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[Hopkirk]

Wimpy

 

I remember they usually smelt of slightly burnt tea cakes.

[naomi24]

Wasn't he one of Popeye's friends?

[roadman]

what happened to wimpy their aesthetic would go down well in todays market 

[Hopkirk]

People want faster food when on the road now 

[Patsy33]

I liked Wimpy, occasionally. Better than McDonald's. Not that I have a lot of fast foods..

[Hopkirk]

When my son was little he used to like the mini doughnuts with chocolate dipping sauce

[Hopkirk]

I seem to remember they took over their competitor 'Happy Eater'. Their logo was a smiling face putting their fingers down their throat.

[nicebloke1]

Rubber springs to mind.

[Hopkirk]

Sorry I was wrong. It was Little Chef who took over Happy Easter

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/HappyEaterlogo.png

 

It might be Little Chef who did the mini doughnuts too

[bednobs]

At least you got China and knives and forks :)

They used yo do a brown Derby which was a hot donut with ice cream and chocolate sauce. Well worth the 4 hrs of sticking to the back seat of your dad's  vinyl car on a trip to the seaside

[Zacs-Master]

Could you get them with a fried egg on top? I think you could. 

[nicebloke1]

Now I must admit, Little Chef produced some of the very best photo shoots of their food, but in reality? well they went bust.

[Hopkirk]

Oh yes Bednobs. The vinyl seats and no air conditioning. At least you had quarterlight windows you could scoop air in with.

What was your Dad's car? Cortina? Allegro?

[bednobs]

Escort mk ii I think. Then Morris ital 

I can remember both number plates but don't know my own now

[-SharonA-]

I loved the curved sausage!

[Hopkirk]

Is that the one they called the 'bender'

[nicebloke1]

I only opened my wallet one time inside a Little Cef in all the years it opperated, and that was for the loverly breakfast that was displayed on the poster outside. I came away just as hungry as what I was when I went in. The only good point I can think of is that the inside was spotless, but it would be if they don't cook very much.

[Arksided]

Not bad on occassion but it was a BK double for me, MacD was too far away on foot from work at the time in the city center. But the best burgers ever were a local cafe/shop near to home. 

[roopower]

Ooooh brown derby, yes please