Forman’s Fish Island featured on Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
The BBC visited our smokehouse recently to film part of last night’s episode of Rivers, a series presented by Griff Rhys Jones about Britain’s key waterways. Last night’s star was the River Lea on which sits our very own smokehouse. East London was formerly the home of London’s shall we say less perfumed industry with tanners and smokehouses that numbered at least 15, we are the last surviving. It’s a fascinating program that uses the stories of the river to give a local perspective on the past.
If you want to skip through to our section where Lance teaches Griff to produce and carve a side of smoked salmon it’s at around 47 minutes, available for 7 days only!
Did you watch it any enjoy it? We’d love to hear your comments about the Olympics in East London and the use of our local area. It’s certainly going to be a change from when it was used for tanners and smokers, a change for the better?
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