A CHIPPY is marking St George's Day by dishing up free fish suppers.
Harry's Fish and Chip shop, in Moston, will ask for donations to the New Children's Hospital Appeal in exchange for fish and chips on Thursday, when the patron saint of England is celebrated.
Suppliers have donated fish, potatoes and Holland's pies to the Moston Lane chippy which has been open for six months.
One of the owners, mum-of-three Margaret Mooney, said: "What's more English than a good plate of fish and chips?
"We wanted to raise money for the appeal, which is close to my heart, and we don't celebrate St George's Day enough so it seemed the perfect opportunity. Supplies will be limited but hopefully there'll be enough for everyone to last the day."
Margaret's youngest son, Stephen, 24, spent the first weeks of his life in Booth Hall and Pendlebury children's hospitals after being born prematurely.
Her business partner at the shop, Sue Harrison, is 23 weeks pregnant.
Margaret, 49, said: "I know from experience how important it is to have the best facilities at a children's hospital, particularly to allow parents to be with their children when they need them. Even just as an expectant mother, like Sue, you want to know the best is available."
Harry's will be open from 11.30am to 2pm and 4.30pm to 7pm on Thursday.
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Free fish for St. George's
April 18, 2009
Margaret Mooney from Harry's Fish n Chips, Moston
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PW, Manchester (18/04/2009 at 06:22)
nicked name, out of town (18/04/2009 at 07:44)
MsD, Manchester (18/04/2009 at 10:03)
willing to listen, Middleton (18/04/2009 at 11:04)
I hope all who call into Harry's Fish and chip shop in Moston, will be as generous as the suppliers who donated the fish, potatoes and Hollands pies, not forgetting Margaret who has organised the whole thing.
That fish looks mouthwatering good !!
Angie33 , Manchester (18/04/2009 at 11:09)
I have also been to one St Georges day parade.Within minutes someone tried to engage me in a conversation about race .The parade may be innocent but the crowd certainly had an agenda and it wasnt about pride in their history.Yes this is a sweeping statement,but in neither case wa it an isolated incident.Sickening actually.
Maynard Kitchener Lampwick, Manchester , (18/04/2009 at 12:47)
Mark,Radcliffe. (18/04/2009 at 13:47)
Mark, South Manchester (18/04/2009 at 14:42)
Yes a dish apparently introduced to England by Jewish immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries. And St George was from Turkey by the way.
Yes immigration and the continuing influence of foreign culture(s) on our own - such a part of English tradition & heritage! So God Save our German Queen and her Greek husband on our Turkish saint's day! Cheers.
jordy, Middleton (18/04/2009 at 15:02)
Laura Norder, Didsbury (19/04/2009 at 00:38)
Hardly 'Rule Britannia' for St George's Day.
I'm a Scot and welcome the English celebrating their own saint's day - enjoy yourselves as collectively, we are a formidable entity.
(Might even risk a beer or two with my colleagues on Thursday - cheers.)
David, North M/C (19/04/2009 at 00:44)
Who cares where fish and chips come from, they are assosiated with being British (I personaly don't like them myself),but you have to mention immigrants and talk about where the Queen and Prince Philip's ancestors and try to take it down the multicultural road...WHY???????????????
waywardweastie (19/04/2009 at 03:23)
Angie and Mank are real killjoys.
waywardweastie (19/04/2009 at 03:48)
Why is it the most unpatriotic part of Manchester?
Luke O,zade, NRW Germany (19/04/2009 at 11:57)
You are not cynical then?!
Esso Blue. , Manchester. (19/04/2009 at 13:00)
Frites spread to America where they were called French fried potatoes. You asked how they got their name--pretty obvious, I'd say: they came from France, and they were fried potatoes, so they were called "French fried potatoes." The name was shortened to "french fries" in the 1930s.
In the U.K., fried fish had been on sale by street vendors since the 1600s. In 1864, a brilliant (but, alas, unknown) Brit teamed French fried potatoes (called "chips" in English) with fried fish, to create the famous and popular fish and chips.
Chris (19/04/2009 at 13:15)
As for Angie 33 I do sympathise with her. The English seem to be making a bigger fuss of St Georges day than we used to in the sixties and seventies and this is clearly a reaction to some of the idiotic PC comments coming out of town halls that at one stage made it seem criminal to be English.
MARS BAR, SWINTON (19/04/2009 at 13:18)
Frites spread to America where they were called French fried potatoes. You asked how they got their name--pretty obvious, I'd say: they came from France, and they were fried potatoes, so they were called "French fried potatoes." The name was shortened to "french fries" in the 1930s.
In the U.K., fried fish had been on sale by street vendors since the 1600s. In 1864, a brilliant (but, alas, unknown) Brit teamed French fried potatoes (called "chips" in English) with fried fish, to create the famous and popular fish and chips.
Esso Blue. , Manchester.
19/04/2009 at 13:00
Nice but of info esso,i would have thought that the english would have tried frying them first though as sir walter raleigh brought them back on his jolly's from the south americas....
captin birds eye, manchester (19/04/2009 at 17:46)
citycentre, manchester (19/04/2009 at 20:05)
Mark, South Manchester; St George may hae been from the region we would know as Turkey, but it would not have been called that in his time, as no Turks had arrived then, and didnt dominate the area until after the battle of Manzikert, 1071
creativej, Northenden (20/04/2009 at 01:19)
Angie33 , Manchester (20/04/2009 at 09:47)
PC is blamed for everything along with do gooders.
What is your stance then.Non PC?Do badder?Please define.
I have my own definition for these but I try to keep it to myself as I dont like to offend others who post their opinion however much I disagree,which is 90%of the time.
Well done Harrys chippy for raising money for a good cause.
Khalid Iqbal, Longsight Town (20/04/2009 at 09:52)
Angie33 , Manchester (20/04/2009 at 11:23)
I say to myself when I read stories of unkindness,gross ignorance etc.'Oh no-Its the non PC brigade AGAIN.
The girl next door , North west (20/04/2009 at 11:44)
JTC Formerley JimC (20/04/2009 at 11:56)
After dinner, she went into the kitchen to thank the chefs. She was met by two of the Brothers.
The first one says, "Hello, I am Brother Michael, and this is Brother Charles."
"I'm very please to meet you," replies the nun. I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful dinner. The fish and chips were the best I've ever had. Out of curiosity, who cooked what?"
Brother Charles replied, "Well, I'm the fish friar." She turned to the other Brother and said "Then you must be.....?"
"yes, I'm, afraid so----I am the chip monk."