Chip range

1982.984 DUP1

Part of

Social History

The social and community history collections include objects and stories that reflect the diverse histories and experiences of Liverpool people.

Exhibition

Currently on display in Wondrous Place, Second Floor, Museum of Liverpool

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About this object

This coal-fired fish and chip range was used by Mr and Mrs Openshaw in their chip shop at 147 Rice Lane, Walton from 1925 until 1982.

In 1982 it was believed to be one of the last coal-fired ranges still in use in the country and was reluctantly replaced with a gas-fired range by the Openshaws when the area was made a smokeless zone.

Peter Morgan’s firm, ‘Morgan & Co. Tinplate Workers’, made the range at Cazneau Street, Liverpool. Mr Openshaw’s mother, Alice, who helped out in the shop, remembered choosing the tiled picture of a Scottish Loch from one of their catalogues.

The fish and chips from Openshaw’s were well-loved, with people coming from miles around to buy them. Alice said customers would often ask her for the secret of her batter recipe, but of course she would never tell.

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Object specifics

Title

Chip range
Accession no.

1982.984 DUP1
Type

Fryer
Artist/Maker

P Morgan
Place made

Europe: Northern Europe: UK: England: Merseyside: Liverpool
Date made

1925 about
Materials

Metal; Ceramic
Location

Museum of Liverpool, Second Floor, Wondrous Place
Measurements

1950 mm x 1820 mm x 750 mm; weight 353 kg.
Related people

P Morgan (Artist/maker)
Collection

From the Museum of Liverpool collections

Object view = Social History
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