The third of five programmes
3: The East End of London ' The Houses in Between '
Will the jellied eel soon be as expensive as the oyster? Will the lowly haddock one day be as highly prized as salmon? All these fish-at some time or another-have been used to nourish the poor of London's riverside community. And yet many of them are now the preserve of fashionable restaurants in the West End -from the Savoy to Wilton's Oyster Bar.
DEREK COOPER looks at some traditional East End fare before the rise of the tower-block - in the days when people actually lived in the houses in between.
Introduced by DEREK COOPER
Producer ANDREW SNELL (Manchester)
AR article'linked with this programme will be printed in The Listener dated 28 August