A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural Security warden outside the National

Security warden outside the National Gallery

the reader is drawn into an extraordinary world

General view of the fair

The wooden partitions between tables are typical of the London chop-house of the period - such establishments were common in the City and along Fleet Street and the Strand until late Victorian times

Size H14cm x W6cm x D7

A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural Security warden outside the NationalA Chapel Street Market eel stall. At the eel stall at Chapel Street Market, which operated seven days a week close to Angel Tube station, live eels writhed in large tubs of water. People bought the eels to cook at home, once the stall trader had dispatched them with a knife. There were two businesses on Chapel Street, both in the name of Manze, selling hot stewed eels.