European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Devi by the pleasures of i pie up Mash customers line outside the door of g. Kelly an eel and pie shop in London s East end above. Meg Bradley right pours Parsley Gravy Over potatoes and meat pie Tor the traditional pie and  Story and photos by Dave Diehl  like the front of her  pm radon s fare 13unadorned no frills. No fancy prices a tuesday lunch crowd at g Kelly s a noted eel and pie shop according to the sign outside shares a hectic but Friendly Pace with the bustling roman Road St oct Market outside of and on. A line of mostly women kids in Low forms out the door people wailing to be greeted by a cheery Meg Bradley. Hello dating what would you like she asks in a Cockney , a familiar inflection in the Borough of Bow heart of London s East end one Pic and Mash  comes the reply. In what seems to be one fluid motion. Bradley Bare hand edly plucks a hot pastry from a tray scoops and spreads a steamy Mound of creamy potato on the Edge of a White Plato and ladles Over it All a greenish sauce that s 95 Pence.  Bradley says As she hands Over one More plate in this her 17th year behind the tall while Marble counter k there is a list some Heio of flip last great bargains in London this meal at $1 50. Would to very near or at the top of it. Pie and Nash or eel shops Are found Only in England among what were once the predominantly working class areas of London. They Are one of the lev lasting. And indeed thriving a slab Lisments of an Era gone by. They have . Sas the latter Day fast food shop s owner on the strength of their simplicity it is one of the purest meals you can eat says Kingdon. Who won t divulge her age but boasts that she and her husband started bus men Thoie in the 19-ios it is a ver simple dish.  says in almost a demand Inq tone i Don t think people continued on Pago food Friday. September 15, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 13