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He’s no flake! Manly fishmonger hangs up tongs after 61 years

He’s been the face of fish and chips in Manly for 61 years but Joe Alagich has wrapped and folded his last takeaway box and finally decided to hang-up the tongs.  A visit to Manly Fish Market usually entailed meeting a broadly smiling Joe bellowing orders to cooks in the back, nicknames flying all around, serving locals and visitors alike. This legendary character, known to many long-term Manly residents, spent 30 years at Oceanfoods in the Corso, and 31 years around the corner in Wentworth St at Manly Fish Market. “It’s part of coming to Manly - fish and chips by the sea,” he says. “It’s something that you have to do. “People would sometimes come back to the shop and say ‘that was the best fish...

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