Between l'Abbaye aux Hommes and Rue Saint Pierre in Caen is Rue Écuyère, ‘street of the horsewomen’. It was named for the ladies of noble families who lived in grand houses here, but times change. After nobility came the antique sellers who for centuries made Rue Ecuyère synonymous with armoires, folderols
Calvados
All our postcards from the Calvados region.
Celebrating the first day of summer, in 1920’s Deauville – photo post!
'Groupe de 6 baigneuses dansant en ligne sur une plage a Deauville' say the notes with this charming old photograph, 'Group of 6 bathers dancing in a line on Deauville beach'. Five of these young ladies have sleek swimming costumes and their hair is controlled with neat little turbans. The sixth dancer
Life’s a party, with the Dolly Sisters in Deauville
The comeuppance of Henri, vicomte de Belzunce, in 1789 Caen
Setting the scene It is August, 1789. The French Revolution, which started idealistically enough with the formation of a National Assembly on 17 June to balance royal power, has become rather less polite as the Bastille is stormed on 14 July. This political drama follows months of hardship for the people of
