Taken between between 1890 and 1900, these photochrom images of Honfleur are at once familiar yet remote. We recognise buildings but can only envy the photographer who saw a steam ship dock by the Chenin Blanc hotel, or took a horse drawn carriage ride past la Lieutenance. Photochrom, a method of adding colour
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Orbec; diary of a small Normandy town
Or - Fires, trains and scandal in the Pays d’Auge First published December 2017 In the far south of Normandy’s Calvados region is the small town of Orbec. It has all the usual essentials; church, mairie, schools, shops, and some fine old Pay’s d’Auge timber buildings. But for some reason Orbec, unlike