Quick Question Thread

[Loonytoons]

18 hours ago, tamthebam said:

I used to get chips wrapped in newspaper in the 1980s - bonus cheapies for a young lad if it came wrapped in Page 3!

 

8 hours ago, GordonD said:

Didn't think they were still doing it as late as that.

Page 3 was going for years after that.

Newspaper still getting used now.

[BFTD]

22 hours ago, GordonD said:

Didn't think they were still doing it as late as that.

Aye, it's the Eighties I'm remembering it from. They all switched at some point in the Nineties, and I've a vague memory of being a bit confused about why they changed, as it's what I associated with the chippy.

In retrospect, how rank was that - your supper wrapped up in some paper that was probably covered in coliform bacteria, considering people used to be even worse about washing their hands.

[hk blues]

42 minutes ago, BFTD said:

Aye, it's the Eighties I'm remembering it from. They all switched at some point in the Nineties, and I've a vague memory of being a bit confused about why they changed, as it's what I associated with the chippy.

In retrospect, how rank was that - your supper wrapped up in some paper that was probably covered in coliform bacteria, considering people used to be even worse about washing their hands.

I wonder where they got their newspapers from?  I always assumed they were ones unsold from newsagents/printers rather than from folks' homes.  

[GordonD]

13 minutes ago, hk blues said:

I wonder where they got their newspapers from?  I always assumed they were ones unsold from newsagents/printers rather than from folks' homes.  

I can imagine some chippies giving a free bag of chips to anybody who brought in a sufficiently large bundle of papers.

[hk blues]

10 minutes ago, GordonD said:

I can imagine some chippies giving a free bag of chips to anybody who brought in a sufficiently large bundle of papers.

Makes sense but I can't imagine they used manky old papers from any random's house.

That said, I'm not sure they actually wrapped the food in newspaper - weren't they just used as the outside wrapper whilst the food was actually wrapped in different paper? 

[Rugster]

13 minutes ago, hk blues said:

Makes sense but I can't imagine they used manky old papers from any random's house.

That said, I'm not sure they actually wrapped the food in newspaper - weren't they just used as the outside wrapper whilst the food was actually wrapped in different paper? 

That's my recollection, old newspapers outside wrapping, blank newsprint paper on inside.

[Brother Blades]

10 minutes ago, hk blues said:

Makes sense but I can't imagine they used manky old papers from any random's house.

That said, I'm not sure they actually wrapped the food in newspaper - weren't they just used as the outside wrapper whilst the food was actually wrapped in different paper? 

Yeah, from my experience there was always an inside wrapper for all food stuff & newspaper was the outer wrapper, sometimes containing all the individual suppers in one huge package (normally broadsheets required for this). 

[hk blues]

Just now, Brother Blades said:

Yeah, from my experience there was always an inside wrapper for all food stuff & newspaper was the outer wrapper, sometimes containing all the individual suppers in one huge package (normally broadsheets required for this). 

Right - we weren't a big chipper family (come at me) but remember the big bundle all wrapped in newspaper and the individual suppers inside in plain white paper. 

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

51 minutes ago, hk blues said:

I wonder where they got their newspapers from?  I always assumed they were ones unsold from newsagents/printers rather than from folks' homes.  

When I did paper rounds, the newsagent would cut the newspaper header with the date on an return them to the supplier for a refund, it was up to him to dispose of the rest.