Poppie’s is renowned for their authentic fish and chips – and it’s little wonder, with born and bred East-end proprietor, Pat ‘Pop’ Newland, at the helm. Pop’s career in the fish and chip business started in 1952 when, aged 11, he got a job on Roman Road cutting up copies of The Daily Mirror to wrap fish and chips in. Half a century on, with decades of experience behind him, ‘Pop’ founded his own fish and chip shop, lending his name to the first branch of Poppie’s. The shop is filled with retro memorabilia from Pop’s childhood,
