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|  Posted - 05 Jul 2012 : 4:38:05 PM    
Hi I was born in Forfar but my family on my Mothers side are all from Arbroth. My Mother had 2 sisters and a brother.
Their parents ran the fish and chip shop in Applegate in the 60s.
Joe and his wife came over from Italy and joined his brother who also owned a fish and chip shop in Fishacre Arbroath. I would like any information or photographs of Applegate and especially the shop at number 1 Applegate.
I have massive fond memories of my amazing grandparents who took me on many exciting day trips in the countryside and spoil me silly.
Thanks for your help. |
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DerekSupreme Master Smokie Arbroath, Scotland2283 Posts
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4 days ago | Posted - 06 Jul 2012 : 11:33:37 AM
Welcome to the site bridiegirl,
There's been much discussion over the years regarding your well known Arbroath family. I had the please of chatting to old George Dora and two of his sons when over visiting the town from Italy a couple of years ago. George sold up his chippy (The Star) in 1994 and retired to the old country.
If you do a few searches for "dora" I'm sure you'll find some good stuff in the old posts.
Cheers,
Derek.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others.
-- Groucho Marx |
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stanSenior Smokie  Canada773 Posts
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30 Apr 2013 | Posted - 19 Jul 2012 : 8:43:58 PM
I thought the one at Fisheracre was owned by Joe? maybe it was Frank?(memory fading) and was eventually run by his daughter Jeannie
There was also Johnny Dora and his family who had the chip shop at the bottom of the High Street where i think is an Italian restaraunt now His son was Paul Dora who I think still lives in the town Last saw him about 20 years ago |
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stanSenior SmokieCanada773 Posts
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30 Apr 2013 | Posted - 19 Jul 2012 : 9:01:55 PM
The more I think about it I think the Dora at Fisheracre was Frank..Definately Jeannie was the Daughter |
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ciceroWee Haggis Arbroath, Scotland38 Posts
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28 Apr 2013 | Posted - 20 Jul 2012 : 10:48:41 AM
The shop was owned by Chae Dora and Jeannie was indeed his daughter( the one in Fishacre). |
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stanSenior SmokieCanada773 Posts
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30 Apr 2013 | Posted - 20 Jul 2012 : 2:41:42 PM
Phew Thanks for that Ive been thinking all night on it!! Frank didnt sound right!! |
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smithyHaggis Supper (with extra sauce) Canada153 Posts
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21 Apr 2013 | Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 11:04:59 PM
When I lived in West Newgate up to 1957 I must have lined up for chips at least three times a week at Johnny Dora,s on the high street. My gram lived at 32 Ladybridge street and used to send me up there as well for a pokey. Mind you Pepos was good too!
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JoLingWee Haggis1 Posts
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12 Jan 2013 | Posted - 12 Jan 2013 : 11:51:06 AM
Hi
Joe Dora was my grandfather! I lived in Applegate (over the shop) as a kid.
Uncle Chae (whose real name was Emilio) had the chip shop in Fisheracre. He made the best ice cream on the planet. |
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acdonaldsonWee HaggisUnited Kingdom1 Posts
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07 Mar 2013 | Posted - 07 Mar 2013 : 4:23:14 PM
Hi, My wife is a Dora, her mother was Ola and her father was Serafino Dora, Chae was her grandfather and of course Joe was her uncle. Joe's children, young Joe, Mary , Angie and Chelie were her Aunts and uncles. I believe the shop in Applegate was originally owned by Chae, who gave it to Joe when he bought and moved to Fisheracre. Chae also owned the Chippie in Guthrie port, which was run by my wifes father and his young brother, Guilio, Mary and Jeannie were their sisters. |
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flintstoneSenior Smokie 901 Posts
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Yesterday | Posted - 07 Mar 2013 : 6:50:14 PM
I always thought that the chippies in Guthrie Port were both owned by Jim Zaccarini (Jim Zac). Jim and his wife ran the one next to Riley's toy shop (near the top of Guthrie Port, and it also had a sitting room. Both were taken over in later years by McMillan's the TV firm) and his sisters Mary and Jeannie ran the one further down on the opposite side, next to Koziol the grocers. Jim Zac's shop lasted longer than the smaller one his sisters worked in. |
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MarcolWee Smokie 227 Posts
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2 days ago | Posted - 10 Mar 2013 : 2:51:07 PM
Hi Flintstone - I agree with you, both were owned by the Zaccarini family. |
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lulubabeHaggis Supper  United Kingdom73 Posts
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12 May 2013 | Posted - 03 May 2013 : 4:56:26 PM
Did the Zaccarini family own a chip shop in Jamieson Street...just off the West Port? I remember going in there after the cinema and sitting on a wooden bench at a wooden table. Some members of the Fairport Wheelers Cycling used to meet there. |
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flintstoneSenior Smokie901 Posts
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Yesterday | Posted - 04 May 2013 : 12:12:45 AM
There was a chippy in Dishlandtown Street, off the West Port, but I think it was owned by the Becci's. It was later owned by a Mr Schiavetta, then I think Cadman had it before opening the present shop on the West Port. There may well have been a chippy in Jamieson Street, but not in my lifetime. |
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lulubabeHaggis SupperUnited Kingdom73 Posts
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12 May 2013 | Posted - 04 May 2013 : 12:24:51 PM
Thank you Flinstone.....it was Becci's, in Dishland Town Street, you jogged my memory. I remember Cadman's only being on the West Port. My school friend Irene Gillespie married one of the Cadman's ,her father had a Bakers shop in Helen Street. He made gorgeous rhubarb pies. |
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MarcolWee Smokie227 Posts
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2 days ago | Posted - 04 May 2013 : 10:16:27 PM
Hi Lulubabe - Where about was that bakers shop in Helen Street, I remember a sweetie shop on the same side as the railway near to the Spink Street corner, was that it. |
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Dora family. pre 1960. 
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