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September 2011
Issue #23
Pilots blamed
for fatal Air
France crash
INSIDE > > >
Fatal hornet attack in
Haute-Vienne
Local man dies
after being stung
by hornets
♦ Report confirms speed sensors failed
♦ Captain was on a break when
plane stalled and crashed
♦ Chaos in cockpit in seconds before
crash - pilots weren't properly trained
both Airbus and Air France. Both
companies have been working hard
to ensure that they are not found
ultimately responsible for the
crash… and the inevitable multimillion Euro compensation payouts
if they are.
One major concern surrounding
the crash investigation had been the
known issue with the “pitot tubes”
on the plane. These small tubes are
used to measure air speed, but were
prone to freezing over in certain
conditions meaning the pilots could
not accurately determine how fast
the plane was travelling. Airbus had
known about the “pitot problem”
for several years and Air France had
deferred replacing the faulty probes
on the plane in question.
>> continued on page 7
24-hour baguette
vending machines
Answering a demand or the end
of the traditional
bakery?
>> Page 9
The French beret?
As manufacturing
moves East, is
there still such a
thing as a Frenchmade beret? >> Page 11
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O
n 1 June 2009, Air
France flight 447
from Rio de Janeiro
to Paris inexplicably
plunged into the
Atlantic, killing all 228 people
on board. It became Air France’s
deadliest ever accident and one
of the biggest mysteries in recent
aviation history.
After a 2-year search, the black
box recorders of the Airbus 330
were recovered and investigators
have managed to salvage vital
flight data and voice recordings
from the last minutes of the fateful
flight. The results have been hotly
anticipated, as earlier this year
the judge overseeing the accident
investigation
filed
preliminary
charges of manslaughter against
>> Page 3
Les pavés de Paris
Wet July weather impacts
>> Page 5
local tourism
Alysa Salzberg
looks at the
relationship
between Paris
and its famed
cobbles >> Pages 12-13
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2 ♦ IN THIS EDITION
Welcome to
The Bugle
M
o
s
t
people
l o o k
forward
to
the
summer – and in the winter
I have to confess that I am
sometimes one of them. But
then it comes to August and
do you know what… it ain’t
all it’s cracked up to be.
Given the choice between
being a bit cold and being a
bit hot, I will take the cold
every time – I hate being
hot. I know that we have
made a big deal of July’s
poor weather in this edition
- and it is a big problem for
those in the tourist trade
who look to these two
summer months to make
their money for the rest of
the year – but August has
been an absolute scorcher in
places. I have one of those
old houses with thick walls
that takes an eternity to heat
up if it has lain empty for a
while in winter, but which
keeps the heat for days
once warm. Conversely, in
summer, the house stays
cool during the day when
it is roasting outside. This
only works for a few days,
though and if the nights
aren’t cool, eventually
the house heats up and it
becomes unbearable. I hate
it. No one gets any sleep,
it’s stifling and you have
to take showers every few
hours just to feel clean.
Then there’s the ‘outof-towners’. I may only
have been here five or
six years, but already I
am starting to become
distrustful of number plates
that don’t end in a familiar
departmental number. They
are everywhere… and they
never know where they are
going! If you need to look
at a map – pull over!! Don’t
drive along at 5 kph in front
of me while you try to work
it out!!!
And is it just me, or do
the supermarkets add a
cheeky few cents to all
their products around this
time of year?
I apologise if I sound like
I’m being a bit grumpy.
Truth be told, I can cope
with all the above, they
are just the minor niggles
of summer. There is one
other huge drawback to
these warm days… one
that exacerbates all the
other small inconveniences
and turns me into Victor
Meldrew… the annual visit
of the in-laws.
Now don’t get me
wrong, I love my wife,
but if there was one thing
I could change about her,
it wouldn’t be her that I
would be changing. The
arrival of their first two
grandchildren has drawn
some of the heat to be fair,
but the flip side is that the
visits are becoming longer.
I mean, honestly, since
when was three weeks an
acceptable amount of time
for someone to visit!
They do mean well. My
father-in-law, for example,
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has very kindly been rearranging my kitchen. He
has a rule of thumb that
goes something along the
lines of “when you use
something, be sure to put
it back somewhere other
than where you found it”.
I’ve never been the fastest
cook in the world, but
with the added adventure
of having to remember
that the cheese grater now
lives on the shelf inside the
biggest saucepan, dinners
are getting later by the day.
Although he has cleaned
my oven. I say ‘cleaned’,
but I should probably say
‘started to clean’…. three
days ago. When he will
finish is anyone’s guess,
but I’m running out of
meals that can be cooked
on a hob.
Ah, it always feels good to
have a nice rant – cathartic.
I seem to remember doing a
similar thing last year. This
column is certainly cheaper
than a therapist.
They know I’m joking of
course and they will almost
certainly read this in the
coming days.
So Joan, you are welcome
any time you want to come
over. I am very lucky to
have such a delightful
mother-in-law and we do
appreciate the work that
the ironing fairy does. It
is probably the biggest
drawback of living over
here that we get to see you
so little.
And John…. put back
the cheese grater where it
belongs!!
Until next month!
Steve Martindale
Editor
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News >>
French Life >>
1 & 3>5 Local News:
11 & 14>15 French Life:
A gang of young armed robbers have held up
a store in Cieux, threatening the owner before
making off with €300 and several cartons of
cigarettes.
Conserving energy in the kitchen - Environment
contributor Arthur Smith looks at ways to get eco
in the kitchen.
An Haute-Vienne man has died from anaphylactic shock after being stung a number of times
by hornets.
3 brothers from the UK received a shock, and
a stern warning, when they were picked up
by Gendarmes heading south on the A20... on
bicycles!
The Aubusson political scene is in turmoil over
a disputed election result. The margin of victory
was one vote and has led to legal wranglings.
The annual apple-picking season is set to kick
off again in earnest in September.
The Prefect of the Creuse launches a Voisins
Vigilants neighbourhood watch scheme across
the department.
Record rainfall in July and cooler temperatures
have hit the tourist industry where it hurts.
7>9 National News:
The long-awaited report into the crash of flight
AF447 appears to lay the blame at the feet of
the pilots.
There has been an upsurge in counterfeit wines
appearing on the shelves of Chinese supermarkets.
As the textile industry moves to the Far East, can
the traditional French-made beret survive? Charlie
Marsh investigates.
Cats and Dogs... Andy Wignall proclaims himself
a dog lover, but is careful not to anger his felineloving friends!
Wealth Tax - David Hardy from Siddalls examines recent changes to Wealth Tax law.
Feature
>>
12>13 Alysa Salzberg, Editor-in-Chief of
e-zine Beguile, takes a look at the long relationship between Paris and the cobblestones
that have played such an important role in its
history.
Letters to the Editor>>
16 A selection from our post bag from the last
month:
News from charities and associations from across
the region.
What’s On >>
17 Community Notice Board.
A French transport company has taken over
the running of Metrolink, the UK's largest tram
network.
18 Clubs, Charities and Associations.
The recent London riots bear striking similarities to the French disturbances of 2005.
19-20 This month's Event listings.
19 Market and Foire days.
The French burka ban has provided a welcome
boost to London's retailers.
Is the introduction of 24-hour baguette vending
machines the death knell for the traditional
bakery, or just a marketing gimmick?
Gérard Depardieu is in trouble for allegedly
relieving himself in the aisle of a recent flight
from Paris to Dublin.
France' first no smoking beach is a hit.
Sport
>>
10 With the Rugby World Cup just a few days
away, we take a look at the runners and riders and
who is best placed to lift the Webb Ellis cup.
Directory >>
B2-B8 The Bugle Business Directory.
B9 Properties for sale and rent.
B10-B11 Classifieds.
Games
>>
B12 Crossword and our usual easy, medium
and hard Sudokus.
Caption competition.
Full group stage fixture list for European teams.
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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 3
Man dies in Haute-Vienne
following fatal hornet attack
A
man
from
Vaulry, HauteVienne,
has
died following a
hornet attack. The unlucky
man, who was dead within
15 minutes, had 4 stings,
one of which was on his
head. Although he suffered
from no known allergies,
the sudden rush of poison
into his body caused an
acute anaphylactic shock.
Wasp and bee stings
are common, and unless
you
have
a
serious
allergic
reaction,
they
are rarely more than a
temporary, albeit painful,
inconvenience.
