Comments on: Last Orders At The Old Gun https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1248001 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:12:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1248001 It gets worse… have you seen what’s taken the old pub’s place?
A horrid hotel/cocktail bar style place with the same name.
I am disgusted.
More here: http://www.janeslondon.com/2018/12/brushfield-street-spitalfields-large.html

]]> By: Patricia https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1246777 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:03:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1246777 Terrific article and photographs. Colin O’Brien is indeed much missed, and grand here to have a mention of him. Opening a book with his photographs is always a joy.

]]> By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1246109 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:33:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1246109 The soldier’s name, Regiment, and serial number are engraved on the side of the medals as a rule…shouldn’t be too difficult to find a bit about him. Email me the details and I’ll research what I can.

]]> By: Richard Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1244075 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 11:17:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1244075 Another fascinating post GA particularly about the soldier leaving his medals in lieu of payment for his beer.

]]> By: stuart goodman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1244059 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 09:19:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1244059 thanks for this and all the other wonderful tales on the site. perhaps they could call their next pub the kosher horses. sorry, that’s a ronnie scott joke.

]]> By: kevin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1243957 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:12:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1243957 We’re from California but have family in London around the east end and in 2006 my wife and I went into The Gun and were treated fantastically by the publican. We had great drinks and food while the owner chatted with my wife and me. I recall that he said he had a restored river boat and took disabled or poor kids out on the Thames for a boat ride. Thanks for all the great stories and photos you publish! Cheers!

]]> By: Paul Ridgway https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1243954 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 16:37:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1243954 Interesting story about the medals.
Top row, from the left: the France – Germany Star issued from D-Day to VE-Day
next Italy Star issued 1943 – 1945

Second row, from the left: War Medal and the Defence Medal.
Normally all of these were unnamed but some were named for forces of South Africa, Australia and some, but not all, units of Canada.

]]> By: Chris Connor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1243932 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 13:53:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1243932 Aah The Gun. Many a lunchtime and evening spent there. Ale, food and welcome always hearty. Shame that the money and greed ruled in the end and another soulless, characterless building was erected in its place. Some call it progress.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1243928 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 13:12:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1243928 GA–do you have the name/number of the soldier as found on the medals? Perhaps, for the opening of the new Gun, members of his family could be located and invited for an historic moment? (you have my email: if you send the name I’ll do my best, as in the past.)
Cheers from Toronto.

]]> By: Jamie S https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/08/last-orders-at-the-old-gun/#comment-1243913 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 10:56:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170847#comment-1243913 Still can’t get my head around the fact that planning permission was granted (by Boris) to tear the place down and put that corporate behemoth in it’s place. While the building work and design are technically well done, the soul has been destroyed. Money is all that matters in London now…

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