London’s pie-and-mash shops are disappearing

At 10.30am on a chilly Saturday the queue outside Manze’s pie-and-mash shop on Deptford High Street stretches 50 metres down the street. The restaurant has been a fixture of the south-east London neighbourhood since 1914, when the current owner’s great-grandfather opened it. Aficionados have come to grab one of the last pies before the place closes permanently on January 25th.