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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
The ‘First Tuesday Club’ was created nine months ago by
two English couples, Debbie and Alex Sutton and Joy and
David Markillie. They wanted a club where people of all
nationalities could meet up and socialise. Since then, the club
based in Cavron-Saint-Martin (62), has attracted more than
40 members and is continuing to grow.
“I have seen new friendships develop and I know that the
club has helped solve people’s administrative problems”, says
Debbie. But it’s not all about us, we also want to help people
less fortunate.”
René Ruis who died last year, owned the Verts Loisirs hall
in Cavron-Saint-Martin, where the club meets at 7pm on the
first Tuesday of every month. Debbie explained:
“René was a remarkable man and a friend to everyone. He
welcomed newcomers to the village and supported Avotra
France, so it seemed only natural that our first fundraising
event, a barn dance held in August, should be in aid of this
good cause.”
On November 6 a cheque for €1,000 was presented to Dr
Pierre Branquart, president of Avotra France, an association
which supports orphans in Madagascar.
For a copy of Debbie’s monthly newsletter, email
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
“Everyone has taken the
bus or the coach in
their youth, and everyone
has in their memory the
smells, noises and
memorable journeys of these
vehicles which have now
disappeared. You only have
to see the gawping faces of
people in the street when
they see an old bus in the
streets of Paris or
elsewhere,” explains
ebullient president Martial
Leroux of his Normandybased
transport enthusiast
association, Car-Histo-Bus.
“Coaches and buses call on
this nostalgia, and the shared
history of public transport.”
The association preserves
historic vehicles and
publishes a bulletin with indepth
articles on the history
of vehicles, operators and
builders. Members also enjoy
excursions to see and study
other transport museums,
urban networks, and
manufacturers and
bus depots.
“Our outings are great
fun”, says Leroux. “We all
get together at the end of the
day around a big tabled piled
with local delicacies to talk
about buses and coaches.”
The group has 110
members ranging from six to
over 60, of which six are
British. Some of these
explain their interest here:
Englishman and active
member Clive d’Eath, who
has lived in France since
1972, says:
“It’s vital to increase
membership and to gain
access to the records and
memories of those who
studied or worked in the bus
industry in the 1950s to
1980s. And to record that
knowledge while they are
alive to tell the story.”
“It’s about preserving
heritage so that people can
appreciate what was
achieved”, says Peter
Roberts, a retired UK
resident bus manager. “The
nostalgia and heritage
‘industries’ are I think less
well advanced and
appreciated in France in
general. Thus CHB is a
breath of fresh nostalgic
French air!”
Brian Rowney, an
engineer who lives in
England, has made available
information and photographs
for a book on the history of
public transport in Caen,
which Martial is writing, to
be published in 2009.
“It’s really a case of
sharing knowledge and
information to our mutual
benefit”, says Brian.
Car-Histo-Bus: 18, Place
Champlain 14000 Caen.
www.car-histo-bus.org
Email:
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Tel: 06 78 83 15 00
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
Martial Leroux meets a lutherie luminary
With a
name
like ‘Rémi’, he was naturally
destined for the musical
world. But the muse Euterpe
granted him more than this,
arranging his birth in a home
dedicated to sound. His
grandmother, who personally
knew Gabriel Fauré, was a
concert pianist, his father
Noël received the 1958
Premier Grand Prix de Rome
in musical composition and
was director of the musical
conservatoires of Toulouse
and Nancy. His two sisters
studied violon and cello, and
his brother is a piano teacher.
It was somewhat inevitable
therefore that 37-year old
Rémi Lancian would enjoy
playing music, in his case
the viola.
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
The Christmas calendar
makes room for a new
event this year, with a
British-style carol concert,
organised by residents of
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois.
Instigators Barry and
Judy Motion retired to Saint-
Léger-aux-Bois in early
2004. As a way of thanking
their extremely welcoming
French neighbours and other
residents, they set about
pooling their considerable
talents, friends, resources
and experience to produce a
Christmas carol concert.
It will be held at the
village’s Salle des fêtes on
December 23.
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
Official artist attached to the
Air Ministry during the
1930s, Georges Hamel was
born in Laval in 1900.
An exhibition of his work
is being staged at various
centres around Laval until
March 2008.
He is also well known for
his artistic work on the Monaco Grand Prix in 1937, and for
portraying some of the greatest inventions of the period. In
his honour, vintage vehicles will also be displayed.
www.museo.laval.fr
Tel: 02 43 53 39 89
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