Pie-and-mash eateries are a bit of Cockney culture ... prices have pushed many of the Cockneys who once inhabited the East End of London out into neighbouring Kent and Essex.

"This is the oldest traditional meal in the East End of London ... but here the traditional meal is pie and mash and parsley sauce liquor. That’s it." Produced by Claudia Romeo More from ...

Where once there were hundreds across town, now there are just 34 pie and mash shops left in London, for the most part in the East End and in the south, with a further smattering in places like ...

Where once there were hundreds across town, now there are just 34 pie and mash shops left in London, for the most part in the ...

George Mascall serving up one of his last plates of pie and mash. Ask a scientist to come ... the dish was sweet succor for the working classes of the East End, and the shops became a community ...

After just a few years, East End shops cottoned on and began directly employing these hucksters to work in newly built restaurants, providing a sit down meal of larger, better quality meat or eel pies ...

flavours the mash. However, many pie shops, including G Kelly, no longer use eel stock for liquor. Leanne is happy that an old East End dish is having a resurgence. “We have a lot of new locals ...

The first pie and mash shop was probably set up out of concern ... Photo / Getty Images Leanne is happy that an old East End dish is having a resurgence. “We have a lot of new locals who have ...