Mary Jackson was the co-owner of Jackson's Chip Shop on Victoria Street in the 1960s alongside her dour husband Fred with whom she lived with in the flat above the shop. A more gregarious person than her husband, she happily gossiped with Ida Barlow and rent collector Mary Stubbs when they were customers in the shop in February 1961. Fred complained that they'd only had six customers since opening but his more cheerful wife pointed out that that was usual and the first house at the Luxy Cinema would soon be coming out. She recognised all of the local customers, even Billy Walker who had just returned from doing his national service in the Far East.