Comments on: Paul Gardner, Paper Bag Seller

By: bernie smith

bernie smith — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:57:13 +0000

as an ex greengrocer and customer of pauls , it was so good to see paul , the shop has the same original character , nothing has changed expect i do not have hair and pauls has gone grey.
it was so sad to learn that greedy landords are probably going to increase the rent so much , that paul may have to move on —
the people that control the spitalfields market have removed all the traders signs and i was unable to find anything in the spitalfields market to suggest what it was built and used for – therefore for the sake of londons history and the oldest family business still trading in the spitalfields area , surely some kind of preservation order or help from any london historical society can do something before “Gardners” closes down and moves out of the city.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:13:45 +0000

Paul is such an inspiration. I wush him many more happy years of trading.

By: Wendy Cook

Wendy Cook — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:15:10 +0000

Thanks to you, I now visit Gardner’s every time I am in London, and I always worry with the current climate if he will be able to stay. Together with St. John’s Restaurant, Fiona’s Town House Antiques and Dennis Severs House, these are my favorite visits, not just in Spitalfields but anywhere!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:32:22 +0000

Because of your wonderful profile of Paul Gardner, I went to visit him when I was in London in June, 2018. He was as charming and gracious as you have described him, as well as delightfully entertaining. Thank you so much for your introduction to this lovely man!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:29:41 +0000

Wonderful continuity across generations. A real family business, thank you Paul! And thank you, GA, for the delightful interview and photographs.

By: Isa

Isa — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 12:55:29 +0000

Loved reading this. My kind of shop. The fruit and vegetables labels are beautiful. Poetry in motion. Ripe Williams! I’m fortunate to have a green grocer in my rural market town with similar, though handwritten, labels. These ones take me back to my childhood in South London.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 07:08:20 +0000

If only all businesses were run with the same caring ethos – what a better world it would be!