Does anyone remember a chip shop called the White House which stood in Andover Street, between Rock Street and Nottingham Street?

I was a whitewashed building which looked like a single-storey thatched cottage (although if it ever was thatched, in the 40s it had a slate roof). The walls were rough and it had a small front window in the chip-shop part. In the only other room you could hear the rumbler machine peeling spuds.

Its still open last time i went :D

not sure if it re-open !
but kath and bernard that ran it for many years no longer do....kath sadly passed away ....... and bernard decided to retire .......great people both of them known them all my life and their two sons ..................bernard always had something cheeky to say and would make everyone smile:bigsmile:
my mum worked for them when i was small ! really really nice people :clap:

is that that really tiny one? think i went there once when i had the munchies :P

A damn fine chip shop :)

yeah i remember it, i used to live on pye bank close and fox street when i was a young lass, my friend lived in the house on the corner.

Sorry to dissapoint you all but its no longer a chippy,ive seen work men doing something inside last year then it went up for sale and has been sold.Dont know what it is now but its definatly not a chip shop.
:sad:
:shakes:
:suspect:

sorry to tell you its not i chippy anymore,i am the builder that did it up.it is now a one bedroom home and at the moment is rented out,the plan for the future is to build an extension on the back to make it a 3 bedroom property

It was my favourite chippy all through my teens. Friendly couple ran it then.

Thanks for all the replies!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Originally posted by whodatden
sorry to tell you its not i chippy anymore,i am the builder that did it up.it is now a one bedroom home and at the moment is rented out,the plan for the future is to build an extension on the back to make it a 3 bedroom property Is the ghost still there.....:suspect:

I knew Bernard and Kath very well as they had the chippy at the top of Andover Street to.
Bernard was there up to a few years ago.
I knew the two sons Anthony and Nicholas ( I think ).
Anthony I believe married one of the Gower family.

Clarefl, I may know your mum if she worked there during the 70s.

haunted well we did'nt see or feel anything funny while we worked on it,had some nice orbs on the photos i took

Originally posted by whodatden
haunted well we did'nt see or feel anything funny while we worked on it,had some nice orbs on the photos i took Orbs,, you mean dust..:suspect:
Bernard used to see the ghost on regular occasions I was told.

A bit of history 108 Andover st in 1891,hope i'm right on address

John Reynolds age 40 cab proprietor born Stone Leigh, War.

Here is a delicate question regarding Kath and Bernard.

Is the last name Greaves and before running the White House, did they run a chip shop at the top of Spital Street (until the mid 60s) ? Or have I mixed them up with someone else. Sorry if I'm right off the track.

Your right on track mate there, but I'm not sure about the chippy on Spital Hill.
As mentioned they had the one at the top of Andover Street from new about 1967 so it is possible they moved from there to the one above.

Thanks for info. The reason I asked is I believe I knew Bernard from Pye Bank but he was a few years in front of me. It's possible that Bernard had a younger brother, Raymond, who was in my class. Small world if I'm correct.

Once again, thanks for all our help.

yes again falls
he has got a brother called raymond !
good day to you !
clare x:clap:

I remember this chippy, and I agree it was one of the best - if not the best - in the City. I always used, when I was a postie, to make the delivery pad out so I could call in there for some food.

Shame it's no longer in use, they don't make chippies like these anymore.

aaaaa..the white house chippy.i used to live on the flats opposite it on nottingham street and used to go every friday night after boys brigade..i saw bernard about a year or so ago in the city center.my auntie used to work for them when they had the chippy at the top of andover street..her name was kath compson.

Used to frequent the white house chippy a lot, Whilst on the subject of shops anybody remember Cairas (sp)?
Run by Tony and his Mum best ice cream around. One of those shops that never closed. Remember that if you went in for something and he hadn't got it he would try his damndedst to sell you something else. Top bloke.

I used to go in Cairas all the time. An Bernard & Kaths chippy at the top of Andover St. I was so glad when they opened up there. it saved a big climb up from the Wite House. Saturday nights watching one of the groups on at the Loco Club then a bag of chips on the way home.

Here is a delicate question regarding Kath and Bernard.

Is the last name Greaves and before running the White House, did they run a chip shop at the top of Spital Street (until the mid 60s) ? Or have I mixed them up with someone else. Sorry if I'm right off the track.

You are on the right track. You have not mixed them up with anyone else. Your information is correct.

I used to go in Cairas all the time. An Bernard & Kaths chippy at the top of Andover St. I was so glad when they opened up there. it saved a big climb up from the Wite House. Saturday nights watching one of the groups on at the Loco Club then a bag of chips on the way home.
Stop it mate you're bringing a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat
lol

In fact, Bernard and Kath are responsible for a life changing moment, the first time I had ..............................battered mushrooms.