FISH and chip chain said today it would save the original Harry Ramsden’s restaurant in West Yorkshire with a £500,000 investment.

<p><h1 class="mainHeadline" style="margin-top: 14px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 2.182em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: #505050; width: 616px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Rival chips in with £500,000 to restore the original Harry Ramsden’s</h1><div class="image-caption" style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; font-size: 0.9em; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><img alt="Harry Ramsden's at Guiseley" class="editorialSectionImg" src="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.4219628.1328544627!image/1433046630.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/1433046630.jpg" style="border-image: initial; 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vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">A FISH and chip chain said today it would save the original Harry Ramsden’s restaurant in West Yorkshire with a £500,000 investment.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Harry Ramsden’s announced last year that it was to close its original Guiseley branch - the first restaurant it opened in the UK - after 83 years in business.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Today, the Wetherby Whaler fish and chip group revealed it would take over the premises and return the restaurant to its “glory days”.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In November, Harry Ramsden’s said its flagship restaurant, which opened in Guiseley, Leeds, in 1928, was losing money and needed a considerable investment before it could become profitable again.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The branch, which led to the chain of 35 restaurants across the UK, was originally run out of a wooden “shed” before moving into its famous art nouveau-style building, complete with chandeliers, in 1931.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Now, the Wetherby Whaler group, which has four restaurants and takeaways in Yorkshire, said it would invest £500,000 on refurbishing the restaurant to become its flagship branch.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">A spokeswoman for the group said the famous chandeliers would be updated with new fittings and it was hoped that the original “shed” could be preserved.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Phillip Murphy, who launched the Wetherby Whaler with his wife Janine in 1989, said: “The famous fish and chip restaurant in Guiseley is the spiritual home of fish and chips in England. It would be a national scandal if it were to close at this time of economic uncertainty.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“Our investment has saved a Yorkshire landmark and will ensure the tradition of fine fish and chips continues at this important location.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“The new Wetherby Whaler in Guiseley will be our flagship restaurant. We expect it to recapture the atmosphere and flavours of Harry Ramsden’s best years.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“We are confident that with the right investment, careful attention to detail, great-tasting fish and chips and excellent value for money, we will make a lasting success of this new venture and return the restaurant to its glory days.</p><p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font: normal normal normal 100%/1.25 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.091em; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“Our family-owned business is built on solid foundations and this has given us the confidence to invest. It fits perfectly with our business strategy of controlled growth and accentuates our belief that Yorkshire is a great place to do business.”</p></div></p>

FISH and chip chain said today it would save the original Harry Ramsden’s restaurant in West Yorkshire with a £500,000 investment.

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