Bonjour!
Shamelessly obsessed with Normandy, we are discovering and sharing stories about this delightful region by following and matching a bundle of bewitching vintage postcards.
Led by these carte postale, unearthed in brocantes from Le Tréport to Cherbourg, Alençon to Vernon, our travels are uncovering lots of:
- hidden histories
- awesome art
- brilliant brocante (vintage goodies)
- amazing architecture
- fantastic food
- and some salacious (if historic) scandal!
We take Normandy history very seriously and research each story using authentic, verifiable sources. Our postcard matches are informed by ancient books, vintage guides, talking to local (and sometimes very distant) experts and information discovered during our visit.
Flea market treasures!
One of the many attractions of Normandy are the wonderful flea market brocante sales and shops that let everyone bring little bits of Normandy home. Our ‘Brocante Lovers Guide‘ is one of the most popular pages on the site. We post regular updates on brocante markets in the region plus insider info on where to find the best brocante emporiums.
Normandy
Normandy is a unique region rich with history, from neolithic remnants and their legends, through medieval times when knights battled across these lands, to more recent WW2 bravery. We are proud that our travels have revealed moving tales from D-Day that have led families of D-Day heroes to get in touch and share their stores.
We hope you will come along with us on our journey of discovery.
Pip & Ian
Do you have a question? Get in touch!
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Thank you
love Normandy, have lived in Orne for 13 years and am always looking for news of its history.
As i live near the Roche d Oetre,I was interested in its history. So began my adventure through your fascinating website. So much information.
Saw a TV programe about the Maisy Battery, have more info and photos of this?
Merci,
Kim Trask
Thank you so much for your Website and stories. I read in one of the stories a Story in which my grandfather Daniel Culleron was mentionend. As he died in 1948 we have never experienced About Things he has experienced during the war. He became a Palmleaf on his grave, but more we don’t know.
So thank you for Publishing this Story.
You don’t seem to have anything about the church with windows by Max Ingrand in Yvetot, ‘worth a detour’ at the very least, I’d say.
I love these old postcards that give an ”then and now ” look …. ii’m fascinated by time travel and use old photos or even old paintings to escape the ”prison of the present ” and time travel .. I was recently at Waterloo and used an old painting of a farmhouse that had been a major part of the battle and by holding up the painting in front of my eyes at the actual present day scene I was able to momentarily breach the chasm of time and actually be there
Thanks Colin, uncovering a layer of history can be incredibly moving, thanks for sharing your Waterloo story.
Hi there! Very interesting website, I was wondering if I could get more details on who you are, as I am using this website as evidence for my research (Don’t worry, all credited in ML8 form) just simple information like how you came upon this information, what universities you have graduated from, etc. Thanks a ton!
Hi Tyrone, thanks for getting in touch, we would be very interested to learn about your research into Normandy! Which story are you particularly interested in? Information is sourced for our website from many different places, happy to share if you can give us more detail.
Kind regards,
Normandy Then and Now
And here finally is that post! No shop ever bought so much misery…
Do you have any articles on the White Ship (which left Barfleur and sank in 1120)? Either on its construction, its launch, its captain and crew, its voyages, or its doomed end? Thank you.
Not yet but it is a story we plan to cover in the future, certainly a pivotal moment in history!