Comments on: John Claridge At The French House https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/ 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, 12 Jul 2019 14:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David Preutz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1298040 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:24:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1298040 Bastille Day 1989……. A day to remember in Dean Street – Gaston’s retirement. The Champagne flowed, the crowd grew and the traffic stopped flowing.

One of the few times I’ve witnessed the local police behave rather sensibly and instead of trying to disperse x hundred patrons, closed to the to traffic. Bravo that constable. I’m not sure that would happen nowadays. Happy days of Soho.

]]> By: Phil Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1296369 Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:56:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1296369 What a lovely pub, we went there a lot and drank Pernod with a sugar cube melted into it by a strainer and strange fountain on the bar. Gaston thew me out for being too amerous with my girl friend! Ahhh……………………………………….happy days!!!

]]> By: Peter Fawcett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1296237 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:44:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1296237 The French has been one of my second homes for many years and Lesley is a dear friend. Unfortunately I can’t get up to town very often these days but memories of Lesley and the French linger on.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1296137 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:34:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1296137 I used to work with an heir or at least a family member of the Ricard drinks business who was a librarian at Swiss Cottage Library for many years. How he ended up there and in that job I do not know It was just a matter of common knowledge to the staff there . Its about as far away from Pastis as you can get. He is long gone but it just goes to show people are not always tempted by the high life and sometimes just prefer to serve the public.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1296078 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:09:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1296078 Great images! very stylish…

]]> By: Ron Wilkinson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/03/john-claridge-at-the-french-house/#comment-1296071 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 05:28:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175138#comment-1296071 Great story about a place I would have liked to visit (frequently). Don’t have anything like it here (in San Diego, CA).

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