A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural The wooden partitions between tables

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

A Thames waterman in brown uniform is about to ferry passengers across to Lambeth

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Security warden outside the National Gallery

A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural The wooden partitions between tablesA 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.