A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural General view of the fair

General view of the fair

the bellowing and plunging of oxen

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

when Lord John Townshend campaigned against Admiral Lord Hood

The upper floor of the 'Neo-Graeco-Egyptian' building incorporated a director's penthouse suite

A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural General view of the fairA 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.