Favourite CRISPS...
Either Kettle.. um... crisps or McCoy's MAN CRISPS. OOH! or sour cream and chive Pringles!
As for chips, I live in Leicester now and you can't get decent chips for love nor money. It's a proven fact that the further south you go, the worse the chips are. (They might improve if you get as far down as Devon or Cornwall or whatever though, I think it's to do with proximity to the sea).
NE England may not have a lot going for it, but takeaways are a speciality.
BEHOLD!
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