Pictured above: CHIP FANS: Mansell divisional manager for building solutions Steve Oldacre (left) and project manager John McStay sample the first fish and chips.

A recreated Victorian fried fish dealer at the world-famous Blists Hill Victorian Town in Ironbridge Gorge has served its very first portion of fish and chips. The shop is part of a £10 million redevelopment scheme at the museum.

And the first customers were staff from Mansell's Stourbridge-based Western region who built the shop, which is on Canal Street in the Victorian town.

The work is being funded by Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund. Mansell is also developing aspects of the living history museum, which will stay open throughout the work.

The development includes a new 1000 square metre visitor centre and the expansion of Canal Street, a recreation of a Victorian street, with the addition of new shops and businesses. As well as a fried fish dealer the street also includes a sweet shop, a photographer's shop, a post office and a drapers store.

The project also includes an inclined lift and a new narrow gauge railway incorporating an underground clay mine exhibit.