A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural A Thames waterman in brown

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

more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine

General view of the fair

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

when Lord John Townshend campaigned against Admiral Lord Hood

A Chapel Street Market eel stall 1955 Frame:natural A Thames waterman in brownA 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.