Parish comes to Heathfield
JEAN PAUL Sartre and Juliette Greco might not have lit up their Gauloises there but locals believe Heathfield High Street is getting more like Paris every day.
The Left Bank references crept into Monday's parish council meeting when planning committee members debated a licence application by Valentine Rodriguez, owner of the restaurant, Vanilla.
Committee chairman Peter Newnham explained this was not a new application; simply an extension of the existing licence so 'you can have a drink while you are sitting out at your Parisian table.'
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Hide AdBut committee member Michael Woodhouse took an altogether more Anglo Saxon view.