Fish and chip shop opening hours

[lewisgcox]

Is it true that fish and chip shops in the uk are not allowed to open on sundays? and that they somehow brought this upon themselves?

[Quizmonster]

I'm not sure about the "not allowed" element, but I believe the reason - at least in fishing-ports where religion was strong - these shops remained closed on Sundays because there was no landing of fresh fish permitted on the Sabbath.

[CheekyChops]

The chippy's around here all open on Sunday so I don't think that it's not allowed at all, more likely to be as Quizmonster says.

[Buenchico]

To the best of my knowledge, there is no national legislation which prohibits fish and chip shops from opening on Sundays. However, some areas may have their own bye-laws.

It's quite a few years since I lived in Sheffield (so the bye-laws might have changed) but it certainly used to be illegal to serve fish and chips (to take away) on Sundays within the city boundaries.

Many of the chippies in Sheffield were (and probably still are) run by Chinese familes and served both fish and chips and Chinese food. They were all open on Sundays but it was strictly for 'Chinese food only'.

I now live in Suffolk. I've never seen a chippy around here open on a Sunday, except in coastal resorts (which have always had special trading exemptions throughout the country).

Chris

[Gef]

Had lovely fish and chips in Penrith last Sunday and noticed that the local ones were still open when I got back to Glasgow.