Northern dad left ‘needing therapy’ after paying £54 for round of fish and chips in London

A Northern dad was left ‘needing therapy’ after forking out £54 on fish and chips in London over the weekend.

Gareth Jones, who lives in the country’s famously overpriced capital, had his eighty-three year old father Les up from his home in Yorkshire for a visit.

On Saturday night, Les wanted to treat the family to some traditional London fish and chips, so gave Gareth his bank card to have them delivered to his home in Ilford, East London.

However, an innocently naive Les didn’t anticipate the price difference from his local chippy back in Yorkshire, so was a little alarmed to see the final bill.

Gareth, who works as a vicar, shared the hilarious mishap on Twitter, writing: “Dad wanted to buy fish and chips last night. We let him and he gave me his card to pay for them delivered. 

“He’s now trying to access therapy as he’s realised 4 rounds of fish, chips and mushy peas cost him £54. 

“Welcome to London, Yorkshireman.”

Gareth’s tweet was quick to go viral, with it garnering over 12,000 likes and 600 retweets from amused Twitter users.

One sympathetic user wrote: “Where’s the link to the go fund me page? That would be £28 round here with a whale of a cod.”

Asked in another post whether it was enjoyable in the end, Gareth replied: “It was delicious. Always is from my local. And they pay their staff a London Living Wage, so happy to pay it.”

Following his dad’s new-found viral fame, Gareth then gave an update, writing: “Dad is slowly recovering, helped by some red wine and reassuring words.

“He’s tickled that this post generated so much fun. Here he is looking much more content and very good for 83!”

In an interview, Gareth explained that the Twitter debate gave his dad ‘a lot of laughs’ and cheered him up following the loss of his wife of forty-six years.

Someone get this man to an affordable chippy immediately!