Mate, it was exactly this. I'm not sure if they still do it, but when I worked up there in the early 2000s they did. Don't forget, 'Babies 'ed' too.Complete with a tea towel, to wrap the food, that`s already been wrapped up, on the plate you took with you.
I once went out with a girl from Haydock and I was in stitches the first time I saw this in the local chippy.
Don`t get me started on pea wet and scraps, the utter wronguns.
It's like the land that time forgot up there, apart from a few good boozers.