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Photograph - Jai Dee's Caribbean takeaway

Object

Photograph

Production date

10/2010

Object number

2023.6

Physical Description

Print of a photo of two men in a Carribean food shop. One man is behind the takeaway bar with his arms over the top of the screen. The other man is leaning on the glass dressed in black clothing. Part of a photo series by Colin O'Brien.

Object history

The restaurant shown is Jai Dee's Seafood and Caribbean restaurant and takeaway, at 4 Chatsworth Road. The restaurant has now closed.

This photo is part of a series that featured in the exhibition ‘Last of the Real High Streets’ held in 2010 at Chats Palace, an arts centre and theatre in Hackney. The exhibition captured the changing shops and communities on Chatsworth Road, and included the stories of people written by travel writer Jane Egginton.

Associated Organisation

Chats Palace (Featured)

Associated Person

Colin O'Brien (Photographer)
Jane Egginton (Writer)

Associated Place

Chatsworth Road (Place)

Material

photo

Dimension

Length: 482mm
Width: 329mm

Exhibition Label

From the exhibition 'Last of the Real High Streets' at Chats Palace [8 October - 27 November 2010].

Jai Dee's

This 'Seafood and Caribbean Cuisine Restaurant' does a brisk trade in everything from curry goat, fried lobster tails and salt fish to peanut porridge, rum fruit cake and macaroni cheese.

Credit line

Image ⓒ Colin O'Brien
Exhibition label text ⓒ Jane Egginton

On display?

No