crew makeup 50-60s

I have eaten jellied eels on a couple of occasions and thought the eel was quite strong and te jelly not particularly to my personal taste , i could eat them , if I was very hungry , but would prefer not to , I like most seafood , but after a very unpleasant Whelk that left me nauseous for a day , I avoid them . I think the nicest London dish is the Mince Pie with the slightly singed crust , with mash and Parsley liquor , although I prefer the sauce over the mash and not the pie . Used to be a very nice Pie shop near Waterloo Station

Hi John,

Thank you for your critique of my shameful disloyalty to a heritage of which I am inordinately proud. However, I'm compelled to correct a small misconception of yours, mate. It was not I, but my late father who was the dyed in the wool Cockney (and several generations before him). As a poor wee wretch, Y.T. entered this world in Hertford , a lovely old town, which, although quite small, is still the administrative centre of the County of Hertfordshire. Although I am now far away from it all, along with my Cockney heritage, it will always retain a special place in my heart.

.............Roger

Roger, you are of course forgiven. But consider this, in generations to come the memeory will not be of jellied eels but of MacDonalds etc, hardly a recomendation to the society of today.

Hi Shipmates, I am was born and bred in Cardiff {So have no axe to grind about good seafood} Jellied or not Eels are good eating, maybe from London where its part of a lifestyle. you get the very best I was a bit incredulous at first on eating any type of seafood, Eels with they snake like ways has put many people off trying them. Over the years I have eaten loads of them and Whelks, Cockles ,and every type of seafood Which I enjoy to this day By the way a very old man who called himself "H" a true london born cockney Who owned greyhounds /horses told me if you eat seafood now and again you will never get cancer? I never hear that one before. Thank you Roger Dyer The next time I have some heatlh giving Eels or some fresh seafood I will indeed have your share. I have sold Cockles to make a few bob a few years back down a local market Which closed down {new housing estate} today I found many people could eat them? but the look/smell of any seafood made some very sick.

I remember standing outside "Manzies" Pie & Mash shop in Woolwich New Road just off Beresford Square.
It was great watching through the window, the bloke pulled a squigley eel from the tray cut its head off, slit it open and gutted it. Great to watch as a 10 year old.
Their "Pie, Mash & Liquor was luverly Jubbly. Some of you might even know of it if you ever got the ferry from North Woolwich to South Woolwich for a night out.:)

Pie, Eels and Mash shops we called them, nothing better. Remember the one near Beresford square, lovely juice over the mash. Then came MacDonalds and culture just went out the window.

I actually love Eel when it is filleted and smoked , great flavour , so I think it is the jelly that I was not too keen on . I always felt the pie and mash superior to fish and chips , and thinking about it , could never understand why it never spread , the pies were far superior to the lumps of pastry trace of gravy pies produced by a lot of today's pie manufacturers . I find the commercially produced pies have far too much pastry on for my liking . I used to like the pie shop in Southampton where you got pies fresh from the oven and yoou saw the whole process in a very open kitchen area , so you could see it was clean , I think the days of the pie should come back and crush the burger shops

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Originally Posted by Graham Payne

I remember standing outside "Manzies" Pie & Mash shop in Woolwich New Road just off Beresford Square.
It was great watching through the window, the bloke pulled a squigley eel from the tray cut its head off, slit it open and gutted it. Great to watch as a 10 year old.
Their "Pie, Mash & Liquor was luverly Jubbly. Some of you might even know of it if you ever got the ferry from North Woolwich to South Woolwich for a night out.:)

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PIE @ MASH !!!!!!!! If you find yourself going out the house on all fours and cant help yourself hurdling over the garden gate or your hedges, Don't {HORSE around} Get yourself off to the doc m8, Terry.:laughing:

I saw a flyer the other day , there is now a Pie and Mash and Liquor shop in Worthing , they are escaping spreading ethnic British food all over the place

We've gone a long way from crew makeup 50/60s, to gellied eels, etc. My first ship, the deck croud were mainly from Barra, mostely who spoke 'The Gallic' between themselves,all gentlemen. I will never forget George McInnon, the bosun, even though I was a first trip engine room hand. And Ginger Bullbrook, lampie. I forgot to say this was on Blue star ships. Now on to the gellieds, I remember a competeter to Tubby Isaccs not too far from him called Morrie Israel, who sold his eels a penny cheaper ( 1 old penny ). Cheers, T G.