{"id":81456,"date":"2025-05-07T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81456\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:13:18","slug":"birmingham-fish-and-chip-shops-announce-nostalgic-5p-deal-to-celebrate-ve-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81456\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham fish and chip shops announce &#8216;nostalgic&#8217; 5p deal to celebrate VE Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chip shops are putting on a one-day menu with wartime prices to mark the historic anniversary<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_HG_UberEats_Billionth-2434.jpg\" alt=\"College Fish Bar and Harleys Fish Bar are selling cones of chips from 5p on VE Day\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>College Fish Bar and Harleys Fish Bar are selling cones of chips from 5p on VE Day(Image: Michael Leckie )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, two Birmingham takeaways are putting on a deal which is cheap as chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The two fish and chip shops in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> will be selling cones of chips from only 5p to celebrate the historic day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officially known as Victory in Europe Day, VE Day celebrates German armed forces surrendering on May 8, 1945, a significant step towards the end of World War Two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read More:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/best-fish-chip-shops-gorgeous-31374993\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">The best fish and chip shops with gorgeous views of the West Midlands<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Exclusively for the day, Harleys Fish Bar in Great Barr and College Fish Bar in Kingstanding are putting on a &#8216;nostalgic&#8217; menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Including a cone of chips from 5p, the VE Day menu includes spam fritters and potato scallops for 50p.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A traditional serving of cod and chips will cost \u00a34.99, but there is one important rule on the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The VE Day specials will run from 12-2pm and 4-7pm at both locations, making for a cheap and cheerful lunch or dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On social media, Harleys Fish Bar posted: &#8220;This 8th of May, we\u2019re celebrating VE Day \u2013 marking the end of World War Two in Europe in 1945.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A day of relief, joy, and national pride, when communities came together to celebrate peace\u2026 and of course, shared plenty of good old fish and chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;To honour this historic day, we\u2019re serving up nostalgic offers \u2013 perfect for families, friends, and anyone who loves a proper British classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Pop in and be part of the celebration. Fish, chips, and freedom \u2013 just how it should be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In March, College Fish Bar made the news as the father-and-son chip shop received UberEats <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/birmingham-fish-chip-shop-family-31189523\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">one billionth<\/a> food delivery order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/birmingham-fish-chip-shop-family-31189523\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive,<\/a> owner Sukhvinder Dhillon said: &#8220;Our popularity comes down to two things: good quality and good food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to have service with a smile and fresh food, you can&#8217;t go wrong with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The chip shops are putting on a one-day menu with wartime prices to mark the historic anniversaryCollege Fish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[17542,855,748,9160,393,25038,4884,19657,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-81456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-armed-forces","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-cheap-as-chips","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-barr","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-kingstanding-and-oscott","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114465787435175962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}