And for that other hallowed pub staple, crisps, we must thank Frank Smith, founder of Smith’s Crisps, who put fried potatoes in greaseproof paper bags with a twist of salt in the 1920s.

They’re fun, treats for children and steadiers for adults in the pub ... nostalgia for crisps is nothing new; in the early Noughties, Walkers absorbed Smith’s line of “Salt & Shake ...

Between them that afternoon they probably did 20 bags of crisps and then took a carrier bag each home with them." The event’s popularity has meant the pub has had to expand from the original 56 ...

Brilliant photographs offer a glimpse inside the famous former Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps pub as it looks ... the show starred Ralf Little, Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, Natalie ...