Hornet
stings, however, are much
more painful and in sad
cases such as this one, can
prove fatal if an allergic
individual is not treated
promptly. According to one
local doctor, “Cases such
as this one come about at
least once or twice a year.”
It was not revealed what
type of hornet caused the
death, but numbers of
Asian hornets have been
on the rise in France in
recent years. Believed to
have first come from the
Far East in shipments of
pottery, the hornets have
quickly colonised much of
France and there are recent
reports of them moving into
Spain. Despite the obvious
dangers to humans, they
have also decimated local
bee populations, which
they hunt as prey.
Individual hornets can
sting multiple times; unlike
a typical worker honey bee,
the hornet does not die after
stinging because its stinger
is not barbed. People who
are allergic to wasp venom
are also generally allergic
to hornet stings.
Hornets,
like
many
social wasps, can mobilize
the entire nest to sting in
collective defence, which
can be highly dangerous
to humans. The hornets
use a special pheromone to
Armed robbers hold up store in Cieux
O
fficials are on the hunt for
armed robbers following a
raid in broad daylight on the
tabac-presse in the usually peaceful
village of Cieux, Haute-Vienne. The
three masked men struck at 9:15 in the
morning stealing €300 from the till
and a number of cartons of cigarettes,
before making off as they had arrived
- on foot.
Jean-Claude Thomas, the husband
of the shop’s owner, was alone in the
premises at the time, a fact for which
he was grateful. “Luckily, my wife was
not here. At that time of the morning
you’d never imagine you’d get held up
at gunpoint.”
According to Mr Thomas, the three
men, who he described as being young
and having no discernible accent,
appeared nervous. “Let's be calm.
Everything will be fine”, he told the
robbers as one waved a handgun in
his face. They then pushed him to the
back of the store before fleeing with
their modest bounty.
Gendarmes were quickly on the
scene and locals reported seeing
people they didn’t recognise and a
suspicious car. A specialist dog handler
unit was unable to immediately trace
the suspects and the investigation is
ongoing. ■
raise alarm of a potential
attack. It is not, therefore,
advisable to kill a hornet
anywhere near a nest, as
the distress signal can
trigger the entire nest to
attack. ■
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British
cyclists
take A20
Three
brothers
from
England found themselves
in hot water recently when
they were caught travelling
down the A20… on bicycles!
Having decided to head south,
they had apparently looked at
a map and chosen “the biggest
road” they could find.
After reports came in from
concerned members of the
public, the Gendarmes finally
caught up with the cyclists at
junction 37 near Boisseuil, just
before lunchtime. They were
given a verbal warning and sent
on their way… via the D-roads!!
TVA set to rise
on equestrian
activities
The cost of keeping horses
in France could be about
to rise as the EU looks at
increasing the rate of TVA
on equestrian activities from
5.5% to 19.6%. Many have
been in fear of such a move for
some time, but now it looks
set to come into force at the
end of 2011. Countries that
will be immediately affected
are France, Ireland, Holland,
Germany and Austria.
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Aubusson politics
Apple picking season
thrown into disarray begins in earnest
I
t is a political spat that
has rumbled on for
months and has now left
the town of Aubusson,
Creuse, without a conseiller
général.
It all started on 27th March
this year when Jean-Marie
Massias caused an upset and
beat the incumbent Michel
Moine by a single vote to be
elected as the town’s general
councillor.
Michel Moine, who is
also the socialist mayor
of
Aubusson,
appealed
shortly after to the tribunal
administratif (TA) in Limoges,
arguing that three votes had
arrived in support of him on
the day after the election,
and asked that the result be
overturned in his favour.
On 23rd June, the TA agreed.
They annulled the result and
ordered that the election be rerun in September, but crucially
did not declare Michel Moine
the victor. Jean-Marie Massias
accepted the decision and
declined his right to appeal
before the Conseil d’Etat. By
this time, two other defeated
candidates had announced
their intention to back JeanMarie Massias in any fresh
vote.
But then, on 25th July,
Michel Moine himself shocked
everyone by appealing the
I
Michel Moine wants the election result reversed, not anulled
decision by the TA that had
effectively been given in his
favour. “I am demanding a
reversal of the result,” stated
a determined Mr Moine. “The
secrecy behind the ballot has
been lifted by the tribunal and
two people have attested that
they intended to vote for me,
and the third vote… that was
me! The decision by the TA
in Limoges therefore does not
satisfy me. I am waiting for the
Conseil d’Etat to declare me
the winner of the election.”
This political manoeuvring
meant that Jean-Marie Massias
would remain as the conseiller
général whilst the appeal was
held, which would not be a
fast process. Most political
observers saw this as an attempt
to delay any fresh elections for
as long as possible, therefore
giving Mr Moine more time
to canvas voters and secure his
re-election.
In a final twist, Jean-Marie
Massias has now announced
that he is stepping down as
conseiller général, therefore
forcing a new election
within 3 months. Speaking
to La Montagne, Jean-Marie
Massias said, “I do not want
to talk about stepping down
– that signifies that I am
renouncing my position – I
prefer to talk about renewing
my mandate”. Whilst seizing
control of the timeframe
of any new elections, Mr
Massias is putting faith in the
voters. “Michel Moine would
prefer to be crowned by a
court rather than by the vote.
So I am going to give him no
option!” ■
t may only last for 3
weeks, but the appleharvesting season will
employ 4,000 people in
the Limousin and hopefully
result in the picking of over
100,000 tonnes of precious
Golden du Limousin apples.
Towards the end of August
there were 1,300 jobs up for
grabs in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
(Haute-Vienne) and 2,700 in
Objat (Corrèze). “As a general
rule, we find enough people”,
explained
Marie-Angélique
Bagur from a local pôle emploi
agency. “This year the harvest
will begin a little earlier, nearer
the beginning of September,
which means we may get
more students applying. No
professional qualifications are
needed, but there are physical
requirements because it is very
strenuous work. You mustn't
be afraid of heights, must be
happy to work in the rain and
be gentle with the fruit whilst
able to work quickly – you
need to pick one tonne of fruit
every day.”
Much of the picking will
be focused on the so-called
“golden triangle” of SaintYrieix-la-Perche, Lanouaille
and Pompadour, where specific
job centres are set up for the
massive annual recruitment
drive. Since 2002, organisers
have laid on free transport for
the pickers from Limoges,
Tulle and Brive town centres
in order to try and generate as
much local labour as possible.
85% of all apples picked
will be of the famous Golden
du Limousin variety, a type of
Golden Delicious. These apples
were awarded an appellation
d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in
France in 2005, which means
only apples grown in a certain
area may be called Golden du
Limousin. The region’s most
famous fruit was then given
appellation d'origine protégée
(AOP) status in 2007, which
is the equivalent of the AOC
but on a Europe-wide level
and remains the only apple in
France with this protection.
In order to be able to carry
the AOP label, producers
have to conform with certain
regulations relating to the
specific location and production
conditions of the orchard,
as well as rules surrounding
texture, sweetness and acidity
levels of the finished fruit. ■
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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 5
Voisins Vigilants scheme July's wet weather
introduced in Creuse
hits tourist industry
T
he more observant among us may
have noticed new signs appearing
on the way into towns and villages
across the Creuse. These signs,
featuring a wide open eye, are part of the
voisins vigilants et attentionnés campaign,
introduced this summer.
The campaign was the brainchild of the
current prefect of the Creuse, Claude Serra,
which he first introduced in the department of
Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, when he was deputy
prefect there in 2007. The idea is simple: to
recruit responsible members of the public
from communes across the department to act
as the eyes and ears of local law enforcement,
not too dissimilar to the Neighbourhood
Watch scheme that operates in the UK. These
référents are volunteers chosen by local
authorities who can contact the Gendamerie or
Police if suspicious people or vehicles are seen
in the area.
When introduced in Grasse, it was so
effective in deterring crime that the interior
ministry began to roll it out across other
departments of France. So it was only logical
that when Claude Serra became prefect of
Creuse, he would introduce the scheme there
also.
Grasse is one of the more wealthy areas
of France, with plenty of large holiday villas
surrounded by large fencing making it the
perfect target for burglars, so is the scheme
really necessary in the department with the
lowest crime rate in the country? Absolutely,
according to Claude Serra. “The fact that
Creuse does not have much crime compared
to other areas of France has its consequences:
it engenders a kind of apathy towards basic
safety measures. Furthermore, the presence of
a dual carriageway that now crosses the entire
department has opened it up to France and
paradoxically also means thieves can come
and go more quickly.”
