IF you had to pick one fast meal that supposedly summed up a nation then for England it would have to be fish and chips.
We get through acres of spuds and untold shoals of fish every year, but I doubt there is a fish and chip shop in the land with a fish and a chip which are each four feet high!
But you can not only see these favourites of the fryer but try and choose a name for them at Alf’s Fish and chip shop on Chickerell Road, Weymouth.
Owner John Pearce is hoping View readers can come up with a name for his giant chip and giant fish.
He said: “It is all a bit of fun in aid of our charities and we are hoping that View readers can come up with two names so they can each be christened.
“People can drop their choice of name off in the shop and the winning names will win two lots of free fish and chips each.”
Introducing children to their environment
SMALL birds survived better in Dorset this winter than in other areas of the country because the county escaped most of the snow.
Figures from the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch saw 530,000 people count more than 8.5 million birds, recording 73 species in 280,000 gardens across the UK.
Dorset results showed that the long-tailed tit clung on to tenth place, suggesting that it was getting used to feeding on bird cake and feeders hung up in county gardens.
But long-tailed tits and other small birds such as the coal tit and the goldcrest suffered nationally with a “significant” drop in numbers.
Top of the Dorset numbers list was the house sparrow followed by blackbirds, blue tits, chaffinches, woodpigeons and starlings.
This year more than 75,000 schoolchildren and teachers took part in the national wildlife survey including pupils from Chickerell Primary School.
Year five teacher Karen Hocking said: “The children enjoy watching the birds and the challenge of identifying them. Big Schools Birdwatch is a great opportuntity for them to collect and analyse real data and know they are contributing to a national survey.”
Nick Tomlinson, who is site manager at the RSPB’s Radipole Lake reserve in Weymouth said: “The Big Schools’ Birdwatch is a great way to introduce thousands of children to the wildlife visiting their school environment. Wild birds never fail to enthuse and inspire and the response to this year’s survey has been fantastic with many schools now running it as a whole school project.”
Election fever? ... maybe not
YES, election fever is in full swing and there are some seriously busy politicians out there but voters don’t seem impressed.
Conversation everywhere from pubs and shops to seafront shelters and park benches seems to include the general election, so here are a few of the snippets to come my way so far:
Two pensioners sat chatting in the sun and one said: “Don’t matter who you vote for. They’ve all got their snouts in the trough.”
The other replied: “Yes, but you never see them get indigestion do you?!”
A group of teenagers with one young man bravely saying: “No way I’m going to vote.”
His girlfriend crushed him with: “You can’t anyway, you’re not old enough!”
Two women chatting about holidays and one said: “We couldn’t get the hotel we wanted but at least we’ll be away for the general bleeding election!
Closed for Christmas
THERE is early, then there is very early and finally there is ridiculous.
It was a Sunday and the café in question wanted to make sure that its customers knew it was shutting in the middle of the afternoon.
This was a little unusual since it was a warm sunny afternoon when a commercial outlet might have been expected to keep going and cash in on the conditions while it could before the start of the summer rainy season.
Instead customers were advised by a blackboard notice that the café was closing at 3.30pm.
Unfortunately such a bland notice seemed to be provoking grins and giggles rather than the solemnity required or even a grumble.
This may have had something to do with the fact that the café appeared to have neglected to clean its blackboard recently and beneath the notice of early closure was a heartfelt message… wishing all its customers a Merry Christmas!
A grand win
GAMBLERS come in all shapes and sizes and, it appears, with all manner of haircuts.
One such young man had opted to have his hair sculpted into a sort of large colourful curve jutting from his head like a garish horn.
A very brave act since such a coiffure is not for the faint hearted.
But fortune favours the brave and his display outside one licensed premises was followed soon after by a rapturous entry, his fist clutching a betting slip.
He then roared out that he had just won £2,055 on the Grand National!
Now that’s a winning perm if anyone ever saw one.
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