They do indeed still have a London Bridge. Good post Galvi...
I once lived in London, for around 10 months or so. I loved living there, hated the job I was doing tho; cried myself to sleep nearly every night with depression. Since then I've never repeated the mistake of working for a boss; now I work for myself. I was young and naive, lol. But, living in London does have distinct advantages against those disadvantages that are obvious, such as the cost and the volume of inhabitants (altho few actually live in London, but more in surrounding area's).
One, for example is that I found that even in the dead of winter, one could walk across London Bridge during the evening and not feel cold in the slightest. Its the perfect evening walk also, at whatever time of year, and especially when tourists are not so thick on the ground. I was continually amazed at how warm it was too be in London (in the heart of it), at any time of the day or night. The evening balm and the lights around the Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus (altho that seems so much less exciting now, I hardly recognised it recently when up there), etc, are enthralling. Theres a kind of surreal ambience to it.
The fish and chips did indeed look good. But, in all honesty, I would have to say that it is rare to find a fish and chip shop over here, where the chips conform to anything of such a description. They are often refried, overcooked, or just a mushy mess, worse than the mushy peas sometimes. And often the smell of cheap cooking oil prevades them. One could, in my experience, search the length and breadth of the Uk, and be lucky to find chips that are edible. Just my opinion...
One would be extraordinarily lucky now, to even find a fish and chip shop that is even run or managed by a brit. To give them their due, some chinese F&C shops do seem to have got the recipe down right, but they are few and far between. Galvi, do they still have the 'Pie and Mash' shops there now?
The Pie and Mash shops would serve Eel Pie and a huge dollop of mash, with a greeny white sauce, I don't know if they still do so. My Mother tells me that in the 60's one would literally take ones plate to the shop and it would be served up on it, as a takeaway. lol. The vision of such is hilarious I know, but she swears that that was in vogue, in London at that time.