UK's first McDonald's
Discussion
Morningside said:
All prices excluding VAT. That would be bloody annoying,
Weren't there different VAT rates for some food if eaten in or out? Milkshakes? Long time ago now, not been in one for years.Do they still do QP with no cheese to order? Actually hot rather than luke warm.
BK kids' meals were better.
thelittleegg said:
Sticks. said:
Do they still do QP with no cheese to order? Actually hot rather than luke warm.
Yes, they will make anything you want and they always have done, since well before the internet went wild about the supposed 'secret menus' at places like McDonalds.I remember the first Drive Thru opening in Manchester in the mid 1980s. Unlike today you spoke into an overgrown shrub to place your order and the voice that spoke back sounded like one of the adults from the Charlie Brown cartoon.
Was great fun, even though we ate our food sat in the car in the car park.
Was great fun, even though we ate our food sat in the car in the car park.
Yep, I remember about 20 years back, in the KFC in my town, you had to pay extra for a milkshake if you were sitting in - or taking out, I really can't remember. Coke and every other drink didn't have the caveat, it was just milkshakes I think?
We used to live in a cardboard box in the middle of the road, as well, and walk to school (uphill both ways).
We were happy, though we were poor.
But you try and tell the young people today that, and they won't believe ya.
We used to live in a cardboard box in the middle of the road, as well, and walk to school (uphill both ways).
We were happy, though we were poor.
But you try and tell the young people today that, and they won't believe ya.
My Dad used to work for the company that owned Wimpy back when McDonalds first came to the UK.
They obviously got pretty worried about it (with good reason as it turned out!), and I remember us going on a research trip to a couple of the earliest sites one evening. I think it was Penge and Croydon we went to, I think Dad wanted to see how similar the two sites were.
So that was my first McDonald's burger, but what I remember most were the super-thick milkshakes, which I'd never had anything like before. It was also the first time I ever burnt my mouth on a McD's nuclear-hot apple pie... Happy days.
They obviously got pretty worried about it (with good reason as it turned out!), and I remember us going on a research trip to a couple of the earliest sites one evening. I think it was Penge and Croydon we went to, I think Dad wanted to see how similar the two sites were.
So that was my first McDonald's burger, but what I remember most were the super-thick milkshakes, which I'd never had anything like before. It was also the first time I ever burnt my mouth on a McD's nuclear-hot apple pie... Happy days.
The Moose said:
thelittleegg said:
Sticks. said:
Do they still do QP with no cheese to order? Actually hot rather than luke warm.
Yes, they will make anything you want and they always have done, since well before the internet went wild about the supposed 'secret menus' at places like McDonalds.mattdaniels said:
There's no such thing at McDonald'sGassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff