“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy” in Granville

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- May 10, 2014February 25, 2024

First published 10 May 2014 Granville 1924 “Tian, Tian,” whispers a serious little girl to herself as she runs across the soft lawns at Villa Les Rhumbs, her family’s summer home. When she nears the pink and grey house she stops to look up at an open window, smiling with the confidence

A principled man from Le Tréport

- April 19, 2014September 24, 2016

World famous composer and conductor, POW survivor, flouter of Nazi dictates, Légion d'honneur and style icon, Paul Paray was a man from le Tréport. The defiant POW There is an odd gap in Paul’s early career. But to briefly start from the beginning, Paul was born May 24, 1886 in Le Tréport

Queen Victoria is not amused in Cherbourg

- April 5, 2014September 24, 2016

By 1858 the redoubtable Victoria had been queen for more than 20 years, was mother to 9 children, had survived at least two serious assassination attempts, was on to her 7th Prime Minister (the mediocre Derby, more of him later), had graciously accepted the title Empress of India and was