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Bells Lane Fish Bar, Druids Heath

Apr 24 2008 By Graham Young

Bells Lane Fish Bar

CLOSE to the A435 Maypole island gateway to Worcestershire's beautiful countryside, you'll find this chippy behind the Phoenix pub. The grotty row of mostly-shuttered shops scarily resembled the set of a Hollywood zombie movie at sunset. My chatty and bright-eyed server scooped up a 70p bag of deep-yellow chips which crashed through the 500g line on my in-car scales like a bag of cement. They tasted better than expected, but a mere handful was enough for me.

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