In the late 1950’s I used to go to the Regent Ball Room, and on Saturday nights we would walk home down Church Street.
We used to stop at a fish and chip Shop that was half way down Church Street to get our fish and chip supper. I remember the fish and chip shop, was next to Dockerells, and on the opposite side of the road was a shell fish shop which I think was called Alanjohns. I remember that we always had to queue for fish and chips as it was always busy at that time of night.
Has anyone got any memories of this shop, or remembers the name?
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As an ex telegraph boy messenger from 1946 to 1950, I cannot remember any fish and chip shop in Church St. The nearest one was in Gloucester Road at the end of Kensington Gardens.
There was a fish and chip shop next to Dockerills opposite Alanjohns. A friend of the family Reg Foster used to run it in the 50s. I used to be a paperboy in the shop next to the Wagon and Horses pub seen in the photo and I lived in Gardner Street and later Regent Street.
The fish & chip shop in Church St next to Dockerills was called Shackletons - they also sold a very good meat pie
I was a school friend of Valda Foster,whose father ran the fish and chip shop in the late 50s. They lived above the shop and I was a frequent visitor. We have now lost touch.
I am the niece of Reg Foster and his wife, Rhoda, who had the fish and chip shop. My brother and I often visited them in their flat above the shop. I don’t remember Valda (could you mean Rhoda?), but a barber and his wife Doris lived with their daughter (Janice ?) opposite, and were friends of my aunt and uncle. I’d love to hear more from Christine and anyone else who remembers anything else about my aunt and uncle.
Would anyone happen to remember a Seafare chip shop in Brighton during the 1970s? Was it on the seafront?
My husband, who lived in Model Dwellings, Jew Street in the late ’50s and early ’60s, remembers buying “scraps” smothered in salt and vinegar for a penny from said fish and chip shop.
What street was it in, Jew Street?
Sorry to confuse, L. I was talking about the aforementioned fish & chip shop in Church Street, not the Seafare shop that you asked about in your recent post :)
Okay, no problem. So does anyone recall where in Brighton the Seafare chippy was during the 1970s? Thanks
Yes, it was in West Street about halfway down on the left side, coming from The Clock Tower, and my late uncle Bill worked in there when he retired.
Re: Seafare, from memory the address was 72 West Street Brighton. I worked there as a fryer from1974-6 after leaving school. The managers at the time where Roy and Carol Richardson and their dog was called Nelson. I think there are some photos in the loft, I’ll put them up if I find them. Great site
The Seafare fish and chip shop in West St was at one time managed by Reg Foster after he moved on from shackletons Church st . I knew the family well . I also knew the gents hairdresser mentioned who lived in Church st opposite . Went to school with Janice their daughter.
Hi Janet Beal, I used to play football and cricket with your husband LES? In the 50s and 60s in Jew street My name is David Lewis and I used to live in 40 Bond Street would like to hear from you. Dave Lewis.
Bill Fosters’ fish and chip shop was on the right hand side of Church Street 3 or 4 shops above Gardiner and Bond Streets. They had a daughter called Valda and a son Barry? My Mum was a waitress there at the dining area at the back and I would often play with Barry upstairs during holidays, while Mum worked. Mr and Mrs Dockeril often had lunch there. I bought a used Jack Plane from Dockerils for two and six when I was a teenager.
Memories….
Does anyone remember a fish and chip cafe/restaurant under the arches in the 50s? My Grandfather Bert Warburton ran it.
Hi Sally, can you give a bit more of a location please? I have several street directories for the 1950s but there were several chip shops and difficult to give precise info for ‘under the arches’!
Hi, it was called Berts cafe and was 166/167 Kings Road Arches also a seafood bar.
I remember the shellfish shop, Alanjohns in Church Street very well, having started a Saturday job there when I was 12 years old, circa 1988. The owner John also had a shellfish shop on Madeira Drive and two more on the Palace Pier. Business boomed until the supermarkets starting selling shellfish cheaply then the shop in Church Street eventually closed. I have many fond memories of those good old days.
Back in the 1960s I used to go to Allanjohns before the pubs opened at Sunday midday for an assortment of seafood. There was a Scottish lady , Agnes, behind the counter who enjoyed a bottle of Guinness topped off with a miniature gin! I think that particular mixture was once called ‘A Dogs Nose’. The mosaic shellfish sign is still there below the shop window, but sadly now covered in black paint when it became some sort of Chinese shop.
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