Wednesday, June 27, 2012

 
A SLOW BLUES IN A MINOR KEY: AN ELEGY TO THE PAST GLORIES OF THE GOLDEN FISH BAR 

I've already talked on this blog about the disappearing cockles and whelks sign (now completely vanished) in the Farringdon area. Over the last year or so another glory of the area, in line with the relentless march of blandification, has been removed. I refer to the interior of the Golden Fish Bar described on the Classic Caffs site as "Cosy familial Italian cafe that's also half of a fish & chip shop opposite Mount Pleasant post office. Truly amazing 40s designed seats and full-on rosewood interior. This place has an almost Edwardian air to it. A modern masterpiece."  
 Once you could sit in this wonderful place on a winter night with a plate of fish and chips and peas and a cup of tea with a slice and watch the traffic pass by through the steamed up windows. There was a feeling of melancholy and loss, a feeling that if it could be tasted would lie on the palate like a mixture of vinegar and honey. Now the magnificent interior has been gutted. The rosewood tables have gone and whilst the cafe remains with its new fittings it has lost its soul. It sits like a lobotomised patient, staring out blankly onto the Farringdon Road.


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