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Recent Posts
- DUO ALBORADA at Le Petit Théâtre des Balcons
- More on old ads in the Touraine
- Beautiful images of the Touraine ~ from Dawn Lincoln
- Loire Valley memorial to the abolition of slavery ~ inauguration on 25th March, 2012
- The Vendée War of 1773-1799 ~ the Loire valley during the French Revolution
- C17th Clermont Château or should that be Chasteau? What’s in a circumflex?
- Scenes of the Loire c1906 ~ and a little detective work by yours truly
- Animated Maps of French and World History
- C17th and C18th plans and maps of Amboise in the Loire Valley, Touraine
- Further early C20th images of women of the Touraine
- Further images of Edwardian women in the Touraine ~ 1908
- Young women of Vouvray in traditional Touraine costume ~ 1906
- Strange happenings in the sky over the Touraine ~ 1670 ~ can you shed any light?
- Postcard of the Chateau of Amboise ~ and its story from 1906
- Château of Amboise in the Loire Valley ~ C18th and C19th images
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- Chez Charnizay
- Daily life of an American living in Sait-Aignan
- Fete a Manger
- Gourmet & Farmhouse cooking in the Loire
- Images and information on Ferrière Larçon
- Julie in the Loire
- L'Union Bar-Restaurant, Paulmy
- Le Grand Pressigny
- Living in the Creuse Valley ~ Kath & Roger's adventure
- Local Photographer in the Touraine
- Touraine Tourism
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Tag Archives: Le Grand Pressigny
Palaeolithic Worked Flint Tools, Grand Pressigny ~ a short paper by John Evans (1823-1908)
Further to my recent post; the 1868 Journal Offrint on Palaeolithic Worked Flint Tools, Grand Pressigny, by John Evans FRS, FSA, FGS is reproduced below. The author, John Evans, came from a paper-making business background however “outside his business life … Continue reading
Palaeolithic Worked Flint Tools, Grand Pressigny, 1867 ~ Journal Offprint
Well, I’ve just successfully bid for a Journal Offprint on EBAY. It’s, On the worked flints of Pressigny Le Grand, by John Evans and is from Archaeolgia Volume 40, 1867. It contains; 8 pages, plus 2 full-page illustrations/line drawings of … Continue reading
Old advertising signs in the Touraine and an appeal for more!
One feature of life in the Touraine is the number of old advertising signage – metal, carved or painted on walls – seen in practically every village and certainly every town. They often refer to defunct products and companies. They … Continue reading
Short films of old Touraine and the Centre Region, France
There’s a new archive of old films(mostly amateur 8/16mm film) of aspects of daily life and celebrations in the Touraine and the Centre Region. In total there are 3,858 films with a total playing time of 358 hours. My thanks … Continue reading
Descartes: French Resistance and the Demarcation Line
When France signed L’Armistice on June 22, 1940 the Germans set up a whole series of measure to limit the circulation of the people, goods and the postal traffic between two zones either side of the ‘Demarcation Line’ which separated … Continue reading
Bread oven ~ near Le Grand Pressigny, South Touraine
Further to my past blogs on communal bread ovens, here are a few images of the bread oven at the property my friends, Nev and Cally, are renting. The house is part of a small collection of the most beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Bread making, Grand Pressigny
Tagged Bread Oven, four banal, Le Grand Pressigny, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Touraine, Touraine History
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snatching occasional glipses of other ways to live ~ events alternative in the South Touraine
So, it’s interesting, (as I sit immersed in a pile of books on 16th Century Touraine or tinker with drafts of short-run pamphlets on 17th Century radical English sects to jazz-on-i-player-3) it’s interesting to snatch occasional glimpses of other ways … Continue reading
‘Le champ des livres’ ~ Pre-history talks and events in the Touraine
“Le champ des livre“ is a local association linked with or perhaps run by Friends of the Museum of Pre-History at Le Grand Pressigny in the South Touraine. They have a blog website http://prehistoirenomade.blogspot.com/ and it is worth clicking on … Continue reading
Le Grand Presigny ~ images from the 1940s
Looking through my recent purchase, Visages de la Touraine, I came across these two images of the Chateau at Le Grand Pressigny, South Touraine.
