Frodsham Town Council, working with 4 Seasons, were delighted to provide a fish and chip lunch for members of the Frodsham OPAL Group this week, as part of the Town’s celebration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The elderly members enjoyed some live music, made arts and crafts, had bingo and a raffle and reminisced with a library memory box to remember those involved with D Day.
Frodsham Care Home residents are looking forward to their fish and chips on Thursday.
Fish and chips were called ‘Good Companions’ by Winston Churchill who ensured they weren’t rationed as he felt it would be detrimental to the morale of the nation. Even more incredible is that during the D-day landings, soldiers who found themselves behind enemy lines at night and needed a way of telling whether someone nearby was a friend of foe – they devised a two-word code… one would call ‘fish’ and the other replied ‘chips’!
Fish and chips are often considered the British national dish and this humble meal was a vital ingredient of the war effort in both the First and Second World Wars. The British Government safeguarded the supply of fish and potatoes during both world wars to ensure the dish.