On Friday 16th September, the Rose family welcomed us into ‘Holly Tree Fish & Chips’ in Livesey (Blackburn). For the second Ben Shaws® Chippy Friday, the day was already looking bright when customers started turning up from 11:30am to vote for their favourite family chippy to win the award.

Local press came down for a press call with the Rose family and their famous fish and chips, with the family portrait making it onto the front page of the Lancashire Telegraph. Michael Rose said “it’s like looking at a reflection of Tom Cruise” - we’ll let you make up your own mind on that one!

Following the photo shoot, the Ben Shaws® team encouraged customers to vote for their favourite family chippy and try a can of Ben Shaws®. They had their pick of cloudy lemonade, cream soda, bitter shandy or dandelion and burdock – which came out on top.

Heading into town, the team visited the local shopping centre The Mall in Blackburn where they met a lot of fans of the Holly Tree - all looking forward to their chippy tea that evening.

We spoke to one customer who comes all the way from Chorley, just to buy her and her husband their chippy tea every Friday night “I come over every Friday, their fish and chips are the best and they are so welcoming, definitely my Favourite Family Chippy!”.

So the battle is now in full swing and we’re on the East coast this coming Friday (23rd September) for the final Chippy Friday at the ‘Royal Fisheries’ in Whitby. If you haven’t already, make sure you vote for your Favourite Family Chippy here or in store.

…and in case you needed to find your way to pop in and say hi to the Rose family, their address is: Holly Tree Fish & Chips, 6 Pinewood, Holly Tree Village, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 5AD.