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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
Sue Sharp from Aix-en-Issart has a real passion for patchwork.
She runs classes and workshop retreats and designs for quilting
magazines. Sue would love to network with other Englishspeaking
quilters in France.
Tel: 03 21 81 96 10
Email:
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www.needle-thread.com
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Dieppe does not wish to be seen as a weak point on the coast
for immigrants trying to get across to Britain, and is
increasing the pressure on asylum seekers, to discourage them
from attempting to cross the channel from the city. It has
reinforced fences around the ferry terminal and the lorry park,
doubled security patrols and closed the squats. There are
serious penalties for drivers who carry them.
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A wartime mine containing 145kg of explosive was found
recently on the beach at Biville-sur-Mer. The rusty and
encrusted mine was removed from the rocks on which it
rested, and taken 2.5km out to sea, where it was exploded.
Residents within a 1.5km radius had to stay indoors during
the operation. The disposal team, le Groupe des plongeurs
démineurs de la Manche from Cherbourg, removed the plugs
from the mine and presented them to the maires of Biville and
Penly, who in return awarded them the medals of honour of
their communes.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
A village of ecological housing with solar roof panels, heat
retaining conservatories, and rainwater storage, is to be built
in the Val d’Arquet district of Dieppe by 2009.
As part of the huge urban rehabilitation programme, 57
houses will be built on 10ha. This innovative local project
aims to provide affordable rents.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
The British Rain Garden at Parc Mosaïc in Lille is the
work of Londoners Yvonne Dean and John Medhurst. It
was opened earlier this year and represents all four corners of
the United Kingdom, in planting, flowers and sculpture. It is
a popular attraction to the Parc Mosaïc, with its red telephone
box and bicycle/rain umbrella feature (pictured).
Children from Collège Albert Ball, in Annoeullin, took
part in a ceremony at the park to plant sapling oak trees from
Sherwood Forest, Nottingham. The ceremony marked the
90th anniversary of the death of the college’s namesake,
Albert Ball VC DSO MC. The WWI flying ace was born in
Nottingham in 1896 and joined the Sherwood Foresters, Notts
and Derby Regiment, and eventually the Flying Corps. Shot
down over Annoeullin by the brother of the German Red
Baron, he was given a full military funeral attended by both
the Allies and Germans. He is the only Englishman buried in
the German section of the Annoeullin cemetery.
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