norbold Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Damn! I've been outed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Damn! I've been outed. Really. :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'm asking Santa this year for "The Best Of Norman Jacobs" box set. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 No prefabs left here in south london. Pie and mash though, is still alive and kicking. Harrington's pie shop in tooting will be my destination tomorrow afternoon! Back in the days when I lived in South East London, Manzes in Peckham High Street was the best pie 'n' mash shop in the area and apparently it still is. http://www.manze.co.uk It's not far from the Old Kent Road so all New Cross fans (including Norbold) should know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Used to eat in the Tower Bridge Rd one a bit.But Harringtons was most frequented by my family.My mums family lived near the Selkirk and then made the big move to the other side of Garratt Lane A visit is usually a must when I am back 'home' Edited March 7, 2015 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 As a kid, I remember the prefabs in Carshalton, but I am shocked to hear that Tubby Isaac's closed down! Big piece of London history, there... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Back in the days when I lived in South East London, Manzes in Peckham High Street was the best pie 'n' mash shop in the area and apparently it still is. Indeed. Manzes is still spoken of in hushed and reverential tones by the Pie & Mash cognoscenti.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 i think it closed a couple of years ago. There is a Tubby Issac's in Clacton Rumour has it that the Labour Party will be having their party meetings inside there now Douglas Carswell has taken everybody's votes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nice to see the book reached no.2 in Amazon's best selling philosopher biographies. Never thought of myself as a philosopher before, but it does have a nice ring to it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 There was a similar place to Manzes in Deptford High Street many years ago. It was regularly used by the great Australian rider Ron Johnson in the mid-1940s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 There is a Manzes on Deptford High Street, also Goddard's. Both of them are still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 There was a similar place to Manzes in Deptford High Street many years ago. It was regularly used by the great Australian rider Ron Johnson in the mid-1940s. There is a Manzes on Deptford High Street, also Goddard's. Both of them are still there. The one that Ron Johnson used was almost opposite Douglas Way - I think that's Manzes (but as I am making a BSF post most likely I will be wrong!). I have not been in the area for more than 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 As it happens you are wrong. It's Goddard's that's almost opposite Douglas Way. Manzes is on the corner with Lamerton Street. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 The one that Ron Johnson used was almost opposite Douglas Way - I think that's Manzes (but as I am making a BSF post most likely I will be wrong!). I have not been in the area for more than 20 years. As it happens you are wrong. It's Goddard's that's almost opposite Douglas Way. Manzes is on the corner with Lamerton Street. I thought I would be wrong! As it happens I have never eaten in either of the two cafes - I detest that sort of food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 If you've never eaten there how do you know you detest it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 I thought I would be wrong! As it happens I have never eaten in either of the two cafes - I detest that sort of food! If you've never eaten there how do you know you detest it? To be fair to Gustix, he said he hadn't eaten in those two cafes. I'm guessing his dislike of that sort of food, might have come from another source? Mind you it is minging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) I thought I would be wrong! As it happens I have never eaten in either of the two cafes - I detest that sort of food! If you've never eaten there how do you know you detest it? To be fair to Gustix, he said he hadn't eaten in those two cafes. I'm guessing his dislike of that sort of food, might have come from another source? Mind you it is minging. I once went on a coach outing to Southend and it stopped off at a 'pie and eel' place for travellers to have a meal. I basically followed by ordering the same food as my companions - when I tried it with that 'white gooey liquid' i wanted to vomit. That's why I know I detest the sort of food that Manzes and others of that ilk offer. Edited March 8, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 I once went om a coach outing to Southend and it stopped off at a 'pie and eel' place for travellers to have a meal. I basically followed by ordering the same food as my companions - when I tried it with that 'white gooey liquid' i wanted to vomit. That's why I know I detest the sort of food that Manzes and others of that ilk offer. Wot!...jellied eels and liqour. Ambrosia (NOT). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 I once went om a coach outing to Southend and it stopped off at a 'pie and eel' place for travellers to have a meal. I basically followed by ordering the same food as my companions - when I tried it with that 'white gooey liquid' i wanted to vomit. That's why I know I detest the sort of food that Manzes and others of that ilk offer. Was that in the days of the " coach and four" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Is anyone organising a raffle to win a signed copy of Norbold's latest opus?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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