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Apples and fruit-growing: Centre: The
Apple Society (Société Pomologique du Berry) (36) Based in
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre, this society was founded in 1984 and currently
has 620 members.
The society aims to
conserve and develop local apple varieties, to sustain and propagate
rare strains and to promote organic methods of cultivation.
Apart
from apples, the society has a general interest in fruit and also grows
pears and cherries and more than 100 varieties of grape vine in their
vineyard at Tranzault.
Anyone can join,
and there are sessions to learn grafting and pruning techniques, as
well as cooking and tasting meetings. Other events include the grape
harvest with a meal and music.
If, with
your French home, you also acquired a patch of scrub with some gnarled
ex-fruit trees, experts from the society will advise on how to
rejuvenate and re-create the orchard it once was. If your orchard is
‘up and fruiting’, as a member you can book to have your surplus
harvest turned into juice at the society’s modern bottling plant. Last
year the cost, including bottles and pasteurisation, was one euro a
litre. The society processed 60,000 litres in 2006.
Advice
and information from: Société Pomologique du Berry. Mairie, 36230
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre.
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Ancient Greece: Limousin:
Association Franco-Hellénique de la Corrèze (19) The fascination of
poets and artists for centuries, Greece has attracted the curious and
whetted the history buds of the many intrigued by this romantic
civilisation. Greece comes to the Corrèze via a new club with 30
members already, aged from 16 to 85. A number of convivial evenings are
planned in and around Brive. From history to food, music to art and
geography, it’s there.
Association
Franco-Hellénique de la Corrèze (AFH19), Maison des Associations ,
Place Jean-Marie Dauzier, 19100 Brive-la-Gaillarde, 06 03 76 08 31,
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Anglophone Theatre: Poitou-Charentes Reaction
Theatre (79 and 85) An English-language theatre group staging its plays
in castles across the Vendée and the Deux-Sèvres. Each evening
incorporates wine tasting from local producers.
Contact Nigel Willmoth on 02 51 50 43 49 or
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Anglophone Theatre: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur:
Limelight Theatre Company (06) This group's most
recent production is 'Relatively Speaking' by Alan Ayckbourn. It was
formed in April 2006 as a non-profit making association, with
the vision to produce high-quality English-language theatre on the Côte
d'Azur. It envisages two to three productions a year which will travel
to Fayence in the Var, Nice and Antibes. They work in partnership with Mougins School, an international school offering the British curriculum, based in the Alpes-Maritimes.
www.limelighttheatrecompany.com.
Contact secretary Clare on 06 28 84 18 05 or Limelight Theatre Company,
133 chemin de Baou, 06640 Saint-Jeannet
Anglophone Theatre: Aquitaine MAD'S music and drama society (24) Previous offerings include the comedy ‘Breath of Spring’ written by Peter Coke. This English-language
theatre group offers English residents the chance to perform
entertaining plays for the benefit of the English-speaking community in
South West France.
Ask for Ms Anne Scanlon. Based at the Chateau in Issigeac, Dordogne (24). Tel: 05 53 57 20 39
Aviation: Royal Air Force Association: South West (Poitou-Charentes 17
Royal Air Force Association Sud-Ouest Branch The
association is open to all serving and former members of the Royal Air
Force and Free French Air Force personnel and anyone interested in
aviation. Contact Beryl Dennett. RAFA Sud Ouest France, Le Perail,
17250, Beurlay.
Tel: 05 46 95 38 89 / 06 89 90 55 82 Fax: 05 46 96 41 05
Patchwork: Nord-pas-de-Calais (62)
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 English-speaking quilters in France.
Tel: 03 21 81 96 10 Email:
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www.needle-thread.com
Association France Patchwork. Online national patchwork network with dates and events, ideas and pictures.
Transport: Normandy: Car-Histo-Bus association (14) This
association preserves historical vehicles and publishes a bulletin with
in-depth articles on the history of vehicles, operators and builders.
Contact president Martial Leroux:
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Writers: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur:
A
branch of the UK’s Society of Authors has been set up in Nice (06) The
organisation already exists in Paris, where they meet each First
Tuesday of the month at a Literary café to talk and exchange
information. The chairman of the SOA France is Gregor Dallas, a
Paris-based writer of historical works.
Many of its members are also members of the National Union of Journalists.
Any potential member within striking distance of Nice should contact Emma Boniwell:
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Existing SOA members please contact Carol Howland;
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