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Fish Supper In Cookstown Reaches £42. Credit Union Sees Rise In Loans.
The Cookstown Credit Union has urged chip shop owners to lower the price of a fish supper after it saw a rise in loans for Friday fast-food family meals.
One of Cookstown’s newest outlets, The Cod’s Pollocks, has defended the price rise, citing the cost of the newspapers to put the food into, as well as the price of the small plastic forks.
Shop owner Nemo Fisher fumed:
“People need to wise up and quit moaning about it. Sure everything is going up. I bought a tin of Lilt and a Marathon last week in a shop in Pomeroy and it gave me 50p change from a fiver. People don’t realise the cost of things. Sure the Guardian newspaper is nearly £5 on a Saturday and that’s our favourite newspaper for cods.”
Cookstown man Ray Haddock revealed he had to take on a part-time job this week in the evenings to pay for a rake of fish suppers he bought at the weekend for his son’s 7th birthday.
‘Big Shot’ Clonoe Man Yet To Collect £26 Grand National Winnings
Man pretending to be Campbell
A Clonoe plasterer, who has been accused of acting the big shot by neighbours this week, has yet to claim his winnings from the Grand National after he put £1 straight on Many Clouds which won at 25-1 ten days ago.
Peader Campbell (37), who almost missed putting the bet on in time due to a failure to put his clock forward an hour two weeks before that, maintains he’ll pick up the £26 ‘some time in the future‘ as he wasn’t too bad for cash at the minute.
Neighbour and friend of the family Johnny Dooley explained how Campbell’s reluctance to claim his winnings hasn’t gone down well in the community:
“Who does he think he is? You see him out mowing the lawn and smirking to himself. I even saw him with a new jumper on him at Mass on Sunday and him still to collect the money from the bookies. He’s really rubbing our noses in it.”
Local bookmaker Declan O’Neill revealed he turns away up to a dozen Peader Campbell imposters a day who attempt to claim the money dressed like a plasterer or wearing a jumper similar to Campbell’s new one.
“Even his wife came in yesterday pretending to be her husband. He has 30 days to collect it so it’s only going to get worse. It’s great publicity all the same. I’ve already a banner up outside the shop saying ‘The Bookies Where Campbell Won £26’. “
Campbell has yet to reveal when he will collect the winnings. Rumours suggest he will buy a fish supper and Fanta Orange from Landi’s with the money and use the rest for general groceries.
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