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Gibson, Christopher

Christopher Gibson is a barrister who worked for many years in the Temple and Lincoln’s Inn, where he had easy access to the delights of old Fleet Street. He now works in Bloomsbury.

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Remembering Mr Simmonds

Christopher Gibson on The bookshop at Number 16, Fleet Street

Louis Simmonds was not a tall man. Although I was still at school when I was first introduced to him by my father (and, like my father, I have never achieved more than medium height), my recollection is that he seemed to be looking up, with a slightly surprised expression. Perhaps he was wondering if, like my father, I would be a regular buyer of books in his shop on Fleet Street. Perhaps he was just wondering at the many and varied types to be found on Fleet Street back in the 1960s.

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