A view of Norton Fisheries off Norton High Street, in Smurthwaite Yard. Established c1926.
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A view of Norton Fisheries off Norton High Street, in Smurthwaite Yard. Established c1926.
When I was teaching at Frederick Nattrass Junior School we would have an evening Christmas Party for the Y6 children with a disco. We offered the kids either a tea `nd cake party or a fish supper one. The latter was chosen and I would go to the ‘hippie” and order 60+. On the night I would go down in the carand they were all ready. The people were lovely.
p.s. When we were young and mum took us to the “Avenue” or Moderne” we were given the choice the bus or walk and have a bag of chips. Great days!
My friend Margaret who is 79 years old, is trying to find her friend who used to run this fish shop many years ago.
Does this shop have any link with the Roberts fish and chips business in Dovecot Street in Stockton? The owners in Stockton had a daughter called Janet Roberts who would be about 79 who I’ve being trying to trace.
Stockton Archives have my email address.
My memories of the Fish shop were on Saturdays. My mother spent the morning in the Town shopping in the Market, Buttery’s for our sweets on the ration books and finishing at Hintons in Yarm Lane for the weekly shop. My time was spent at the Odeon on the Saturday morning for the children. Meeting my mother outside and then the ‘)’ bus home dropping off at the Priory for the fish and chips while she made her way home. In later years in my late teens and early twenties visiting there after an evening session in the Red Lion. Good old days.
Bob, one thing people do not know is during the war fish and chips were never rationed. 1941-2 there was a potato shortage, school dinners at Richard Hind substituted rice for mash, a glue grey glutinous mess which was awful, the fish shops always got potato’s though portions would vary. Bradleys were there all my youthful carefree days and I would walk down once a week Fridays for a carrier full and the family would have our take away meal, not that it was called that.
Never knew of music in a back room, you got your food and left, there was not even a chair for the old ladies to sit on while waiting.
Rarely eat them these days and on the odd occasion I do they never come up to the memory of the old style fish shops. That is apart from the Magpie at Whitby a once a year treat though I do ask for a small portion these days.
Hi Frank, I suspect you won’t see this as these posts are old. But I was trying to track down Bradley’s Fish & Chip shops, after doing family research and discovering a relative owned them. Thank you for making the connection. Regards Graham Bradley.
I lived in Norton From the age of 4 in 1964, I loved this fish Shop and the Man behind the counter. No matter how old you were, he would say, ‘Yes young Lady, what can I get you?’ or ‘Yes young man’ as I said no matter what your age, from 10 yrs old to 50 yrs old, it tickled me. They did the best Fish Patties around and the chips were Ace …. Miss Piggy’s sweet shop close by ran by two older ladies, then we had the duck pond and the village green. Norton was an Awesome place to grow up as a child, I now happily live in Cromer, Norfolk, but visit Norton to see Family. I do not recognise much of the Town I was born in any more though, Stockton-on-Tees, but thank goodness for National Heritage, Norton has not changed that much.
I love the Duck pond with it’s Fountain, we often paddled in there 🙂
Used to visit here sometimes on Saturday lunchtimes whilst spending the day at Northcote Riding School in the early 1970s.
I went a couple of time’s in the late fifties, I worked at Palesci’s coffee bar part time with Madeline Palesci! They were fun time’s!
Was this the same place my friend and I used to go to in the early 60’s. We used to have coffee in the back and listen to the juke box. Whenever Del Shannon’s Runaway or Johnny Leyton’s Johnny remember me comes on the radio it brings back lovely memories. June Beasley (was Williams }
It certainly is June the very one, it’s a place that I will never forget, like you we used to go in the back and listen to the records, Del Shannon being a favourite. The owners Mr and Mrs Bradley were lovely people, Mr doing the frying and Mrs serving. I have to say that they were the best fish and chips ever, I remember the huge block of dripping going in, and the scraps were amazing so crispy and piping hot. I can remember people queuing right down to the gate. Oh happy days eh, I cherish the memories.
Is this a June Williams that used to go to Richard Hind School?
No I actually went to Cleveland school in Eaglescliffe but lived in Granville Grove in Norton.