Indeed, the number of burglaries and breakins is up significantly this year compared to
previous years, both in Creuse and HauteVienne.
The plan has been presented to local
authorities across the department and trials are
being rolled out in selected communes with a
view to expanding the scheme in the coming
months and years.
One question asked at the launch press
conference was whether the référents involved
risked being seen as some kind of anonymous
militia. “Absolutely not,” said Olivier Quérard,
Procureur de la République in Guéret. “This
initiative is aimed at protecting the public by
appealing to their sense of civic pride - a civic
pride that is still strong in Creuse.” ■
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N
o one needs to be
told that July 2011
was a wet month –
especially those in
the tourist trade – but now it
is official: July was basically
your average November!
Although the rain was a
welcome relief for farmers
across the region, the grey
days, cold temperatures
and unusual quantity of
rainfall were a disaster
for those who look to the
summer months to fill
up their terraces or keep
their turnstiles ticking.
One
exception
were
the indoor museums,
however; the aquarium in
Limoges made the most
of the inclement weather
and quadrupled its visitor
numbers compared to the
same period last year.
With Limoges seeing 95mm
of rainfall in July, compared
to an expected average of
67mm and Guéret 97mm
instead of the usual 66mm,
the Haute-Vienne and Creuse
received 50% more rain this
July. Corrèze saw the biggest
downpours with 145mm
recorded in Tulle - 100%
up on the annual average of
70mm. This massive increase
can largely be put down to
one huge storm that deposited
89mm on Ussel in just 24
hours. To give a comparison,
July 2010 saw 18mm of rain
all month.
According
to
Pierre
Gabassi from Météo France
Limoges, these are the kind of
figures that would normally
be expected for November.
Temperatures were also
down by 1.5ºC across the
Limousin for an average
of 17.3ºC for July, making
the month more like a
typical September.
Speaking in La
Montagne, Mr Gabassi
refused to be drawn on
what this meant for autumn
and winter. “We can't
create
meteorological
data quite that easily, so
it is impossible to know
if this means it will be
nice in September or if
winter will be tough.” All
he would be drawn on was
that there would be some hot
days ahead later in August, a
prediction that certainly did
come true! ■
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6 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
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However, in its latest report, the
French air accident investigation
agency, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et
d'Analyses (BEA), appears to lay the
blame with the pilots, following a
“series of failings”.
Whilst the investigation confirmed
the failure of speed sensors - which
froze and set off the catastrophic
chain of events - the report said the
pilots lacked training to deal with
this situation. The pilots flying flight
AF447 could have saved the plane
after it temporarily lost its speed
readings, concluded France's air
investigation authority. Instead, they
did the opposite of what was required,
pulling the aircraft up to a height at
which it stalled and fell from the sky
at 10,000 ft per minute. “The situation
was salvageable,” BEA director, Jean
Paul Troadec, told reporters.
An unnamed French pilot agreed
and told Le Figaro newspaper: “This
manoeuvre [the pulling up of the
plane] is totally incomprehensible.
My colleague must have panicked.”
Captain Marc Dubois, 58, was
resting when the Airbus began
encountering turbulence, leaving copilots David Robert, 37, and PierreCedric Bonin, 32, in the cockpit.
Bonin was at the controls when the
speed sensors failed. As is normal, the
autopilot reacted by disconnecting
itself and handing control of the plane
back to the pilot, who immediately
hauled the aircraft up to 37,500ft in an
apparent attempt to slow it down. As a
consequence the A330's stall warning
sounded, meaning that the plane's
aerodynamics were not generating
enough lift even though its twin
engines were working normally.
Robert, Bonin's co-pilot at the
time lost precious seconds calling
the captain and failed to correct
his colleague's error as the plane
plunged towards the sea, said the
report. Dubois had returned to the
cockpit seconds before the crash but
was unable to save the situation as it
hit the Atlantic belly first.
A transcript of the voice recorder
reveal how panicked the co-pilots
appeared to be.
"What do you think? What do you
think? What should we do?" says
Robert.
“I don't have control of the plane,
I don't have control of the plane at
all,” Bonin replies, as a stall alarm
sounds for the sixth time in two
minutes and they await the captain.
“Hey what are you …?” Dubois is
heard to say when he gets back,
to which Robert replies: “What's
happening? I don't know, I don't
know what's happening.”
“What's the altitude?”
“What do you mean what altitude?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm descending
right?”
As they approach the water,
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Report blames pilots for crash of AF447
A330-200 F-GZCP in March 2007 - 2 years before the fatal crash
the on-board computer is heard to
announce: “Sink rate. Pull up, pull
up, pull up.” To which Captain
Dubois reacts with the words: “Go
on: ‘pull’.”
Bonin: “We're pulling, pulling,
pulling, pulling.”
The last words on the recording
are from an apparently calm Captain
Dubois: “Ten degrees pitch.” The
recording stops half-a-second later.
Air France has defended its pilots,
claiming that they may have been
confused by previous experiences
with faulty alarm warnings.
According to one airline source, the
stall alarm would sometimes sound
while a message would appear on
pilots' screens telling them to ignore
the “superfluous” warning.
Representatives of the victims'
families have also rejected pilot
error as the primary cause,
suggesting the economic issues at
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France,” said Romain Vandevoorde, a wine importer in Beijing.
Whilst wine consumption is on the increase in China, few know
much about the wines they are drinking, making them easy targets for
fakes. Stories abound of classic vintages worth thousands of Euros
being mixed with Coke.
The industry predicts that China could be the sixth largest consumer
of wine as early as 2014. By then, producers of the great vintages
hope to have taught China’s consumers the difference between a fake
and the real thing. ■
stake may mean a playing down of
mechanical failures.
French officials insist the BEA's
findings do not amount to an official
attribution of blame. “The BEA
establishes the facts and makes
recommendations based on those
facts,” environmental and transport
minister
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courts.” ■
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company takes over
Metrolink
The French state-owned
transport company RATP,
which currently runs the
Paris Metro system, has
replaced Stagecoach as
operators of Metrolink,
Britain's most successful
tram network.
The
surprise
move,
announced at the London
Stock Exchange in August,
came half way through
Stagecoach’s
10-year
contract to run Manchester’s
sprawling tram system.
Metrolink
currently
carries 20 million passengers
a year and is regarded as
a model transport system
for other British cities. A
much-anticipated extension
to the southern suburb of
Chorlton recently opened
and there are plans to extend
the tram network to connect
Didsbury,
Ashton-underLyne, Oldham, Rochdale,
and Manchester Airport via
Wythenshawe. There are
also plans for a second line
to cross Manchester city
centre.
Paul Matthews, chief
executive of RATP Dev UK
(the British arm of RATP)
said: “Metrolink is one of
the UK's most successful
tram networks, so we are
naturally delighted to join
with the existing team to be
able to bring our expertise
and know-how to continue
its further development.”
Following
the
liberalisation of UK bus
and rail services, national
rail operators in Germany,
France and the Netherlands
all now have a presence in
British transport. Jim Steer,
a rail industry consultant
said international companies
had probably saved the
taxpayer millions of pounds
by competing for transport
franchises such as this one.
“Without them, perhaps the
taxpayer would have ended
up putting more money into
the system,” he said. ■
London riots familiar to France
F
ollowing a series
of riots that rapidly
spread from a single
flashpoint to engulf
the whole country, the nation’s
leader spoke of the problems
affecting his homeland. The
shocking events, he said, had
laid bare a “profound malaise”
at the heart of society,
exposing “a crisis of identity”.
But, he warned, “youths who
attack … must know that they
cannot break the law without
being caught, judged and
punished” and their parents,
if they did not “accept their
responsibilities”, should be
punished too.
This may sound like it has
been lifted straight out of a
recent British newspaper,
but is in fact Jacques Chirac
speaking in Paris in 2005
following the riots that swept
through France that autumn.
The parallels between les
émeutes des banlieues de 2005
and August’s rioting in Britain
are striking to say the least.
“Of course they are,” said
Michel Fize, a sociologist
at the Paris National Centre
for Scientific Research who
specialises in youth behaviour
and urban violence. “The
root causes are, essentially,
the same. They may express
themselves slightly differently
from locality to locality, but
the underlying issues are
absolutely the same. Not just
in France and Britain, either.”
French riot police have
even been offering advice to
their British counterparts on
how to deal with disturbances
and looting. According to
Le Monde, interior minister
Claude Guéant passed on a
series of public order tips to
the police in the UK, in what
the paper described as an
“exchange of experience”.
