The legend of Saint Romain & the dragon, in Rouen

- February 17, 2018July 10, 2018

Our postcard match today is Rue Saint Romain, in Rouen. Despite many years and renovations the view is clearly recognisable, cherished by Rouen as a precious, historic highway. This street is named for one of Rouen’s more exciting saints. Saint Romain was a seventh century hero famous for battling lasciviousness, pagans and

Life’s a party, with the Dolly Sisters in Deauville

- January 27, 2018March 7, 2018

Another summer day, in Deauville vintage postcard

Whatever anyone says about the dancing Dolly Sisters, remember them in this photo taken on Deauville beach. Don't they look charming? Full of life, cheeky and so innocent despite those racy swimming costumes, they are having the time of their lives. Their real gift was not the stage, but making

Walking in the 16th century footsteps of Gilles de Gouberville

- November 25, 2017July 30, 2018

There is an old stone tower deep in the Normandy Cotentin countryside that could be considered unremarkable. Although its rooms are an unusual combination of chapel below and dovecote above, it is a forlorn truth that this is not the sort of building people drive miles out of their way

D-Day +365 (part 2) – midweek post

- November 15, 2017November 8, 2017

'Hop-Scotch on Omaha' YANK magazine, 8 July 1945 - the ships in the distance are D-Day wrecks First printed in Yanks magazine on 8 July 1945, this is part 2 of a visit to Omaha and Utah Normandy beaches just one year after D-Day 6 June 1944. In part one we heard

Rose, the peasant poet from Bellou

- July 15, 2017July 14, 2017

Long ago, a few steps from this grand Normandy manor house in Bellou, stood a tumble down cottage, the smallest in the village. In this modest home Rose Harel was born to a mother but no father, on 9 April 1826. Nothing about Rose’s start in life suggested she would

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