You Couldn't Make It Up

So my pal, Ron, and I were riding back from our trip up to Bethnal Green. We passed through a gate on the path under the railway arches and there, through the posts amid the graffiti, was a group of chairs. In the centre on a coffee table was a chess set. 

The chess set pieces were made from bolts (see extra) with springs for the knights.There was no evidence of who might have been playing, apart from a cigarette, but we weren't going to do a DNA test on that so we moved on.

Fact or fiction? 

Thanks for hosting the challenge for this week.