In the French riots, the
flashpoint came on 27th
October 2005 in Clichysous-Bois, when police were
called to a construction site to
investigate a possible breakin. Three teenagers, thinking
they were being chased by the
police, climbed a wall to hide
in a power substation to avoid
the lengthy questioning that
youths in the housing projects
said they often faced from
the police. Whilst hiding, two
of the boys, Zyed Benna and
Bouna Traoré suffered fatal
electric shocks.
French
authorities
subsequently cast doubt on the
claims that the youths were
being chased, but the deaths
triggered the biggest wave
of civil unrest France had
witnessed since 1968. That
first night, 15 cars were set
alight in the banlieu (suburb)
of Clichy-sous-Bois on the
outskirts of Paris, an area home
to 30,000 residents, mostly
second and third-generation
immigrant families living in
poor conditions in high-rise
apartment blocks.
The
violence
quickly
spread and over the next 20
days reached as far as Rennes
Bordeaux, Strasbourg and
Marseilles. Nearly 3,000
people - half of them minors were arrested, more than 9,000
cars were set on fire and 126
policemen and fire-fighters
were injured. As in London,
the vast majority of the rioters
and looters were from the
discontented youth.
Despite
the
draconian
measures taken by then interior
minister Nicolas Sarkozy,
including curfews, 24-hour
justice and zero tolerance
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The French introduction of the ‘burka
ban’ has provided a welcome boost for
businesses… in London! The major stores
are cashing in as tourists from the Middle
East desert Paris and head north of the
Channel to spend their money. Selfridges,
for example, has seen the number of
foreign shoppers increase by over 40 per
cent this year compared to 2010, with
Middle Eastern tourists leading the way.
The French Government has made it
clear that foreigners will not be exempted
from prosecution for wearing a face
covering veil and evidence is suggesting
that wealthy visitors from the Middle East
have voted with their wallets and snubbed
France altogether.
“People from this region are particularly
policing, it was the onset of
rain and the resumption of
schools and colleges after
a 2-week half term that
eventually quelled the riots.
Chirac
subsequently
went on record as saying
that the “poison” of racial
discrimination was at the
heart of the problem, saying
it “saps the foundations of the
republic”. He subsequently
announced a raft of measures
to improve the life chances
of youths from disadvantaged
suburbs: 5,000 extra teachers
and
assistants;
10,000
scholarships; individual help
with job-seeking; incentives
for companies moving near to
sink estates.
Michel Fize believes that
this merely papered over the
cracks: “A bit of money got
thrown at the problem,” he
said. “But this could happen
again in France. The ashes
are still smouldering. It just
needs the spark. The political
and economic systems have
both failed these youths – in
France, in Britain, but also in
Spain, Greece. Even the Arab
Spring reflects the same root
problems.” ■
sensitive about their privacy,” said Mohsin
Kidwai, manager for holidays at United
Arab Emirates-based Orient Travels.
A group of London retailers estimates
that Arab tourists are spending up to
£2,000 each and bringing new business
thought to be worth £200 million. This is
a further boost for West End traders who
have already enjoyed a bonanza thanks to
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Do baguette vending machines Wee, je veux bien
spell the end of a way of life?
E
A
s many despair at the decline of the
‘traditional’ French way of life, a further
blow has come with the introduction of 24hour, coin-operated baguette dispensers in
the nation’s capital. Not long ago, it would have been
akin to putting foie gras in a squeezy tube, or Dom
Pérignon in a wine box, but is now a reality thanks to
entrepreneur Jean-Louis Hecht, the inventor of the
baguette vending machine.
Whilst many claim that the sacred baguette should not
be degraded in such a way, dispensed from machines
like a pack of condoms or a can of Coke, Mr Hecht
claims that he is simply responding to a demand. In the
past, everyone from housewives to restaurant owners
would visit their local boulangerie at least twice a day
to ensure their bread was as fresh and crisp as possible.
In modern times, however, this tradition is on the wane.
Today, people are often too busy to get to the bakery
multiple times a day and high business rates, coupled
with traditionally poor working conditions for bakers,
have caused many closures.
“It is answering a real need. People who work at night
or early in the morning can get their fresh bread. To me
it's a public utility.” Hecht first came up with his idea
two years ago. Like many bakers he was living over
his boulangerie and was often disturbed by customers
knocking on the door for bread after he had closed. “My
wife said: 'We'll never get any peace’, so I said, 'We'll put
out a bread distributor and we'll be left alone.’”
Mr Hecht has so far installed two vending machines,
one in his home town of Hombourg-Haut, close to the
German border in north-east France and another in Paris,
both next to his existing bakeries. “This is the bakery of
tomorrow,” Mr Hecht said. “If other bakers don't want to
enter the niche, they're going to get decimated.”
“It's like with banks,” said the inventor. “Before,
everyone went to a teller; now, everyone uses cash
dispensers. It will be the same with bread: today,
everyone goes to the bakery; tomorrow, they'll go to the
baguette dispenser.”
Not everyone is convinced. Marc Nexhip of the Paris
bakers' union admitted he had not yet tasted one of the
vending machine baguettes, but told Associated Press:
“I'm not convinced that good taste can be maintained
over time. Maybe for 15 minutes, but not for several
hours.” ■
France's first no smoking beach a hit
threat of a fine behind it.”
Police, who already patrolled the beach before the
ban, can now hand out a €35 fine to anyone seen lighting
up on the sand. But the threat appears to be enough and
Collura says so far peer pressure and gentle warnings
have been sufficient to keep the beach smoke free.
A recent survey by polling agency Ifop showed threequarters of French people support a beach smoking ban.■
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has taken a novel approach to boosting tourist numbers by
creating what it calls the first non-smoking beach in France.
The ban came into force at the beginning of this summer’s tourist
season, and its success has taken even the local officials by surprise.
“We don't stop smokers from going elsewhere,” said deputy-mayor
Noel Collura. “But this one [beach] we want to reserve for nonsmokers, for mothers and children so they can make sand castles and
not cigarette butt castles.”
The town of 34,000 - a number that triples in the summer months is known as the birthplace of the Provencal game Pétanque and is also
location of one of the first ever films by the Lumière brothers who
lend their name to the beach chosen for the trial, the “Plage Lumière”.
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Depardieu has been ejected
from a CityJet flight bound
for Dublin. According to a fellow
passenger, the Cyrano de Bergerac
actor stood up shortly before take-off
and declared “Je veux pisser” and then
proceeded to do exactly that… in the
aisle of the plane.
The star offered to clean up any
mess, but the aircraft taxied back to the
terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport
and Mr Depardieu was removed
from the flight, which was eventually
delayed for two hours.
The plane had been due to take
the actor to Ireland to film the fourth
installment of the ongoing Asterix
series of films in which he plays the
larger than life character Obelix. The
incident occurred after he was told by
cabin crew that the seatbelt sign was
on and he could not use the toilet until
the plane was airborne.
The actor later tried to diffuse what
quickly became known as “pipigate”
by apologising, saying that a prostate
problem had caused the sudden urge,
and claiming that he had tried to
evacuate into a plastic water bottle, but
that a little had fallen on the floor.
His entourage said the actor, who
recently said he could drink up to six
bottles of a wine a day, was “stone cold
sober” when the incident occurred.
While fellow passengers were no
doubt understandably irate, CityJet saw
the funny side. Although declining to
publicly name the actor, they tweeted
later in the day: “As you may have
seen, we are busy mopping the floor
of one of our planes...” adding, “We'd
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Rugby World Cup 2011
A
squad. Marc Lièvremont,
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Dublin following the warmup victory over Ireland, said
he had known from the start
that making his choice of 30
players would be “medical,
sporting and hard at the
human level”.
The smart money had
been on Biarritz prop Fabien
Barcella to be the one to miss
the flight, but Lièvremont
has opted for youth over
experience and left the
35-year-old Marconnet at
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s rugby fans
across
the
globe gear up
for the Rugby
World
Cup,
Europe’s major forces are
completing their final warmup games and whittling their
squads down to the 30 players
that will board the plane to
New Zealand. As is usual for
this stage of the process there
have been heart-breaking (and
career-ending) injuries, shock
selections and devastating
omissions.
Sylvain Marconnet once again misses out on his World Cup dream
The big story from the
French camp comes with
the news that experienced
props Sylvain Marconnet
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prop has 84 caps but also
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the trip to New Zealand along
with Domingo of Clermont
Auvergne, who has a knee
problem.
