25 JUNE 1988, Page 41

Roy Fuller

I.m. W.H. Chaloner ob. 25.v.1987

Professor Chaloner linked the history Of fish and chips to the cotton industry, My native town of Oldham especially.

— This in the legendary final section Of the work entitled Trends in Fish Consumption, Reached by students with sudden stupefaction.

— Moreover, lived and died in that damp place, Among green moors and roseate factories; By then the deafening spindles more or less Mere things historical, and even (perhaps According to his thesis) fish and chips, Among vile dens of hamburgers and kebabs.