General Chat

I have been reading quite a few threads mentioning Pie and Mash Shops,Menzies in particular . My father-in-law worked in pie and mash shop somewhere in London not sure weather it was Paddington Green or Bermonsey but it was a differant name, but very well known in the 1950/60s ,yes i know i am going back a long way but i am old ask Lynda > I have found out that F-I-L worked in High Street Rotherhithe next to the Tunnel and across the road was a pub called The Blue Lion . Anyone remember it????? Val

Its Manzies and its in Chapel Street Market, Islington. My other haunt was Cook's on Kingsland Road (oppposite Ridley Road Market)but its closed now and its a Chinese take away now..boo,hoo. They were my faves, especially Cooks who did Beatutiful puddings like spotted dick and custard, apple pie and custard,lovely. There was one in Exmouth Market and Roman Road too, but for the life of me I cannot remember their names, both were great. I don't remember any others. Pie & Mash is nothing without liquor....(which is watery green colour cause its parsely sauce). Mmmmmmmmmmm Love jellied eels but never liked it when I used to see them swimming in Cook's front window. Sorry I cannot help you on the one you want hopefully someone will be able to. Pat x

Lynda i love pie and mash and i am not a true Londoner only that my grandfather was born in Battersea. My husband is a Londoner thou born in Deptford so he was bought up on Pie and Mash ,we have one down on the coast at Dymchurch ,we go down there quite often nice cheap lunch . His father was a Millwall fan . Anyway thats not what i came on here for come on name another Pie and Mash shop it,s doing me ed in .

Hi Pat I don,t think it was Cook,s but they did have the fresh eels in the shop and father-in-law used to make the jellied eels Val

The old man has just remembered the shop TUBBY ISSAC,S anyone remember Val

Being near the coast we have lots of cockle and welkes stalls He who shall be obayed loves them ,i cant stand them . I can remember as a kid living then in Oxford every saturday mum and dad used to have winkels ,and it was my sister and my job to get them out of the shells with a hat pin, came out like big boggies yuk Val

Tubby Isaacs they were a fish stall weren't they? I didnt know they had a Pie & Mash Shop??? Where did your family have the stall Lynda? I always loved the welks and winkles in East End Pubs, mmm yummy!!! Pat x

Pat it could well be a fish stall as father-in-law used to make Jellied eels ,but he did also talk about pie and mash. But it was Tubby Issac,s Val

Lynda Changing the subject wot great news for Sue ,i do hope she has some luck . Val

Lynda Werent the pubs along Caledonian Road mostly full of Scots? or is that the King Cross end? not familiar with the Calie too much except the swimming baths we were made to go to from school? Oh Val I found this website about Manze in Bermondsey http://www.manze.freeservers(.)com/index(.)htm I never knew all that. Pat x

Don't mind pei and mash but HATE the liqour stuff. Hubby loves it. Give me gravy any time

Lynda, You lived the Barnsbury end of the Callie then? near Roman Way, my mate at school lived in Roman Way and another in York Way over the other side. its yonks since I've been around that area. Aint we posh Lynda a Pool to yourself, Swanky hey??? Did they pull down the Swimming baths? they pulled down the one in Popham Street were we used to go in Junior school, I was sad as I didnt get a photo of it before it was gone, I loved those buildings from the outside. Pat x

My Great Grandmother & Grandfather came from London. (Grandmother was born in the St Giles Parish) They moved here to Liverpool & up until my Great Grandmothers death in 1980 she raved upon Pie & Mash with jellied eels & pigs trotters........................she used to say that Liverpool can not beat London for the pie, mash, eels & pig trotters! She used to send my nan down to the chip shop for them all the time.......................I think that is why the rest of the family went right off them! Lynsey x

The REAL liquor was made using the stock from the jellied eels.........thats what gave it the real flavour.........There used to be a Tubby Isaacs stall near the aldgate/ aldgate east underground stations........ Mudies and Cooks used to be in Stratford, and Forest Gate

There were 2 pie and mash shops in the Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey one was called Manzies and the other Joyces. Joyces was the best one. Berts pie and mash was in the Old Kent Road. Yum Yum.

There used to be a Jellied Eel stall outside Wimbledon Stadium in Garratts lane.

Hells teeth! When I was a hippy back in the sixties there was one on the bottom of Holloway Road, on the right just before the Angel. We'd go out on a Saturday night, down half a dozen blues (Purple hearts for those who didn't) go and see some band at the Lyceum or the Marquee, Pink flamingoe etc. Then Sunday morning mooch across London to the Angel for Pie or Eels and mash. Liquor, which was I think mushy peas too!

The best pie and mash shop was Arments down the Walworth Road, opposite East Street Market and just along from Carter Street (famous police station) to all us South Londoners, then it moved to Westmorland Road. Haven't pie and mash for years. Belle.

I remember that one Belle, at Carter street.....used to drive from peckham for the friday evening meal...........

Oh the memories Bob, I feeling quite hungry now. LOL I was a saturday morning girl myself. Belle...