Fishmongers

[sonicyouth]

Its the fish for breakfast that got me

Smoked salmon for breakfast is good, pickled herring not so much. Visiting the in-laws at Christmas there was something like 14 different types of pickled herring on the breakfast table

[@MacPhlea]

We need to plaice the blame somewhere.

For cods sake give it a break!

[Dozno9]

These puns really hake me off.

[Sir Pissalot]

You're talking pollocks!

[ronnie21]

You don't see em about these days, the occasional butchers yes. Sweet shops is another 

Old fashioned sweets in jars are available at the cook shop in Faringdon Road, cannot remember what it is called, used to be a sewing shop.  They do a lot of cakes and baking stuff in there as well.

[Saxondale]

Chippenham has 2 old fashioned sweet shops.  Cant see em lasting mind you, not both of them.

[@MacPhlea]

I just saw a guy filming a pair of crustaceans being buried alive under a pile of rubble on his camera phone... I think he was making a hardcore prawn movie

[suttonred]

There's still a fishmongers up here in Reading (in the aptly nicknamed Smelly Alley). It's superb as well, albeit not cheap.

Is it just one left down there? Used to be several when i lived there.

[4D]

Newbury has an ace sweet shop, actually shopping in Newbury is pretty good

[Anteater]

Last fishmongers in town was in Market Street, near Castle's. Proper good shop, nothing was ever too much trouble, when it came to advice and filleting etc.

 Somehow, the sections in the supermarkets just aren't the same...even though sometimes you can get a good buy

I thought the last one was a fishmomgers / grocer on Groundwell Rd ? (also good), plus the newsagents opposite the Wheatsheaf on Newport St has a decent selection os sweeties !!!

[fatbasher]

Can't think of a single fishmonger in Swindon, which is a shame.
Only a couple of butchers I can think of as well. I prefer to buy meat from a butcher where possible.
Sometimes i'll go into town on a Saturday morning especially to go into McGuire's to get meat for the weekend.

There's a good one in Lechlade that also sells fruit, veg, local beer/wine, fresh bread, cheese, chutneys, etc. I walked in and it was like my idea of heaven.

Try Three Trees Farm shop at Chiseldon. Or Cobbs Farmshop at Hungerford if you are EITHERpassing or live within easy traveling distance for meat. Real gems in an oasis of poor quality.

[Ginginho]

Cheers, I'll pop in the Three Trees tomorrow

[4D]

I'm feeling quite chipper, start a thread about something that pops into your head and someone else is prompted to do something they might not have thought of.

[fatbasher]

Cheers, I'll pop in the Three Trees tomorrow

Tell the butcher with grey hair that the man from TTEF "Fatbasher" reccomended them to you.

[Honkytonk]

To be fair, there are few places in Britain farther from the sea (that are an actual town) than Swindon.