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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Taking a battering: what have young people got against fish and chips?

No chips on their shoulders … an older couple enjoy a more traditional takeaway.
No chips on their shoulders … an older couple enjoy a more traditional takeaway. Photograph: SolStock/Getty Images

Name: Fish and chips.

Age: About 160. Jewish people in the East End started opening fried fish shops in the 1860s, while chips were making an appearance in northern England. It’s unclear which genius united the two.

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