chips Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 you are sorta right!entrance to the snooker hall (70`s era) was through the tunnel next to watsons before it moved to james st. feel free to share the stories though chips:laugh: Cheers,the way the geezer i know talked about the place i just thought the hall was at the back of watsons cos he always mentioned the tunnel,as for the stories theres a few belters,seemingly it wasnt the kind of place for the faint hearted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 i remember it well and some of the stories..probally true to a certain extent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 you are sorta right!entrance to the snooker hall (70`s era) was through the tunnel next to watsons before it moved to james st. feel free to share the stories though chips:laugh:Die you know what was through the tunnel many years ago Wrights the brewers!! Thistle used to be a Wrights pub as far as I know. Before I am jumped on from the politcally correct crew the tunnel is my subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jings Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Wrights brewery was a bit before my time, but there was a car body shop in the pend, up to the snooker halls demise. The place used to reek fumes when passing, I'm not sure elf & safety would allow it nowadays, what with every second punter having a fag hanging from their lips. Watson's chippy was pretty decent then, always huge portions, the bean busters or mock chops being a personal favourite. The one bad thing I do remember though is the horrible stink from the water filled bins of peeled spuds. Fair made ye gag:D, and who could forget the quality advertisement during the interval at the Playhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Ah the good old days of "running the gauntlet" attending "Hunter's" Chippy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myDarlingBeefeater Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Ah the good old days of "running the gauntlet" attending "Hunter's" Chippy ! What was that called? Was it the Bamboo chippy or was that somewhere else.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 What was that called? Was it the Bamboo chippy or was that somewhere else.? I think it bcame the Bamboo in later life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jings Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 I think it bcame the Bamboo in later life I can remember being sent down to the Hunter's Chippie for a wee bag of coal during a snowstorm. Considering I lived in Copper's Canyon at the time; it was a fair hike for a 10yr old. Tough times:sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 The Fish & Chip Shop company in Cragie is the best by miles. Nane o' yer foreign crap, just a regular fish and chip shop where the grub is well cooked and the service is near flawless. Prices are more than fair. Totally agree with you, the chippy in Craigie is definitely the best in Perth. Although it has never quite been the same since Hazel left! The chap who runs it does a great job and his memory can be frightening - even when the place is queued out the door he manages to remember everyone's order perfectly. The quality is spot on as well, consistently excellent fish suppers. I'm not actually a great fan of Craigie chippy. Dunno why, been a few years since I've bought anything there, so might have to give it another go since it will be my nearest chippy when I move in a few weeks! Clueless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychunder Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Some of the stories about the auld snooker next to Watsons are true. Anybody here remember Frances (__0__) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychunder Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Le Wimpey bar next to Betty Whites the fish mongrer..was it Scott street? Was Betty White's no a greengrocers? Methven St near the Bee Bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Was Betty White's no a greengrocers? Methven St near the Bee Bar? No Betty's was in Scott st wie a close between it and wimpys, before that wimpys was a bank and Bettys was a papershop. Know how I ken sur I lived up the close fur years.:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 The Crieff Road Chippie was good for a while, when the big, red faced, ginger lad was running it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarmy Arab Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 The Crieff Road Chippie was good for a while, when the big, red faced, ginger lad was running it Got to be Craigie chippy, at the moment. In the past Pinos. Never got Holgates always been shite in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jings Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Some of the stories about the auld snooker next to Watsons are true. Anybody here remember Frances (__0__). The hottest Ginger in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Mikey Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 OneoOne was braw when they first done the Mars Bar Supper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fazman1977 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Step forward the chippy on Glengarry Road, I think it was called Ronaldo's at the time? It was over 20 years ago now... I mind Ronaldos used to give you a plastic membership card, so when you phoned an order you just gave your membership number and there was nae pissing about with mis-heard addresses and need for return phone numbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Is Craigie Chippy still on the go and still as good as ever ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mongy Max Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Craigie Chippy is still the baws. every time i am down, the wife asks me to go there, i send her in and everytime she comes oot and raves about the ginger rain man who runs the place that she cannot understand!!! it was ronalds on glengarry road, me and my bro were known to him as st jonsin everytime we went in, he was an arab i think. im sure he got shut doon of the food hygiene mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myDarlingBeefeater Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 ginger rain man who runs the place that she cannot understand!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 It definitely used to be Craigie Chip Shop but the two I've used most over the years and have been good are Holgates and the Old High Street. Don't tell 101 but I've always referred to it as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wish i was Joe McGurn Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 It definitely used to be Craigie Chip Shop but the two I've used most over the years and have been good are Holgates and the Old High Street. Don't tell 101 but I've always referred to it as that. Always will be pino's to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I used to live next door to Pino's daughter, nice family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern exile Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Long time since I've had a fish supper in Perth but used to like Holdgates when Freddy was running the show. Always remember him standing over the open top copper fryers - am I right in thinking he once tripped and deep fried his hands in them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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