Ex-Dons

[57vintage]

Never been from Aberdeen and never lived in Aberdeen. Is there a good chippy in Aberdeen?

No, there’s no such thing as a fast food takeaway in Aberdeen, or anywhere in the north east called a “chippy”, “chippie”, “chippé” or variants thereof. We have CHIPPERS, just be fuucking telt. Stan Boardman started this bastaard nonsense, and who’d want to be associated with that knob?

Sea Salt and Sole is the best chipper I know in the city. Mike’s is good, but the Mugiemoss branch’s service is so slow I once grew a serviceable beard waiting for a steak pie supper. The Ashvale in Middleton Park, despite its HQ’s reputation, is dreadful. You’ve to put the chips in the spin drier to make them semi-edible, the batter’s softer than a Richie Byrne header, and the haddock crumbles like a referee’s judgement when a hun dives within 500 metres of a penalty box.

Nothing beats Violet’s in Keith circa 1968 though. Actual factual Proper Mannies’ dripping the frying medium, changed about every 6 months whether it needed it or not, chips double-fried, batter that could shatter a dodgy molar, and black, mealy, haggis and Lawson of Dyce reed puddens that could have been used by fluffers in **** films. Ace jukebox too, and those in the know had discovered how to manipulate the volume control. Yaas. Paint It Black or A Whiter* Shade Of Pale bass-heavy accompanying vinegar-drinking contests, and restoring old pennies and ha’pennies to mint (ha!) condition by putting them in a saucer of Coca Cola. The rumour was that dissolving a Disprin in a glass of Coke could induce an LSD-type experience, but this was never verified.

* no offence to the gay community

[donsdaft]

Lawsons mince pie supper from the chipper opposite the uptown baths was the *******s.

Ashvale fish is hard to beat from Great Western Road.
Mr Lee does a decent job in the Torry Chipper

Heaps of offense to the poofters

[RED_JOHN]

No, there’s no such thing as a fast food takeaway in Aberdeen, or anywhere in the north east called a “chippy”, “chippie”, “chippé” or variants thereof. We have CHIPPERS, just be fuucking telt. Stan Boardman started this bastaard nonsense, and who’d want to be associated with that knob?

Sea Salt and Sole is the best chipper I know in the city. Mike’s is good, but the Mugiemoss branch’s service is so slow I once grew a serviceable beard waiting for a steak pie supper. The Ashvale in Middleton Park, despite its HQ’s reputation, is dreadful. You’ve to put the chips in the spin drier to make them semi-edible, the batter’s softer than a Richie Byrne header, and the haddock crumbles like a referee’s judgement when a hun dives within 500 metres of a penalty box.

Nothing beats Violet’s in Keith circa 1968 though. Actual factual Proper Mannies’ dripping the frying medium, changed about every 6 months whether it needed it or not, chips double-fried, batter that could shatter a dodgy molar, and black, mealy, haggis and Lawson of Dyce reed puddens that could have been used by fluffers in **** films. Ace jukebox too, and those in the know had discovered how to manipulate the volume control. Yaas. Paint It Black or A Whiter* Shade Of Pale bass-heavy accompanying vinegar-drinking contests, and restoring old pennies and ha’pennies to mint (ha!) condition by putting them in a saucer of Coca Cola. The rumour was that dissolving a Disprin in a glass of Coke could induce an LSD-type experience, but this was never verified.

* no offence to the gay community

Great reply. It’s obviously an Aberdeen thing this non chippy calling. I have never in my life heard anyone call it a chipper (before reading it on this board). It doesn’t really matter but it gives us a bit of humour. I will take your advice on the best “chipper” in the city if I ever suddenly desire a fish supper whilst in Aberdeen.
Paint it black and a whiter shade of pale are two great songs….I will give you that fella.

[RED_JOHN]

Heaps of offense to the poofters

[Shetland Don]

The Fort Chip Shop, Lerwick, does the best fish supper I have had, anywhere, ever, end of.

Few on here will be able to argue with that. I always though that a Chipper was a small bicycle, a bit smaller than a Chopper.

As an aside, I once had a frogs legs chip supper from the Ashvale in GWR after a night out. That’s true BTW.

[Don Julio]

At the risk of diverting this thread even more off course, I think you’re confusing a Chipper (which we have all established serves fish suppers, etc.) with a Grifter or a Boxer, which were Raleigh‘s 70s alternatives to the Chopper. The Boxer was a scaled down Grifter. Neither featured the Easy Rider aesthetics of the Chopper, but both arguably functioned better as bikes.

[57vintage]

Grifter

Not to be confused with the boy who drives the snowplough in Kemnay, the Garioch Gritter (c) who nearly had his windies put in by local vigilantes when they misheard the name and assumed that the tinfoil-clad nonce had settled on Donside.

[donsdaft]

As far as I can remember, a chopper was a bike you put together yourself.
Including of course the stupid seat and extended handlebars.

Big business of course copied this idea with a mass produced product which proved ridiculously popular.

A chipper of course sells chip suppers whereas a chippy is some sort of joiner or carpenter.

[57vintage]

joiner or carpenter.

The difference being that a joiner fashions items, furniture, building materials etc from timber, whilst a carpenter paint-sprays the back wing of your Cortina if you’ve bashed it.

[krakowdon]

The difference being that a joiner fashions items, furniture, building materials etc from timber, whilst a carpenter paint-sprays the back wing of your Cortina if you’ve bashed it.

I'm sorry, I haven't clue what you're on about.

[sonofrgmsdad]

The difference being that a joiner fashions items, furniture, building materials etc from timber, whilst a carpenter paint-sprays the back wing of your Cortina if you’ve bashed it.

I'm sorry, I haven't clue what you're on about.

Car-pinter: does that help?

[57vintage]

Car-pinter: does that help?

Er…whoooooooosh?

[Donanddusted]

A chipper of course sells chip suppers..

Is that chips with chips?

[57vintage]

Contrived link, but since ex-Don Billy Pirie played for the Lichties, here’s a good article about the planet’s second-best Maroons, for whom I have an affinity after providing educational support to their youth players in the early part of the century.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/arbroath-fcs-gayfield-park-is-a-delightfully-archaic-stadium-that-could-soon-be-gracing-the-scottish-premiership-ronnie-kerr-3636646?amp

[Mason89]

Just having a blether with the receptionist at work & she happened to mention that somebody called John McMaster was in the other week. Played football apparently. Canny believe I missed it.