The legend of Saint Romain & the dragon, in Rouen

- February 17, 2018July 10, 2018

Our postcard match today is Rue Saint Romain, in Rouen. Despite many years and renovations the view is clearly recognisable, cherished by Rouen as a precious, historic highway. This street is named for one of Rouen’s more exciting saints. Saint Romain was a seventh century hero famous for battling lasciviousness, pagans and

Watercolours of Normandy by Gordon C. Home – guest artist blogger

- March 29, 2017April 3, 2018

Our guest blogger is Gordon Cochrane Home. An artist, traveller and writer, Gordon visited Normandy at the beginning of the 20th century. This week Gordon is sharing illustrations of chateau Gaillard, Saint-Lô, Ouistreham, Domfront, Vire, Rouen and a Normandy farm. These paintings first appeared in his book 'Normandy Illustrated, the Scenery & Romance

Walking with death; L’ aître Saint-Maclou in Rouen

- November 3, 2015May 2, 2026

If you walk along Rue Martainville past Saint-Maclou church in Rouen, keep a sharp eye out for the quietly marked entrance to L' aître Saint-Maclou. Under a covered entrance way, along an ancient alley and up a small ramp, turn right and you are in a very strange courtyard. Lining up our

Recreating Jeanne d’Arc, in Rouen

- May 30, 2015July 10, 2018

On this day, 30 May in 1431 Jeanne d'Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen. We are honouring her memory with these three vintage postcards, found in the Foire Des Andaines, Normandy on a very hot day last year. No. 4 - Joan and her soldiers reach Orléans on 29 April 1429 No.

A country doctor, in Val-de-la-Haye, Normandy

- January 10, 2015September 24, 2016

Tucked away between the river and cliffs in one of those generous curves of the Seine near Rouen, is Val-de-la-Haye. Here you are within sight of that ancient city and possibly walking on what was once the river. Land has been reclaimed to ensure a sturdy road, with green and fertile

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