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

An eye for beauty in Le Havre

- February 1, 2014March 7, 2018

‘My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly’ said Raoul Dufy, the fabulous artist from Le Havre. That was not all he erased, as his brother Jean would learn to his horror. Painting happiness Born into a huge Le Havre family, brothers Raoul (b.1877) and Jean Dufy (b.1888) were adept at

Lost Sirens of Carteret

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Manche

- January 4, 2014March 7, 2018

It wasn't a dragon that bought Adolphe La Lyre to the wild beaches of Carteret. The old legend of Saint Germain Le Scot saving locals from an unwelcome serpent is often retold, but our postcard revealed a different story. Wild beaches discovered We did not know about the Atlantic beaches of the

Last flight of The White Bird at Étretat

- January 1, 2014May 2, 2026

The first monument to Nungesser and Coli by Louis Rey First published January 2014 The terrible weather was perfect for our next postcard, the site of a French tragedy. While matching our postcard we looked out over the English Channel above Étretat with admiration and astonishment. Here two brave Frenchmen flew into history in a

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