Fast Food

 Few weeks back I jibbed at paying £17.50 for a couple of portions of curry and chips in Crowborough. Yesterday I paid £11.00 for the same thing here in Eastbourne. 

Curry and chips used to be a cheap snack. Ain't that any more. But £11.00 is a whole lot better than £17.50.

What does constitute a cheap snack these days? Not much. Nearest thing is probably a Big Mac only I don't eat meat....

I used to like a Big Mac. Won't pretend otherwise. The grandkids still think a trip to Macky D's (as they call it) is a treat.....

I didn't grow up eating fast food. We were Middle class and the chip shop was Working Class. Not for our kind. I don't think I crossed the threshold of one until I was 18 and away from home. Guy I was with had to tell me what to order. That was in Sheffield. Never looked back.....

Macky D's

 Following on from the last post......

Mcdonald's opened its first British outlet in Woolwich in 1974.

Here's a picture of the event. The ribbon was cut by BBC DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, accompanied by the Mayor of Woolwich, Len Squirrel.



On that first UK menu, a basic hamburger was priced at 15p.  If you wanted to push the boat out a Big Mac would have set you back 45p. O, the extravagance! 

(Yeah, but, I can vaguely remember when 45p did seem like a lot of money. )

This next fact surprised me. The first branch to open outside London was in Fallowfield, Manchester in 1986. Yes, a whole 12 years later.

I wonder what took them so long.....