Scientist Stephen Hawking enjoys a day out at the seaside, including a meal at the Regal Fish Bar in Sea Road, Felixstowe. Pictured here with restaurant staff member Jamie Airey.
Kevin Barrett was a docker at The Port Of Felixstowe for many years before deciding to leave and set up this fish & chip shop in Felixstowe
EVEN the world’s greatest brains need to switch off sometimes – and just take time-out to relax.
For genius scientist Stephen Hawking that meant putting his mind-boggling research on the origins of the universe to one side for a day, and simply heading for the seaside. He joined thousands of other day-trippers and paid a visit to Felixstowe on one of the hottest weeks of the year – causing a real stir when he popped into a seafront restaurant for his lunch.
Accompanied by his two carers, Mr Hawking, 70, who lives in Cambridgeshire, visited the Regal Fish Bar and Restaurant in Sea Road.
The Regal Fish Bar and Restaurant, Felixstowe.
Most seaside visitors love a plate of traditional fish and chips, but the scientist enjoyed mussels for his starter, followed by steamed fish with garlic and herb dressing and a jacket potato.
Most seaside visitors love a plate of traditional fish and chips, but the scientist enjoyed mussels for his starter, followed by steamed fish with garlic and herb dressing and a jacket potato.
Dawn Barrett, who runs the restaurant with her husband Kevin, said: “It was incredible, a real surprise and we were all a little bit shocked.
All the staff kept coming and saying that they thought this man looked like Stephen Hawking, so in the end I went across and asked.
“He had sunglasses on, and I think he was hoping people wouldn’t recognise him, but the glasses weren’t doing a very good job.
“He spent about two hours in the restaurant and then I think he was going on to Old Felixstowe because he asked how to get there.
“I think it was lovely that he could just come in and have a meal and relax. People left him alone. It was a real privilege to have him here.”
Owners of the Regal Fish Bar and Restaurant, Kevin and Dawn Barrett.
Stephen Hawking
■ Stephen Hawking was given just two years to live when he contracted motor neurone disease at the age of 21 in 1963.
■ He is the former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663.
■ He is also author of the international bestseller A Brief History of Time.
■Currently he is director of research at the Institute for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge.
■ He is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein and holds more than a dozen honorary degrees.
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