crew makeup 50-60s

[robpage]

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

[Roger Dyer]

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

[happy daze john in oz]

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.

[Louis the Amigo]

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.

[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.

[happy daze john in oz]

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.

[robpage]

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

[Red Lead Ted]

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 @ 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.

[robpage]

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

[Tony Geeves]

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.