Wimpy
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Will US-style fast-food conquer Britain? 1981’s children are saying yes.
The excellent BBC Archive YouTube account served me some burgers today. In a special Newsround report from 1981, John Craven visits Wimpy, McDonald’s, and, erm, Trump’s Hamburgers, and wonders whether this “fast food” nonsense will catch on. “It’s a multi-million pound gamble…”, explains Craven’s co-presenter, stuck sticking cut-out burgers on a map in the studio, Read more
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Wimpy #4: Worthing
A hiatus! A palpable hiatus! It has been ten months since my last Wimpy visit, before Lockdown III came along and made burger restaurant-based geographical sagas tricky. It’s been ages since the government’s specific ban on travelling up and down the country reviewing Wimpys was lifted, but I’ve been busy running comedy nights, walking dogs Read more
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Wimpy #3: Streatham
Author’s note: This Wimpy trip took place before London entered into a Tier 2 lockdown. London goes beyond any boundary or convention.It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London. Peter Ackroyd, London: a biography London. Read more
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A Wimpy Journey
For years, I’ve had an idea for a “Wimpy book”. Obsessed with the retro burger chain as a teenager, I would rate and rank every branch via crucial, exacting and childish criteria like “greasiness of chef”, “busy-ness of restaurant” (the emptier the better) and “proximity to my house”. From what I remember, the Penzance branch Read more
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