The long-time owners of an Ilkeston fish and chip shop say that they can't go on forever and that someone now needs to bring the much-loved institution into the "right century." John and Flora Christofi, 74 and 70 respectively, recently announced that they were retiring after 36 years of running Johnny's Fish Bar in Ilkeston.
The couple travelled to the UK from Cyprus and first lived in London, with John making wedding dresses and Flora working in a chippy from the age of 21. Nearly four decades ago, they moved to Ilkeston as some of the "only foreigners" in the area at that time, Derbyshire Live reports.
But the family say they were accepted and quickly became a vital centre of the community. In recent years, the couple's daughter, Christina, 41, has helped her parents behind the counter, and her fiancé, Richard, 40, a graphic designer, has also chipped in by designing advertising posters.
