Leeds nostalgia: Memories of Kirkgate Market's pie and peas stall
Do you remember this pie and pea stall?
This undated photo shows the Pope pie & pea stall located in Leeds Kirkgate Market.
On the wall inside the stall a sign reads 'Pope, 67 East Street, Leeds 9. Other signs visible in the image advertise stalls selling knitwear, hosiery and childrenswear.
The photo is one of the top 50 most viewed images on photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service.
“I remember once, a guy had a big flat tray of chitlings on his shoulder. He tripped and dropped them all over the floor in the market. He nonchalantly scooped them all up into his tray and carried on!” recalls one Leodis user while another said: “As a kid, at various times, my parents bought me some pie'n'peas at this stall. -I had no idea what the pie consisted of, but I know that to this day, I love PORK Pie and peas, with mint sauce dressing. Mmmmm! - Also, wasn't the stall painted green, with a cream interior?? “
And another remarked: “I can't believe my luck to find this photo. Its wonderful and so were the 'step' peas. I have a memory that the peas came in a little bowl and that there were spoons chained to the stall. My dad used to buy me a bowl full but my mum never would because she had not cooked the herself. I don't remember ever graduating to having a pie but then times were perhaps a bit harder then. My grandad used to by a huge crab off the market once a fortnight and I would 'help' him get all the meat out.”
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