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All the Fun of the Fair

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They come in their hundreds, in families, with friends, in gangs and gaggles of noisy, excited youths, in […]

June 28, 2021 Bourges, Culture, deepest france, France, French, Fun, Heritage, Holidays, photography, Provincial France, Weekend

French Revolutions

What are you doing during the lockdown? I’m making these. Three new collages with a historical flavour. Can […]

March 30, 2020 1960s, 1968, Art, collage, Culture, France, French, Heritage, History, Paris, photography, Revolution, Sixties, stories

Sand Castles and Lunar Exploration

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1) THE REAL REASON FOR GOING TO THE MOON It is a little known fact, but astronauts just […]

July 21, 2019 Culture, Family, Fun, Heritage, History, Holidays, Philosophy, seaside, summer, TRAVEL

War Words – Do The Dead Know The War Is Over?

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« Today we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War » – the words […]

November 11, 2018 Café, Death, deepest france, France, French Village, Heritage, History, Military, Music, photography, Poetry, writing

MAN 68

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Looking back through old adverts from May 1968. Here are a few of those ads you could have […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Alcohol, Culture, DIY, France, French, Gardening, Heritage, History, Home improvement, Life, nostalgia, Revolution, Smoking, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear, Weekend

1968 AND ALL THAT

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Riot, revolt, rebellion, revolution – still difficult to qualify those happenings of May 1968 that the French still […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Ageing, Alcohol, Art, Family, France, French, gastronomy, Heritage, History, Holidays, Home, Money, nostalgia, Polaroid, Revolution, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear

Sunday Stroll

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A break from the rain. Blue skies and sunshine. Time for a stroll around town .   Mid […]

February 18, 2018 Café, deepest france, drifting, faith, France, Heritage, History, photography

Over the Tracks and into the Marshes

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Across the tracks and into that mysterious place that we call “Les Marais” – preferable to the rather […]

February 9, 2018 Bourges, canals, countryside, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, Heritage, photography, Provincial France, rubbish, Small town, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

Red white and blue and blue white and red

This year that I am French Is nationality a pièce of paper or a state of mind ?– as […]

January 7, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Culture, deepest france, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Heritage, Life, nationality, Provincial France, Small town, Weather, Work

Forgotten Soldier

It’s one of those  airless,  hot summer Sundays. The world is on holiday, deepest France is in full […]

July 17, 2017 Culture, Death, deepest france, driving, French, French Village, Heritage, History, Military, photography, Provincial France, summer, Time Travel, Weekend

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