https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/04/lesley-lewis-the-french-house-iii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:11:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/04/lesley-lewis-the-french-house-iii/#comment-1889482 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:11:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204558#comment-1889482 My father Alec Risbridger and mum Pam met in the French pub in 1955.
Mum once asked Gaston Berlemont for a bar job.
But he refusing – saying ‘You’re too Nice!”

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/04/lesley-lewis-the-french-house-iii/#comment-1817598 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:56:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204558#comment-1817598 The French House is a quirky Soho pub with character for sure & Lesley looks after the legendary watering hole’s quirky characters too..!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/04/lesley-lewis-the-french-house-iii/#comment-1815870 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:43:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204558#comment-1815870 If I go to London, I’ll make sure to drop by the French House. Great post, thank you.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/04/lesley-lewis-the-french-house-iii/#comment-1815857 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:14:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204558#comment-1815857 I used to ricochet between The Coach and the French for a time way back in the mists of time (but in the Grand scheme of things not that long ago) and when I went came back to London after a decent period overseas – and finding all change at the Coach – it was nice to see a flicker of recognition from Lesley. A may have been imagining it, it may have been something in her eye, but it made all the difference to me, feeling like a stranger in ‘my’ town.

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