Pie and mash shops - in pictures

L Manze in Walthamstow. Culture minister Ed Vaizey described the shop as: 'a unique part of the capital's heritage and is as relevant and popular now as it was when it first opened in the 1920s'. Photograph: Dave Stelfox

The interior of L Manze, Walthamstow – designed by architect Herbert Wright – has remained unchanged since 1929 Photograph: Dave Stelfox

F Cooke on Broadway Market, established in 1900 Photograph: Dave Stelfox

A sign promoting the benefits of eating eels in F Cooke, Broadway Market Photograph: Dave Stelfox

The famous jellied eels, prepared with fish stock, lemon juice and nutmeg Photograph: Monkey Business Images/REX/Rex Features

The original Goddard's Pies shop was opened in Deptford, in 1890. The Greenwich branch (pictured) was established in 1952 Photograph: Alamy

M Manze at Tower Bridge – one of a chain of shops set up by Michele Manze, in 1902
Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

M Manze's original shop at Southwark park Road in 1913. The shop was destroyed in the second world war Photograph: PR company handout

G Kelly on Bethnal Green Road. The founder of the chain, George Kelly, set up his first pie and mash shop in the 1930s Photograph: Dave Stelfox

Interior of G Kelly, Bethnal Green Road Photograph: Dave Stelfox

F Cooke's Hoxton branch Photograph: Dave Stelfox

The traditional meal: Pie, mash, eels and liquor (eel gravy with parsley) at F Cooke, Hoxton Photograph: Dave Stelfox