WHEN he was a child, the smell of fish and chips was always in the air for Stanley Perrins, of Higher Dean Street in Radcliffe.

Mr Perrins committed his memories to paper for Days to Remember of the chip shop in Robert Street that his parents kept until 1929.

He said: "I well remember my father going to Mitchell's fish shop on the old market with a large basket on his arm every morning at six o'clock for a stone of cod and plaice for orders.

"We also had home made fish cakes, butter beans and dried peas steeped in water.

"Everything was done by hand in those days. Prices were chips one penny, fish two-pence and fishcake, peas and beans for two-pence.

"We opened for dinner tea and supper, six days a week and cleaned the chip range on Sunday morning."

Fortunately the family managed to grab some moments of relaxation.

"On Sunday afternoon my father went to bed for a well-earned rest."

"It was hard work, long hours, and poor pay in those days.