Comments on: Eleanor Crow’s East End Fish Shops

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:12:20 +0000

I like the “Fresh Frozen Fish “shop in Merlin Lane; nothing like a nice bit of fresh frozen fish, straight from the freezer 🙂

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:17:23 +0000

Sadly the Golden fish bar on Farringdon Road is no more.

By: Stephen Barker

Stephen Barker — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:41:05 +0000

Beautiful pictures. They would make an excellent book with a small amount of text about each shop.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:01:35 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for sharing Eleanor Crow’s delightful array of popular London fish shops. Just hope they do not go the way of so many neighborhood pubs.

Nice memories shared above by those who really remember these establishments “back in the day” …

By: Janet Green

Janet Green — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:03:56 +0000

After shopping with my mum in Dalston market, a special treat was the pie & mash shop. I’d poke the live eels, very gently because the had teeth, just to see them wake up and slither a bit.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:22:36 +0000

Wonderful paintings, I would like to eat my way through all those shops! Valerie

By: Eddie Johnson

Eddie Johnson — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:41:23 +0000

Very nostalgic, my Mum took me down Roman Road (Bow end) every week for pie & mash at Kelly’s, sometimes when she couldn’t afford it we only had mash & likker (sic). Just up thed road from us was Malin’s at the beginning of Old Ford Road, where we got our fish & chips, I didn’t realise at the time that it was the oldest fish & chip shop in the world, of course its long gone now along with the Lady Franklin opposite. Barney & Tubby Isaacs were brothers, reputedly, although they had stalls opposite each other down the lane, never spoke for years. My late friend, Eddie Button employed Barney for many years in Chamber street and also acquired the Tubby Isaacs name, if you bought eels from him you could use the name, hence they had, maybe still do, a Tubby Isaacs in Clacton. I believe Eddie’s son Mark still runs the business. I do enjoy these brief forays into the past…thanks GA.

Eddie Johnson

By: John Barrett

John Barrett — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:37:13 +0000

It has been said by Caroline nice pics of fish & chips shops. They are a trad British meal and always will be. However there is an ever ending menu now to cater for the variation in population & taste. They are not wrapped in old newspapers any more but in nice takeaway boxes or clean new wraps. I prefer to eat in the shop this means a quick transfer from oil to plate – nice. Thanks to GA & Eleanor’s stunning pics. Poet John

By: Peter Bailey

Peter Bailey — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:17:43 +0000

Great to see more lovely drawings by Eleanor.

By: Caroline Bottomley

Caroline Bottomley — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 06:59:18 +0000

I love your pictures
Also they remind me of Mr Benn and David McKee is my favourite illustrator ever
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