2008 fish and chip shop of the year competition wi

[malcolmwilliamson]

Hot on the heels of Michelin's 2009 awards, and as Fishworks goes into administration, last year's top fish and chips outlets have been revealed as:

1 Anstruther Fish Bar and Restaurant, Fife, Scotland

2 Colman's of South Shields, Tyne and Wear

3 Thornton Fisheries, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire

Other regional winners

Finnegan's, Porthcawl, Wales

Fish and Chicken Inn, Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Merchant Fish Bar, Bewdley, Worcestershire

Petrou Brothers, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

Scooby Snax, Brightlingsea, Essex.

The Plaice, Winchester, Hampshire

Daniels Fish and Chips, Weymouth, Dorset

Are there any surprises or omissions?

[Harters]

A mate tells me that the "Fish & Chicken Inn" used to be very good under a previous ownership. But not now.