Eating fish on Good Friday is an Easter tradition followed by many.
While the practice dates back centuries, it’s still as prominent today as ever, as these queues across Liverpool and Merseyside prove.
Customers have been spotted in long queues, some of which go down the street outside of poplar Merseyside chip shops such as Byrnes on Stuart Road in Walton, The Good Catch in Crosby and Freshfield, and Fylde Fish Bar in Southport.
Next week the queues at Byrnes could be a thing of the past - as the much loved chip shop announced it will be opening a second branch.
The Stuart Road shop has been in the family for three generations and has been serving scousers for decades, however, next week a new shop will open on Muirhead Avenue East.
While last year, Fylde Fish Bar, on Fylde Road in Southport, won best fish and chip shop in the North West at the National Fish and Chip Awards.
The shop beat competition in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and other parts of Merseyside to be named as the best in the region.
Liverpool fish and chip shop The Good Catch also took home an award in the Best Multiple Fish and Chip Operator category at the National Fish and Chips Awards in 2018
The Good Catch has branches in St John’s Shopping Centre, Liverpool city centre, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Sefton Road, Liverpool and Freshfield.
Not eating meat on Friday is a religious tradition, however many across the country stick to the unwritten rules of Good Friday even if they’re not religious.
According to Christianity, people shouldn’t eat meat of Good Friday because Jesus was killed Good Friday and meat represents his flesh.
Therefore, those who follow the tradition on the anniversary of Christ’s death should eat fish instead.
