Tag Archives: vineyards

Reward if you know where this is!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Jim McNeill

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Images of old Loire Valley vineyards and workers

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jim McNeill

If you are interested in viewing old images of vineyards, equipment and the people who worked them in the Loire valley then just click here. They are all interesting in their own way, but my favourite, for a variety of … Continue reading →

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Tours Airport as you’d never believe it!

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Jim McNeill

Rallye Aérien International des Grand Vins de Touraine, 24-25 July 1937 In July 1937, Richard Randolph William Rawson Trafford won the international air rally of the Grand Vins de Touraine at Tours. The competition was a treasure hunt.  Numbers were … Continue reading →

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