“Sylvain is the last player I
played with at club level and
also in the France team, so it
has been a difficult choice,”
Lièvremont said. “Sylvain
asked me not to announce it to
the group in his presence.”
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them lose to Italy for the first
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have won their first two warmup games, including a moraleboosting victory in Dublin
and go into the tournament as
joint fourth favourites (14/1),
along with England. New
Zealand are red hot favourites
to win on home soil, followed
by Australia and then South
Africa. The odds at this stage
seem to reinforce the statistic
that European sides struggle
in southern hemisphere World
Cups.
England were forced into
a last-minute reshuffle when
Danny Care was ruled out
with a toe injury picked up
in the defeat to Wales. Care
was the form scrum-half in
England at the end of last
season and he had mounted
a strong case to reclaim the
England nine jersey from
Ben Youngs. Captain Lewis
Moody looks like he will make
the plane after overcoming a
worrying knee injury picked
up in England’s first warm-up
game. Rickey Flutey is the big
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Scotland v Romania
FRANCE v Japan
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Ireland v USA
South Africa v Wales
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promising flanker Hendrie
Fourie, although veteran
Simon Shaw is set to make
his third World Cup at the
ripe old age of 38. Shaw was
famously cut from the squad
in 2003 before being called up
as injury cover and becoming
the first player to lift a World
Cup winner's medal without
playing a minute of rugby.
22-year-old Sam Warburton
has been confirmed as Wales’
youngest ever World Cup
captain, but will be without the
experienced Martyn Williams
who misses out on a fourth
World Cup. As expected,
Gavin Henson’s name did
not feature in the final squad
having suffered a dislocated
wrist in the victory over
England.
There were few surprises
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talisman Brian O’Driscoll. The
one exception came with the
omission of Tomas O’Leary,
who appears to have played
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with poor performances in
the two fixtures with France.
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Ireland’s first choice number
9, he misses out on a World
Cup squad, with Conor
Murray taking his place. Luke
Fitzgerald is another big-name
casualty who has suffered
because of a loss of form.
Scotland's head coach,
Andy Robinson, confirmed a
30-man squad with Alastair
Kellock as captain and
featuring
few
surprises.
Kellock's club teammate
Johnnie Beattie has been
omitted. The No8 was the
victim of intense competition
in the back row, with David
Denton and Robert Harley
also missing out. “Today is
not a time for looking back,”
said Kellock, who missed
out on selection for the
2007 tournament. “It's about
reflecting on the huge honour
of being selected for the squad
in the first instance, which is
magnified by being asked to
captain the squad. I intend to
do my utmost to reward the
coaches' faith in me and make
the country proud of what we
achieve in New Zealand.”
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MARTIN WALTERS
PLUMBER
(City & Guilds Advanced)
All Types of Plumbing
Work Undertaken:
● Small jobs ● Repairs
● Kitchens/Bathrooms
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Heating Engineer
Property
Management
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(Previously UK CORGI registered
– Oil / Natural Gas / LPG)
Established and registered in
France for 7 years.
Limousin Property Care
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Heating work undertaken.
Areas Covered: North Creuse (23)
& South Indre (36)
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Email: amanda.rick@tiscali.co.uk
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OF ALL SATELLITE
SYSTEMS AND AERIALS.
FAULT FINDING.
Tel: 05 55 62 05 61
Email: garygoodwin@wanadoo.fr
siret: 453 067 910 00019
IT Support for Creuse, HauteVienne, Indre and Vienne
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06.79.07.91.56
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Chimney Sweeping
• Flue ways cleared
• Birds nests, vermin & debris
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• Smoke evacuation & gas
tightness tests
• Official certificates of cleaning
issued (Certificat de Ramonage)
www.stovesellers.com
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Helpdesk, Data retrieval
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SIRET: 479 095 705 00014
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TV/Electronic repairs
Satellite Sales, Service & Installations.
TV Receiver & Electronic Repairs.
Dish alignments. Sky/Freesat/TNT/FTA.
Most of depts 23,03,63,87,36 covered.
martin@creusetec.com
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Courses
& Classes
Thistle Authentic Foods
La Petite Fontaine
05 45 31 59 34 - pg 5
Café, Bar and Events Venue
Lunch Menu
Free WiFi
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www.artclasslimousin.co.uk
87300 St-Junien-les-Combes
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Jewellery
Making Courses
The
Corner Shop
Art Classes
05 55 76 35 44 - see pg 10
Learn how to make stunning jewellery and stay at
our beautiful B&B
www.hiddenfrance.co.uk
Large range of British foods.
Special orders can be catered for.
Usually cheaper than the
supermarkets!!
5km west of Aubusson
Tue-Sat 10.00 - 4.00
SIRET: 479 965 758 00010
SIRET: 504 584 228 00010
05.55.81.30.39
Food & Drink
LES PAPILLONS
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Mon & Sun Closed
1 rue Pierre Chambord, Oradour-sur-Vayres
Tel: 05 44 00 03 24
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Le Chardon Ecossais
Bistro Café
Speciality: Homemade Indian curry
www.lechardonecossais.com
05.55.66.60.35 - see pg 4
C’est cheese
Find us at local markets selling a
small and tasty selection of excellent
quality english cheeses.
Also available online.
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www.cestcheese.fr
09.66.87.02.74
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La Récré
38, Route de Limoges, 23150 Ahun
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larecre.ahun@yahoo.co.uk
www.larecre-ahun.com
SIRET: 509 171 740 00012
Le Pub
05.55.60.29.74
info@lapetitefontaine.com
www.lapetitefontaine.com
SIRET: 489 218 636 00012
The Living Room
"the place to be"
www.thelivingroomfrance.com
05 55 48 92 37 - see pg 4
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La ferme du Duc noir
Free range, rare breed pork
02.54.30.51.95
See our Display Ad - pg 8
Vetriano’s, Bellac
Salon de Thé & Bistro
06.42.54.24.26
Tues - Fri: 09.30 - 17.00, Sun: 11.30 - 15.00
Menu du jour €10
served 12.00 - 14.00, Tues - Fri
Outside catering - Hot and cold buffets
From €7 per person, min 10 people.
Please phone to discuss your requirements.
SIRET: 488 369 224 00016
Au Beau Rivage
Hotel - Bar - Restaurant
Busseau-sur-Creuse
05.55.62.40.27 - pg 11
Le P’tit
Marchois
Bar
47 Grande Rue
23260 Crocq
02 54 60 02 14
Open Late!!
Sunday roast & pudding
A TENNER (€) from Sep
Fish + Chips + Mushy Peas,
every Fri + Sat night
Thu 12-2pm & 6pm-midnight
Fri 12-2pm & 6pm-2am
Sat 12pm-2am
Sun 12pm-11pm
JJ’s
Cafe Bar
Some customer quotes:
‘...more than just a bar’
‘....a bit like Allo Allo and Cheers!’
See our Notice Board events listings
39 Place du Champ de Foire
36140, Aigurande
02 54 06 30 77
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk
SIRET: 508 754 314 00013
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Tree Surgery Services
Qualified & Insured Tree Surgeon
operating out of the Haute-Vienne
05 55 76 35 44- see pg 4
La Tuilerie
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Le Creusois
Hourly or Daily rates.
Bar/Restaurant
Les Genêts, Azerables
High quality British & French food
at reasonable prices.
Menu du Jour €12, Traditional Pub
Food, Vegetarian dishes, Childrens &
Snack menus also available
05.55.63.90.79
www.lecreusoisbistro.com
La Grange - Blond
Café le Pont de la Pierre
05.55.60.72.85
Garden Services
Come and see for yourself - Open all week.
SIREN: 508 665 692
Bar/Restaurant
58, rue d'Orjon
Argenton-sur-Creuse
Opening hours:
15 Grande Rue, Le Dorat
SIREN: 483 988 853
Bar-Restauarant, Bellac
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05 55 60 20 79 - Page 10
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Parnac, opposite the church
Au Bon Vivre
Open 10h-22h for food, all day every day!
4-course lunch menu + wine from ONLY €11
Only 3 mins from A20 (junct 20)
● Moules-Frites (1st weekend every month)
● BBQ nights (every Tue evening)
● Tête de Veau, 29th (for les Herolles)
See our website for more details...
www.aubonvivrerestaurant.com
Tel: 02 54 24 83 31
Landscaping/Gardens/Lakes.
All aspects of Garden Creation
and Maintenance covered.
