It was way back in 1971 when I was just a nipper that I last had a cone of chips from Berriman' Chip Van, it was located at that time in Thomas Street at the rear of the Waterloo Public House, today Tregs shoe shop.
Yesterday the 8th of June 2011 a little piece of history was brought back to life, when Berrimans Chip Van finally rolled back into town & it was once again frying its legendary chips. Which the school children from Rosa Street Primary School weren't going to let a summer shower spoil their treat.
The chip van has recently been restored by "Ian Yates of Stanegate Restorations and Replicas of Haltwhistle" www.stanegatere... for Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham & it will feature in a new BBC documentary series 'Rebuilding Our Past - Episode 2 "Brick by Brick" ' broadcast on BBC2 13th of April 2012 along with a coke fired chip shop that is another new attraction at the museum.
The horse that originally pulled the chip van was stabled for many years behind Dicey's School in High Street, since demolished. The menu was simple & no frills, like life once was, Chips 4d - Fishcake & Chips 6d in old money, the van still has some original 1971 coke in a side hopper & some was even used today. The coke from the range can be seen exiting the van from its underside & resting upon a steel sheet which would be emptied by the vans vendor Bill Berriman,
The documentary was very good but most people that were interviewed regarding the 'chip van' seemed to only recollect the van working the street on an evening when the pubs had closed? This gave the wrong impression, Mr. Berriman worked on the wagon throughout most of the day, catering for the many shoppers & local residents of the town.
I missed Ian & Bonnie pulling the chip van back down the High Street today, and I'm also still waiting for that cone of chips, I just hope that I don't have to wait another forty years?
This footage will look really good on the Apple ipad 3
Notes: Filmed in less than twenty five minutes, once again I was on fire, just like the contents of the range!
Camara : Panasonic TM10
Editor: Sony Vegas 10 HD Platinum Production Suite
Music by Kevin MacLeod - www.incompetech.com
'Shores Of Avalon'
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