For more than one hundred years, the Malin family ran that pioneering chippie until closing its doors in the early 1970s.

BBC: Chipping away at the history of fish and chips

Trendy metal seating, whitewashed walls and long, blond wood tables give a clean, stylish vibe to this updated chippie.

BBC: Chipping away at the history of fish and chips

"I always wanted to be a chippie so that is what I do, whereas they tend to push children now towards computers, " he said.

BBC: Construction worker sawing wood

But most historians agree that it was in London, not on the coast, where the first fish and chips shop (called a chippie) opened its doors.

BBC: Chipping away at the history of fish and chips