05.55.53.56.68
www.garden-mowers.com
info@ garden-mowers.com
SIREN: 478 984 529
Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
for all your tree requirements
beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
see main ad below
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Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
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27 years experience
Grass & hedge cutting service We will not be beaten on price or standard of work
Fully qualified arborist - Fully insured Covering depts: 87, 23, 86, 36, 19 & 16
Reliability guaranteed
beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
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Directory - how it works!
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he Bugle Business Directory is the perfect way for
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a reasonable price, with adverts
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Gifts & Crafts
The Exchange
Rochechouart
SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP. GREAT
SELECTION OF GIFTS, CARDS, CANDLES
AND HAND-CRAFTED PRODUCTS
Tue 2.30pm - 5pm
Thu, Fri, Sat 9:15-12 & 2:30-5pm
Sat 9 - 12
Couturière, Styliste,
Tailleur
● Couture and design
● Made to measure service
● Home furnishings
● Curtains and loose covers
● Upholstery service
Anything from a new zip
to a wedding gown!
19 pl. Charles de Gaulle, 87210 Le Dorat
06.83.15.42.84
rae.streets@bbox.fr
SIRET: 498 924 141 00019
Atelier d'Art
du Jardin
Imaginative quality garden
artwork made by craftsmen
Garden Open for viewings every
weekend until the end of August:
Sat and Sun from 10.00 to 17.00
Tel: 05 55 81 31 85
email: artdejardin@gmail.com
www.atelierdartdujardin.net
● Crockery ● Home furnishings
● Porcelain ● Antiques ● ...much more
Tue-Fri 10h-12h & 14h-16h30
Sat-Sun 10h-16h30
Rue du Champ de Foire, 23600 SOUMANS
Tel: 06.98.63.43.35
Friendly bilingual English lady
available for interpreting,
translating and relocation
services in the Creuse area.
Please see website for full details.
Contact: JULIA MARSHALL
SIRET 484 479 480 00010
www.carte-blanche.weebly.com
Picture framing
Encadrement d’Art
1 Rue du 19 Mars 1962
87150 Oradour sur Vayres
Framers to La Galerie de Gabriel
Very reasonable rates
Attention to detail
05 55 49 83 86
nicktesswigg@yahoo.co.uk
Siret : 493 883 623 00016
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Looking for something special for your
home? Come take a look:
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HELPING HAND?
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www.theexchangerochechouart.com
9 rue Dr Charles Poitevin
Indypindy
Couture
E
very month 12,000+
copies of The Bugle are
printed and distributed
across the region. Thanks to
our targeted distribution where
we personally visit each of
our 300+ distributors every
month, and adjust the number
of papers left accordingly,
we make sure that the right
number of copies go in the
right places. The Bugle has an
estimated monthly readership
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Health
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Donna’s
Beauty Treatments
A moment of luxury for your body, mind
and spirit. The finest skincare, massage
and wellness treatments await you.
All in the comfort of your own home
06 35 92 77 83 / 02 54 06 07 48
Fully Insured. SIRET: 522 061 159 00011
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ET DES CHIFFRES
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Let me manage letters, invoices,
book keeping accounts,
checkout reports, CV etc...
Telework possible. Very reasonable rates.
siret 531 793 255 00013
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French lessons
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• full page - €300.
06 37 00 11 99
05.55.80.98.35
Sophie Arsac
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Bugle has established itself
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the region, our advertising
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and deliver your message in a
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Based La Châtre. Covering 36 and surrounding.
Helen Bernard
La Petite Place
● Ladies and Mens hairdressing
● Eye lash & Eyebrow Tinting
● Eyebrow shaping ● Waxing
● Manicure ● Pedicure
● Wedding day packages
Depts 19 & 87
See our Display Ad - pg 9
Mobile Hairdressing
& Beauty
Tel: 06 19 58 21 19
Visit my website for a full price list
www.helencoiffeuse.info
Siret 510 489 701 00019
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English
Hairdresser
All aspects of
hairdressing, in your
home or mine
Call Jane:
05 49 91 02 23
06 47 94 95 75
Based La Trimouille (86290)
siret: 502 867 211 00018
Tip Top Tips
Nail Technician
Extensions, Reinforcements,
Gel and Acrylic.
Manicures.
Beautiful Nails for all.
05 49 84 15 29/06 73 95 61 57
Email:bobby.crick@hotmail.co.uk
Based La Trimouille (86290)
SIRET: 530 103 035 00016
Hair salon, Le Dorat
05.55.60.87.37
Top to Toe
Mobile Hair & Beauty
Hairdressing & Beauty
Treatments in your own home!
Covering the Creuse area.
Tel: 06 86 34 21 42
www.top-to-toe.com
Siret no: 523 421 915 00019
Santé et Beauté
Beauty and Holistic
Therapy Salon
● UK trained/qualified Sports Therapist
● Well Established Salon.
● Full Body, Back, Neck & Shoulders,
Indian Head, Reflexology etc
● Waxing, Manicure, Beauté des
Pieds, Tinting, Ear Piercing etc
● Products and Gift Vouchers available
● Loyalty Cards
Tue-Fri 9am-12pm & 2pm-6pm
Sat 9am-2pm
www.limousinbeautysalon.com
05 55 00 92 97
3, Rue Principale, 87740 St-Mathieu
winston.clarke@orange.fr
SIRET: 493 871 826 00019
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Insurance
& Finance
Retail &
Commerce
Pressing
Aubusson
5 Rue Vaveix, Aubusson
Tel: 05 55 66 18 97
Financial Solutions & Expert Advice
Find us at Jousse, on the D727
(10 mins from Civray)
See our Display Ad - pg 15
See our main ad - pg 9
Mon-Fri 9h-12h /14h-19h
Sat 9h-12h/14-18h
All types of cleaning services:
• Dry Cleaning
• Upholstery
• Laundry
• Specialists in leather and
carpets
• Wash, dry & fold service
• Hire of professional cleaning
equipment
HiFX
Moulin de Tintin
The Reclamation Yard
www.hifx.co.uk
www.moulin-de-tintin.com
05.55.79.57.60 - see pg 3
www.reclamation-yard.com
See our main ad - pg 9
Language
Services
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Siddalls
05.56.34.75.51
International money transfer
The Kitchen Company
05.49.87.67.34
Furniture, interiors & gifts
Arfeuille Antiques
All types of furniture
05 55 83 14 47
See our Display Ad - pg 9
The
French and Spanish
Translation Service
is a vibrant translation company
based in the UK. We specialise in
translations from and into French
and Spanish and can supply work
electronically in any format.
For all your translation needs call
0044 1642 769 279
or visit us at
www.french-spanish-translation.co.uk
FRENCH CLASS
WITH FRENCH
TEACHER
Soie et Bois
Depot Vente des Vêtements
Dress agency and gallery, specialising
in designer and high quality pre-owned
clothes for women and children, together
with accessories, footwear, jewellery, gift
items, and hand made furniture.
4 rue Principale, St Mathieu, 87440
Get down The Shed
SMALL & FRIENDLY GROUPS
05.55.68.74.73 - see pg 4
05 55 80 44 83
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Vacancies for various levels
in Chénérailles.
Elisabeth Sicard
japprendslefrancais@sfr.fr
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05.55.63.78.72
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Transport
& Removals
SIRET: 510 995 681 00010
87230 Bussière-Poitevine
HANDMADE KITCHENS
SOLID WOOD KITCHENS
& FURNITURE
www.handmadekitchensinfrance.co.uk
05 49 29 76 83 - see pg 7
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Available for house and garden clearance
rubbish taken to dechetterie. All types of jobs
considered such as labouring jobs and van and
man jobs. Daily, half daily, and hourly rates.
Those mucky little jobs that you want sorting
out at competitive rates and reliable service.
Live in 87 but can work further afield.
Contact Mike on 05 55 60 22 28
or email: mlfripley@hotmail.co.uk
siret 52226733500019
General
MAN + VAN
Fiat Ducato with 11m² load capacity
Collections / Deliveries
Removals / Brico Runs
All over France.
Competitve hourly rate incl fuel.
Please ring or e-mail for a quote.
Based nr Aubusson Dept 23
05 55 83 02 77 / 06 81 33 07 15
jonathanpiddock@orange.fr
SIRET: 523 955 151 00015
The Man
With A Van
Who Can
Removals / Brico runs.
Collections / Deliveries.
Based in the Limousin.
Regular trips to the UK.
SIGNS
& Vehicle lettering
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Publishing all types of work:
ebooks, traditional print, audio,
screen play, drama, film.
