The Jolly Fryer will continue to serve up fish and chips to residents from Chale and surrounding villages every Wednesday – thanks to swift action from the Parish Council.
Andy and Caroline Phillips head over to the South Wight to visit the rural village of Chale every week – a sought-after treat for villagers. However, earlier this week Island Echo reported that the mobile fish and chip van had been informed they could no longer park up outside the former Chale Green Stores.
It was said that the American owner of the building, Vern Tyerman, had revoked permission for the chippy to trade from the car park with immediate effect. It has since transpired that he had asked the Phillips not to tell anyone about his plans to erect a fence – which rang alarm bells.
Now, Chale Parish Council has stepped in to reaffirm that Mr Tyerman does not own the area of tarmac and cannot stop The Jolly Fryer from parking there. Those who are actually responsible for the land have given the green light for chips to continue being served!
Normal service will resume in Chale on Wednesday 18th August. The Jolly Fryer will also still visit neighbouring villages of Niton (Fridays) and Godshill (Thursdays), as well as regular stops in St Helens (Saturdays) and Nettlestone (Thursday and Saturday).
Andy and Caroline have said:
“Thank you to all who’ve been so supportive and to those who’ve had a very busy day or two getting this sorted – not just for us but for the benefit of all in that area. We are happy to be back where we were and look forward to seeing you again.
“I suspect we are now off the Christmas card list from a ‘gentleman’ the other side of The Pond but we can live with that…”
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Glad to see someone had the common sense to look into the way that this lifeline of bringing food to chale this Vern chap is so arrogant in thinking he owns all the land well done to all who have sorted this out . I wonder if Vern has any neighbours back in the U S
Result. I don’t think Vern will be welcome in Chale
So if he doesn’t own the land in front of his proposed building plot, view will they build there now without crossing the patch.
Random strip pops to mind..
Goes to prove, you can have loads of money, but you need the brains too
Kharma is a wonderful thing. Maybe the building has lost a lot of value now if it can’t be accessed. Perhaps it should be taken off his hands for a suitable sum and returned to community use, we always stopped there for a coffee when we were in that neck of the woods.
Yes ,realy good point Mr B. Will the council now relook at planning permission obtained by Captain America. Had the planners considered access to the properties?
Please come to Wroxall any way
Isn’t it nice feeling when you can stick two fingers up at the powerful and gobby rich gits trying to take over everything and everyone’s enjoyment!
Jolly well done IE for bringing this to readers’ notice? Jolly good for the Jolly Fryer and the people of Chale!
Long memories of Island people will never forget what some US people with loadsa money did to the J.S.White’s shipyard in Cowes.
The best Chippy around.
It is a shame that people outside the UK can buy our homes and shops, then knock them down for profit.
Why?