Comments on: Eleanor Crow’s East End Fish Shops https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Sue McCarthy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505528 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:15:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505528 Alas, Davies of Hoe Street now also gone but not forgotten…

]]> By: C Scofield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505527 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:44:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505527 Charming images!

]]> By: Steve Hanscomb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505514 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:33:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505514 Great illustrations as ever!
While not strictly east end, the ‘Fryer’s Delight’ on Theobalds Road, near Holborn, is a real classic.
Unaltered in what must be 60 odd years, with booth seating, great sign and cool atomic mid century coat hook… Well worth a visit!

]]> By: Nicholas Borden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505513 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:25:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505513 Finally we are realising fish as a health product in this country.
Theres also a rather up market, touristy fishand chip resturant in Covent Garden. The end product is exactly the same except you are asked to pay double the price.
Fish and chips will always be a part of the british staple diet in all its cliches. Lovely drawings.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505510 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:53:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505510 I remember very clearly when I ordered my first fish and chips in England 45 years ago: the good man in his shop prepared everything very fresh by first taking a large potato and cutting the thick chips out of it. These were then deep-fried and brought together with the fresh fish.

This experience of enjoying it for the first time was a revelation I have never forgotten!

Long live King Charles III, who is in Germany today and in whose honour the Union Jack is waving on my car!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505509 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:46:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505509 Wonderful, wonderful images. Frozen in time! I love Eleanor’s work, so thank you for introducing it to your readers.

]]> By: Brian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505505 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:09:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505505 Both your Walthamstow entries, Davies & Manze’s, are now closed ……..

]]> By: Greg T https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505504 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:02:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505504 Davies in Hoe St went about two years back, much to my regret.
Similarly, the frontage of Manze’s in High Street is still there, but it is no longer doing pies & eels – the ownership has changed, radically.

]]> By: Barry Coppock https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505501 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:50:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505501 Davies and Son, Hoe Street, are also now gone but not forgotten.

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/30/eleanor-crows-east-end-fish-shops-i/#comment-1505500 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:45:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195248#comment-1505500 …. And who remembers Johnny Isaacs with their wafer thin chips??

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