Selling on Amazon and own bookstore
Dragon Farm Book Store
Please contact:
dragonfarmpub@gmail.com
05.45.30.72.04
turneramandajane@gmail.com
www.soiebois.com
Tel: 05.55 48.28.89
Eco Entrepot
Mike
& Van
Deliveries and collections
06 43 90 32 13
Château Gonflable
Bouncy Castle Hire
Bouncy castle hire for all
events and private parties.
Castles for adults and children.
From 50 € per day.
Fully insured.
05 55 60 06 10 / 06 15 25 11 88
info@chateaugonflable.net
www.chateaugonflable.net
SIRET: 503 214 991 00013
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for support during
life's painful moments
complete confidentiality assured
tel 05 53 56 48 86
Professional
Engraving Service
We supply and engrave pet tags, door
signs, trophies, medals, memorial plaques,
keyrings, business signage and a wide variety
of personalised gifts & awards. Just call or
email for a free quote by return. The service
is available at our shop premises in Creuse or
by Mail Order throughout France.
Gravoservice,11 place Courtaud, 23500 FELLETIN
Tel: 05 87 53 50 31 (French)
Tel: 06 37 00 11 99 (English)
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FIRE LOGS
FOR SALE
45cm Oak - €40/m3
45cm Mixed Hardwood - €35/m3
(poplar/cherry/hornbeam)
Buyer collects from 36160 Lignerolles
05.55.73.63.16
02 54
30 51 95
(evenings best)
Boutique de Ballons
BABY/INFANT
EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE
See Display Ad - pg 8
Nabas Qualified Balloon Artists
Specialists in balloons, decorations &
cakes for all your special occasions.
Free delivery on orders over 50€
within 25km of Rancon (87290)
For further details email:
boutiquedeballons@hotmail.fr
or call Dee on
05 55 47 69 83
siret 508 166 642 00019
To raise funds for the SPA dog rescue
centre in Guéret.
High chair, buggy, play pen,
travel cot, fire guard,
stair gate etc.
Tel: 07.61.21.85.15
www.boutiquedeballons.jimdo.com
Outils (Tools) de France
Houses on Internet
05 55 813 974 (Carl)
05 55 624 027 (Lloyd)
see ad pg 10
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For more INFO or to HIRE
Call Jean: 05 55 54 96 36
See our Display Ad - pg 3
jeanwhitham@orange.fr
Siret : 532 526 001 00013
For more information or a free catalogue:
Siret: 532 207 594 00013
05.55.65.12.19
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of 5 euros, plus a refundable 10
euros deposit.
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Farmhouse & Auberge for Sale
WANTED
LONG-TERM LET
Barn on outskirts of village. Approx 13.5m x 9m. Brand new roof.
Currently on 2 levels (possibility to
convert to 3). Certificat d'urbanisme.
1,000 m2 adjoining land. Seller able
to assist with renovation.
Ground floor: kitchen,
living/dining room with fireplace,
1 bedroom, bathroom, WC.
First floor: 1 bedroom, 2 convertible
loft areas.
Ready to move into. Garage and stable.
Garden to the rear, another parcel of
land opposite - 994m2 in total
Tel: 05 55 78 83 38
Tel: 06 03 07 82 10
€70,000
MORTEMART 87
(historic village 40 kms from
Limoges, golf)
Stone House
15 mins from Aubusson
In front of the castle, charming
renovated stone house.
110m2, living room with fireplace,
3 bedrooms, new kitchen, small sunny
garden on the back with annexe.
107 000 euros
Property to renovate. 5 rooms with
small attached garden. Possibility to
buy land opposite (2,000 m2). In a
hamlet of 3 houses. Beautiful location and stunning views. Seller able
to assist with renovation.
call 06 80 02 71 49
Tel: 06 03 07 82 10
10 mins from Chalus, 87230
3 bed, lounge, fitted kitchen, dining
room, office, sous sol, large enclosed
garden mainly lawn with fruit trees,
outbuildings, adsl, oil heating, no
work to do. Grenier would convert
to 4th bedroom. Priced to sell:
€198,000
Email: carolandnigel@gmail.com
€49,500
Haute–Vienne or Charente area
18th Century Farmhouse with 3 large bedrooms,
Living room, Kitchen & Bathroom.
Auberge with 26 covers & professional kitchen.
5 separate rooms available for
Chambres/Tables d'Hotes.
Private swimming Pool, Large barn,
Private parking area.
Good location in Alleyrat, nr Aubusson off D942.
Genuine reason for sale.
Sale price €350,000
Contact Stephen for information
Mobile +44 (0)7581 519 480
Business + living area
City-centre, splendid location.
Stone-built property in two parts:
220m² house including 50m² retail area
80m² in 2nd house
Suit commercial use e.g. restaurant.
5 bedrooms on South and West aspect.
Situated main thoroughfare (c.140, 000
vehicles/day). Needs some restoration.
Quiet 600m² garden with fruit trees:
€115,000 (with licence IV)
jerome@frenchpropertygroup.com
SINGLE BUSINESS MAN
(no dependents)
Would like to rent unfurnished 2
bedroom house with some
storage space (min 2 years).
Must have telephone & internet.
Substantial advance payment
available.
Please contact Jo Webb
Tel: 05 55 91 27 89
French mob: 06 10 52 09 11
UK mob: +44 (0)7771 525 355
Email: jowebb.co@hotmail.com
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Bellac/Le Dorat area of 87
Short or longterm considered
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Former School
Stone-built former school
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121 m² living space plus outbuildings.
1345m² land.
4 rooms, 2 bedrooms
€132,000
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and Chateauroux (A20 exit 21).
Price € 7.50 per sq metre.
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FOR SALE
ANIMALS & PETS
FOR SALE: Wood Dog House &
Pet Barrier for Auto Wood dog
house in excellent condition for
med-large dog (height 90 cm): 60
euros. Pet barrier for auto, never
used: 12 euros. Please contact:
05.55.38.37.73
FOR SALE: Piglets for sale
Saddleback/wild boar cross. 35
euros each. Tel: 0044 7951 407
005 (UK Mobile)
FOR SALE: DOG BASKET IN
WILLOW Large dog basket 1
metre x 80cms - our dog refuses to
go anywhere near it! Hence totally
unused. €45.00
Email:
sermur2002@yahoo.
co.uk
BUILDING MATERIALS &
EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE: Scaffold tower,
cement mixer, builders trestles,
acrows 1 Scaffold tower in
aluminium. Working platform
3.8m. Good condition and easy
to erect by one person...150 eu2
Cement mixer. Electric. 145 litres.
Very good condition...125 eu3
Builders trestles. Very strong and
heavy. 50mm steel construction.
Adjustable from 1m to 2.3m with
2 x 3.8m scaffold boards...125 eu4
Acrows...or the French version. 8
from 1.6 to 2.6m...60 eu the lot Tel
04 73 52 14
07...15 mins east of Auzances
FOR SALE: A Somatherm kit
for central heating systems
Pump, expansion tank, pipes,
valves etc. Approx 2 years old but
only used for 2 months. €100.00
Contact Graham on 04 70 06 37
99
FOR SALE: RECLAIMED
TOMMETTES
160MM
X
160MM X 20MM, APPROX 20
SQ/M, €36 PER SQ/M. FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT 05 55 63 43 35
FOR
SALE:
OLD
RECLAIMED ROOF SLATES
100s! Only €95! Buyer collects.
€95.00 Tel: 05 55 78 79 02
FOR SALE: RECLAIMED
FRENCH INTERLOCKING
NATURAL RED CLAY ROOF
TILES Approx 350. (French
manufactured). Only €95! Buyer
collects
(Nr
Rochechouart).
€95.00 Tel: 05 55 78 79 02
FOR SALE: Reclaimed hand
made Roman tiles Suitable
for renovation or conservation.
Approx. 8,000. Buyer collects.
Offers invited. Tel. 05 55 60 06 19
FOR SALE: Lifter LG160 Petrol
Generator - New 50Hz 115/230
Volts. 2.5 kVA. 2 output plugs,
will run lighting etc. €145.00 Tel:
Mr Allitt - 05.55.61.90.08
FOR SALE: Building materials
- roof tiles/ stone/ beams Approx
200 m2 roof tiles. 45 m3 stone.
Assorted beams (A-frames &
6-7m oak beams. Call for more
information. Tel: 06 03 07 82 10
FOR SALE: Electric Chainsaw
Black & Decker. 1600w. 30cm.
