We’ve got a fish lot of archive scenes to celebrate after Colmans announced it was changing its name.
Have a look at these Shields Gazette archive memories from 2008 to 2024, showing everything from spaceship-shaped chips to the day Keith Chegwin called in.
9. Quite the queue in 2019
It was just as busy at Colman's on Good Friday in 2019, as this photo from the Shields Gazette archives shows. | sg
10. Delivering a 2020 memory
Colmans Fish and Chips on Ocean Road which announced its delivery or click and collect service in 2020. Richard Ord (Snr) with sons Dominic and Richard (R) are pictured. | sg Photo: Stu Norton
11. A Temple view
Colmans Seafood Temple in South Shields in a Shields Gazette archive photo which takes us back to April 2020. | sg Photo: Stu Norton
12. Matt gets his order
Matt Logan from Low Simonside with his Good Friday fish and chips from Colmans. It's another great scene from 2023. | sg