A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Plenty of people will tell you the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland is the best place in the world to eat fish and chips. So what happens when its chippies – and chippies across the UK – start to close?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:20.0	A funeral for fish and chips.
1:22.0	Why are Britain's chippies disappearing?
1:25.0	By Tom Lamont.
1:27.0	One summer ago, before the region's fish and chip industry was shaken by closures, before a death that was hard for people to bear.
1:39.0	A lorry heaped with the first fresh potatoes of the season drove along the east coast of Scotland.
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