In the last five years, queueing for fish and chips outside one Northumberland chippy has become as much a tradition for some as eating Good Friday fish and chips themselves.
The Harbour View in Seaton Sluice saw queues snaking down the road towards the Melton Constable pub last year and while this year's may have not reached the same length, people were still waiting in their cars and some had even braved the cold when it opened at half-past eleven this morning. Musician Stephen Wilson serenaded those out on a windy afternoon with his acoustic guitar covers, with Believe by Cher and when you say nothing at all by Ronan Keating both belted out during my visit.
Chatting to owner Waseem Mir as I waited for my order, he told me that the only people who hadn't had to wait were those who lived in the retirement home behind the fish and chip shop, with their orders brought to them at 11:30am. It's a busy day for Waseem and his team, who have closed their restaurant partly to cope with the demand from the takeaway, and partly to store the boxes which they'll be doling out the fish and chips in.
