Daniel Spill (11 February 1832–1887) was born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. He became a rubber and an early thermoplastics manufacturer. For over 20 years Spill had pursued the goal of making a successful business from Alexander Parkes' invention Parkesine, the first man-made plastic. Although he trained as a doctor he joined the business of his brother George. The firm of George Spill & Co. manufactured waterproof textiles in Stepney Green, East London by spreading rubber onto cloth. The material was much in demand for capes and groundsheets for"
"part of its major re-branding exercise. As of 2018, the Hostess brand is used only on a few products. Hostess was formed in 1935 when Edward Snyder began cooking chips on his mother's kitchen stove in Breslau, Ontario, outside Kitchener, Ontario. Potato chips remained a fairly small part of the snack food market until the 1950s, when snack foods in general became more widely available. In 1955, Snyder sold his company to E.W. Vanstone, who expanded the company greatly before selling his interest to General Foods in 1959. Hostess grew to become the #1 brand through this period and into"
"of the Company in the Chapterhouse list of 1537. A Warden in 1541, William Chester with Thomas Blower assisted William Roche (then Lord Mayor) in taking possession from Sir Edward North of the mansion of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, which had been purchased by the Drapers for their Company Hall following Cromwell's attainder. In 1544 the art of refining sugar was first practised in England by Cornelius Bussine and four partners, of whom Chester was one. These adventurers set up two sugar bakeries which continued without rivals for twenty years and brought great profit to the proprietors. Dame Joan"
"Whiteleys Whiteleys was a large shopping centre in Bayswater, London, England, which opened in 1989. It was built in the retail space of the former William Whiteley Limited department store, which opened in 1911 as London's first department store. The store's main entrance was located on Queensway. In December 2018, it closed for redevelopment. The original Whiteleys department store was created by William Whiteley, who started a drapery shop at 31 Westbourne Grove in 1863. In 1907, William Whiteley was murdered by Horace George Rayner, who claimed to be his illegitimate son, ""Cecil Whiteley"". After his death, the board including"
"biscuits were baked by George Burton (born 1829, Leek, Staffordshire), who began production on Corporation Street, Blackpool, Lancashire. The Burton's Biscuits firm was founded by George's grandson, Joseph Burton, in 1935. It had a factory in Slough, Berkshire, until the early 1980s, manufacturing potato crisps and snacks, including Potato Puffs and Fish 'n' Chips savoury snacks. In 2014 Burton's re-launched their Fish 'n' Chips snacks due to popular demand. In 2000, the business was sold by Associated British Foods to Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. On 18 March 2007, Burton's was acquired by Duke Street Capital. In September 2009, Burton's"
"first opened in 1989 in Kensington, London. Wyman was born William George Perks Jr. in Lewisham Hospital in Lewisham, south London, the son of Molly (née Jeffery) and William Perks, a bricklayer. One of five children, Wyman spent most of his early life living in a terraced house in one of the roughest streets in Penge, southeast London. He describes his childhood as ""scarred by poverty"". He attended Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School from 1947 to Easter 1953, leaving before the GCE exams after his father found him a job working for a bookmaker and insisted that he take"
"Colin Graves Colin James Graves (born 22 January 1948) is an English entrepreneur, known for founding the Costcutter chain of convenience stores. He was raised on a farm near Thorne, South Yorkshire, and attended Goole Grammar School. Graves founded Costcutter in 1986 and was its chairman until 2012 when he stepped down, following his sale of the company to the Bibby Line Group. Since 2012 he has been executive chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was elected as the deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board in April 2013. In 2015 he was elected chairman, to take"
"scissors. The company was a pioneer in manufacturing replacement hips, having collaborated with the ""father"" of modern hip replacement surgery, Sir John Charnley. Thackray began manufacturing the Charnley Hip System in 1963 and it is still the best selling cemented hip system in the world. The Thackray Medical Museum, founded by his grandson Paul Thackray is situated on the outskirts of Leeds in a Victorian workhouse building adjacent to St James's University Hospital. Charles Thackray Charles Frederick Thackray (1877-1934) (not to be confused with the surgeon Charles Thackrah) was a pharmacist and manufacturer of surgical instruments in Leeds. Thackray began"
"Square Pie Square Pie is a British food retail chain based in Hackney, east London, which specialises in handmade pies. It was founded in 2001 by Martin Dewey, with the first outlet, ""The Square Pie Company"", being opened in Spitalfields Market in November of that year. After the success of this shop, and after expanding sales by supplying London venues such as The Social and The Lock Tavern and running a stall at Glastonbury, Square Pie opened a concession in Selfridges food hall in London in 2003. A third outlet was opened at Canary Wharf in June 2004 to be"
"Hattersley loom The Hattersley loom was developed by George Hattersley and Sons of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The company had been started by Richard Hattersley after 1784, with his son, George Hattersley, later entering the business alongside him. The company developed a number of innovative looms, of which the Hattersley Standard Loom – developed in 1921 – was a great success. The Hattersley Standard Loom was designed and built in 1921. Thousands of models were expected to be sold, which would bring considerable financial success to the company.[1] After the recapitalisation boom of 1919, cotton yarn production peaked in 1926"