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by Philip Powell on December 3, 2007
I'm being sentimental once again so please forgive this connection with the past, for I was almost tearful when reading a Classic Driver article about the opening of The Gauntlett Gallery in London. Editor Steve Wakefield describes it as offering "the discerning collector an extensive selection of antique travel goods from Vuitton, Cartier, Hermès and Dunhill, as well as posters, smoking accessories and other objects of unparalleled quality." Steve mentions the Pimlico Road location when writing that "parked outside the newly refurbished gallery was a pre-War Alfa Romeo, not to mention several classic cars in the adjacent streets." My connection goes back many years when my family and I, as Canadian ex-pats, lived at 48 Morpeth Terrace, just around the corner from Pimlico Road. Had there been such a shop then, I could easily have afforded Vuitton, Cartier, etc. Now I can only look on in envy.
[Photo: Michael Brydon - MindStudio]
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Response from:
Sue Weaver
(12/03/07 9:07am)
Am just around the corner at The Sloane Club. Just walked past - had no idea you were there. Dyign to see more. Are you related to Victor Gauntlett?
Response from:
Philip
(12/03/07 8:14pm)
Hi Sue:
"Was" is the operative word, for my connection with London ended many years ago. I was promoted from working on Ford in New York with the J. Walter Thompson ad agency, to become creative director of the Ford of Europe account in London. "The four best years of our lives" is something my two sons and ex-wife all agree on. Living around the corner from Pimlico, working at a Berkeley Square address, playing on Kings Road and Carnaby Street... those were just a few of the pleasures, many of which involved automobiles. (I was a member of the Steering Wheel Club in Mayfair.) A decade-and-a-half later, after we'd returned to Canada, I was privileged to visit London many times while working with TransGlobal Films, producing inflight videos. Sloane Street was a regular hangout, including a restaurant owned by Noel Harrison, Rex's son. No, I'm not related to Victor Gauntlett, or I'd be driving an Aston. Is he the owner of the above-mentioned gallery?
"Was" is the operative word, for my connection with London ended many years ago. I was promoted from working on Ford in New York with the J. Walter Thompson ad agency, to become creative director of the Ford of Europe account in London. "The four best years of our lives" is something my two sons and ex-wife all agree on. Living around the corner from Pimlico, working at a Berkeley Square address, playing on Kings Road and Carnaby Street... those were just a few of the pleasures, many of which involved automobiles. (I was a member of the Steering Wheel Club in Mayfair.) A decade-and-a-half later, after we'd returned to Canada, I was privileged to visit London many times while working with TransGlobal Films, producing inflight videos. Sloane Street was a regular hangout, including a restaurant owned by Noel Harrison, Rex's son. No, I'm not related to Victor Gauntlett, or I'd be driving an Aston. Is he the owner of the above-mentioned gallery?
Response from:
Sue Weaver
(12/04/07 1:44am)
Really interesting - many thanks. Actually I had thought I was asking the question of Richard Gauntlett, the owner of the gallery!! I obviously haven't a clue what I'm doing!
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