A hello and a handshake, for Armistice day

Anniversaires

- November 11, 2015November 11, 2015

War was declared between France and Germany on 3 August 1914. Our vintage postcard is dated 14 October 1914 and was sent by Raymond Langlois of Vernon in the Eure Normandy, to his friend M. Victor of Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil, 30km away. M. Victor had been injured just two months into the 'Great War'. The

Best bits of 2014 – 5 most popular Normandy Then and Now posts!

Making the most of Normandy

- December 31, 2014January 17, 2016

We have been amazed and delighted by the amount of interest Normandy Then and Now has received since launching at the beginning of 2014, thank you! Looking at the numbers (thanks to Ian our sponsor!) we have discovered your 5 favourite posts of the year. From the top these are: A Frenchman’s home

Amazing new Cahaignes postcard match! Château interior…

- December 18, 2014July 10, 2018

Amazed to find this postcard of the old château library at Cahaignes before it fell into disrepair - see our original post here - and delighted to find we had already taken a photo match (below). Do you have a photo of the château interior before it was abandoned? We would love

Remembering old friends on D-Day, Normandy

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WW2

- May 31, 2014May 2, 2026

Up on the hill above Arromanches-les-Bains we looked down on the bay that became known as Gold Beach on 6 June 1944. We were matching a postcard of four survivors, soldiers who had arrived on D-Day. We know the photo was taken shorty after D-Day as the Mulberry Harbours, essential for landing