European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Harry Ramsden fish and chips a worker loads potatoes into the Chip another machine cuts and Butters Harry Ramsden fish and chips serves up traditional by King Cruger Bureau chief get out a Pencil and paper and Jot Down the following grocery list one million and ten thousand pounds of pounds of fish make sure that it is Haddock and not cod pounds of cooking loaves of pounds of sugar and the same amount of pints of pints of milk and bottles of lets have we left anything out of five tons of Tea and a Pinch of relatively about these Are some of the ingredients needed to feed the million customers a year who flock to Harry the busiest and most famous fish and chips shop in the founded by the late Harry Ramsden in nearby Bradford in 1912 in those Days it Cost a Penny for the fish and a half Penny for the the present Day establishment is located in West Yorkshire Guiseley at a Busy Crossroads on the a65 Highway Between Leeds and Ilkley Ramsden is the general motors when it comes to sheer and the Roll Royce when it comes to of fish and chips Ramsden has a giant parking lot with room for 400 cars and 20 its during the course of one recent three Day Holiday Ramsden fed they didst All sit in the dining a rather posh place for a anyway with Bowers of Flowers and Many of them took advantage of the restaurants Takeaway from Harry Ramsden moved his fish and chips shop in 1928 into a wooden hut across the Street from the present it was a Success from the word go and the move into the present restaurant was made in it was doubled in size in but there Are no plans for More we dont want to expand because expansion would take away from the attraction of the customers expect to line up to eat at Harry a photo of the first Harry Ramsden decorates one of the restaurant neighbors shop is More than a Fork in the Road tripes photos Gus Shoettler looking More like a grand dining room than a fast food Harry Ramsden serves up thousands of orders a its part and parcel of the experience to have to queue and said Alex the restaurants on Busy customers might wait an hour to get once they dont have to hang about Long because the restaurant turns Over each seat in its 174seat dining room every 37 minutes on the idea from the Start has been to give customers Quality at a reasonable we believe in operating on a Small profit margin with a Large Outing Ramsden employs 140 people to keep the food and its open every Day from until so Well known is Ramsden that prime minister Margaret Thatcher made a Campaign Stop there last year and served customers at the Takeaway Ramsden Doest serve fresh we use Frozen because its impossible for us to get fresh fish in consistent Quality and most of the fish comes from Norway and we always keep two weeks of fish in Stock at All times we dare not run its All this is Haddock country up in the North of England the South of England is cod they Cook in Oil Down but up Here we use drippings animal it makes for a lighter product that int explained Ramsden skins All its we have to skin they wont eat skin in Yorkshire people like to clean their if there is like left on the they feel they Haven had a Good said who has been in the fish and chips Trade for 21 even though Ramsden uses Frozen it believes fresh is Best when it comes to the chips come in As whole potatoes and Are then washed and Cut shortly before they Are Cut thick so that they retain heat the shop uses 100 percent Canadian Rye flour in its which is mixed up in four gallon batches to a patented fish and chips Are cooked alternately in the same this alternation keeps the Oil clean and adds flavor to both according to Ramsden was the first fish and chips shop to serve its products in according to and has never served it in serving fish and chips in newspaper is no longer allowed in England he although establishments still May use newspaper for the outer How Good is the fish and chips at Ramsden according to my taste its the crust on the fish is Light and Flaky and not a bit Greasy and the chips Are grease free and piping prices Are quite reasonable Haddock and Complete with bread and butter and a costs pounds in the dining a childrens portion of the same Sells for the menu is rather having fewer than a Hal dozen different fish dishes on the menu has been that Way since and there Are no plans for changing according to Why change something that works he 10 stripes Magazine May May stripes Magazine