A CURRY fan was left amazed when he spotted his Macclesfield childhood home in a TV ad for top Indian food brand Patak’s Original.

In the advert, which was filmed earlier this year, the curry company portrays Chapel Street in Macclesfield as the idyllic 60s neighbourhood where young Mr Patak nurtured his love of hot spices.

And it was a real case of Curry-nation Street for eagle-eyed Jim Genders, who was born and brought up on the road.

"I just said flippin’ heck to my wife when I saw my old door — I couldn’t believe it!" said Jim, 55, a fomer policeman and now a warrant officer at Macclesfield Magistrates Court.

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"I lived on Chapel Street until I was ten and the advert is just how life was — but I don’t ever remember any delicious curry smells wafting down the street."

Seeing his own home may have left the father-of-one hot under the collar, but not hankering for a vindaloo anytime soon.

The self-confessed curry coward, who now lives in Heald Green, admitted: "I don’t like the fiery ones — I can’t stomach them. But I do use Patak sauces. I find the mild korma very nice with their naan bread and several Belgian beers.

"I was born right next to where the ad was shot, at no 25, Chapel Street, in November 1953. The house door they used was 31A which wasn’t actually there when I was a lad."

The advert portrays children playing on tricycles in an altogether slower pace to life.

"It was nice to see the older streets on the telly and kids with the 60s gear on," said Jim.

Company founder Anjali Pathak (the family dropped the ‘h’ in 1962) sailed to England with his family in 1956 with just £5.

His grandfather LG Pathak’s first job was cleaning sewers. His grandmother then started making Indian sweets and snacks in the tiny family kitchen in London. The rest is history.