First published 2016/04/06 A few short years before D-Day, another terrible battle took place in Normandy, just 100 miles north east of those famous beaches, around Veules-les-Roses and Saint-Valéry-en-Caux. It’s not talked about much in England and until our visit we had no idea about the events of 11 & 12 June
Seine-Maritime
All our posts from the Seine-Maritime region.
The disastrous Latham-47 Polar rescue, from Caudebec-en-Caux
Following heroes; we drive the 1908 French Grand Prix, from Dieppe
First published March 2017 A 1908 postcard of a racing Fiat hurtling through Seine-Inférieure (now Seine Maritime) driven by a stylish pair of moustache and goggle wearing Italians, led us to the discovery that early Grand Prix races took place in Normandy. Le Mans may have been the first Grand Prix
Peasant life in Normandy, by Gertrude Käsebier in 1894 – guest photo blogger!
Rabbit and poultry vendors First published 2017 Today our midweek photo post comes from the small farming community of Cressy in Seine Maritime. Our guest blogger Gertrude Käsebier visited in 1894, while an art student in Paris. Her unique photographs of Normandy country life reveal a world now long lost, a
The house that cannibals built, in Saint-Valery-en-Caux
First published April 2016 The façade of a ship owner’s manor house overlooking the turquoise water of quai de la Batellerie in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, reveal nearly everything of importance about its fine owner. Above the door are a few words, fashioned long ago, that roughly say: 'L’an mil cinq cent quarante c'est maison fut