Used once. Together with metal
cutting X frame and face protector
visor. 90 euros complete. €90.00
Tel: 02 54 06 32 91
FURNITURE
FOR SALE: Solid Oak Chest
Age unknown (at least 100 years).
Been in family but now too large
to keep. Contact for more photos.
Dimensions: 150cm(w) x 54cm(d)
x x 70cm(h). Depth of inside
34cm. €300.00ono Tel: 05 55 41
17 76
FOR SALE: 2 Futons - 1 double,
1 single Tel: 02.54.25.38.97
(Dept 36)
FOR SALE: Various 1. Brand
new ( Reference Bali) single
sprung hypoallergenic mattress
200cm x 90cm x 18 cm. Eu
100.002. Single sprung mattress,
hardly used 190cm x 90cm. Eu
30.003. Solid pine round (1.25m)
pedestal table. Eu 150.004. Sofa
bed red colour converts to double
bed with built in storage in as
new condition. Eu 275.00Delivery
possible locally. Phone Geoff on
05 55 81 08 77 Email: geoffrey.
sowler@orange.fr
FOR SALE: Recliner chair
Floral draylon, in excellent
condition. Will deliver locally.
Email for photos. €150.00 Email:
janemcmullin@gmail.com
FOR
SALE:
ROUND
STURDY
FARMHOUSE
KITCHEN STYLE TABLE
1.1 Diameter. Dark oak finish.
Very good condition. €50.00 Tel:
0555784524
FOR SALE: FARMHOUSE
STYLE WOODEN ROCKING
CHAIR In good condition and
comfy. €85.00 Tel 05 55 78 79 02
(near Rochechouart)
FOR SALE: Pine Round
Pedestal table With 4 Blue
padded chairs. Extends to seat 6.
€450.00 Call Linda 05 55 75 27
01
FOR SALE: Single bed, pine
frame with 2 single mattresses
€50.00 Phone: 05 55 81 16 05
Email: les.poulets@live.co.uk
FOR SALE: Two Dutch Oak
Double Wardrobes Each have
two bottom drawers. Each has
three solid oak shelves for use as
a storage cupboard (removable for
use as wardrobe). Very large and
heavy. The largest comes in three
parts, the other slightly smaller all
in one. Must collect Busserolles
Nr Limoges. Good condition €400
and €350 for quick sale. Tel: 05 53
60 31 10 Email: hazelstuart11@
hotmail.com
FOR SALE: Brown leather,
large 3 seater sofa Some wear
hence 85 euros. E-mail for info
and photo. €85.00 Email: carol.
roach@hotmail.co.uk
FOR SALE: Single Beds +
Almost new matress Bed metal frame and dismountable.
€35.00 Tel: 05.55.03.08.19 Mob:
06.02.32.46.31 (Daniel McNally)
FOR SALE: 3 piece lounge
suite - 3 seater settee All covers
removable & washable. Blue/grey
colour. Available mid December.
Buyer collects from between St
Yrieix and Payzac. €200.00 Tel:
05 53 55 21 85
FOR SALE: LOW SOLID
WOOD TABLE (120 X 50 cm)
& MATCHING ROCKING
CHAIR Priced EUR 35 each.
Both in 1st class cond. Might suit
conservatory. Tel 05 55 03 87 56
Cieux
FOR SALE: Set of 4 70’s style
dining chairs In fair to good
condition, the seats have been
Classified
Submission
Deadline
15th of the
month for next
edition
recovered in brown velor type
material. The chairs would benefit
from a quick coat of varnish as one
of them was always left near the
central heating radiator. €30.00
Tel: 05 55 03 28 18
FOR
SALE:
ROUND
WOODEN TABLE Wooden table
painted white - diameter 110cms
€45.00 Email: sermur2002@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: RATTAN CHAIRS
AND TABLE Two rattan chairs
and a rattan table. The chairs are
folding, have foot-rests and can be
reclined. Table: 80cms diameter
€90.00 Email: sermur2002@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: Souffle d’Ocre by
Siguier dining table and 4 chairs
110cm round x 75cm high table
with extra leaf 110cm x 40cm
with 4 chairs. €500.00ono Call
Mike 09 50 49 33 04 Email:
walsh515@gmail.com
GARDEN
FOR
SALE:
ORAMA
ELECTRONIC
INSECT
KILLER 6 WATTS, INDOOR/
OUTDOOR. Seller located 87320
Bussiere Poitevine. €25.00ono
Tel: 05 55 68 08 42 Email:
c h r i s t o p h e r. J o n e s @ c l u b internet.fr
FOR SALE: ECHO Grass
Trimmer/Brushcutter
Petrol
21.5 CC, with all accessoires.
Hardly used due to moving to
Spain. €125.00 Phone 05 55 81
32 20
FOR SALE: Two Hay Carts 100
euros each. Buyer collects. Tel: 05
55 48 81 98
FOR SALE: Weber Spirit E-210
Gas BBQ (10 person) Brand new
- never used. Bought 2 by accident
for family celebration. 25-year
guarantee included. Propane
gas. Based near Azerables (23).
€389.00
Tel
05.55.63.56.23
(French spoken)
FOR
SALE:
TIMEMIST
MICROSPRAY AUTOMATIC
METERED
DISPENSERS
FOR INSECTICIDES OR
PERFUME
INDOOR/OUTDOOR, 6 UNITS,
25 EUROS EACH.ALSO, 3
"PIRETRIN 100" INSECTICIDE
SPRAYS TO FIT ABOVE, 5
EUROS EACH. Buyer collects
(from 87320 Bussiere Poitevine)
or post and package extra. Tel: 05
55 68 08 42 Email: christopher.
Jones@club-internet.fr
FOR SALE: Above ground
VOGUE PISCINE Excellent
condition with many extras.
Hardly used hence sale! 4.5m
diameter round x 1.4m deep. White
solid sides (+ complete new pack
of sides still in box), blue mosaic
patterned liner. Full filtration
system & pump, substantial
steps, winter cover, summer
cover - BARGAIN!! Dismantled
and ready to take away, full
instructions included. We used
this as a salt water pool and it has
the electrolys kit included, it could
easily be converted to chlorine if
you prefer. Any questions please
just ask. Located nr Rochechouart,
87600. €950.00ono Tel: 05 55 48
62 98
FOR SALE: Florabest Electric
Hedge Cutter 610mm blade.
230v 550W. Hardly used. Area
87330.
€40.00ono
Email:
maureendogdom@hotmail.fr
FOR SALE: Pair of Limousin
ox-cart wheels on axle Diameter
1.60m (5ft 3in) - good condition.
€135.00 Tel Nick: 05 55 48 13 22
GENERAL
FOR SALE: Lovely old tapestry
To hang on wall. Complete with
rail. €85.00 Tel: 05 55 78 79 02
(Nr Rochechouart)
FOR SALE: Entronic electric
steamer 3 tiers plus rice cooker,
brand new, never used. Seller
located 87320 Bussiere Poitevine.
€20.00ono Tel: 05 55 68 08 42
Email: christopher.Jones@club-
internet.fr
FOR SALE: King Size blow up
bed €50.00ono Tel: 05 55 68 08
42 Email: christopher.Jones@
club-internet.fr
FOR SALE: 100 English Books
Both Hard and Paperback. In good
condition. All for 20 euros. €20.00
Tel: 0962 58 49 03
FOR SALE: 2 Bicycles €25 each.
Tel: 05 55 65 84 95
FOR
SALE:
THOMSON
DIGITAL
SATELLITE
RECEIVER DSI 2010 BiViaccess. Access Free to air
channels from Astra, Hotbird,
Atlantic Bird and other satellites.
Little used. Boxed. Complete with
remote and manual. €85.00 05 55
78 79 02 (near rochechouart-87)
FOR SALE: Large number
of bargain books Adventure,
Mystery, Crime and family sagas.
All in good condition, 3 for 1 euro,
North Creuse. Contact 05 55 80
75 78
FOR SALE: Old Woodburner/
Cooker Body in terracota
marble. 4 burners on top and
numerous ovens of different sizes.
€200.00ono Tel: 02.54.25.38.97
(Dept 36)
FOR SALE: Inflatable Matress
Dark blue velour. Double size.
Complete with pump. €20.00 Tel:
02.54.25.38.97 (Dept 36)
FOR SALE: Red Diesel heater
Including 700 ltr tank and electric
pump.
Excellent
condition.
Lignerolles 36160 €450.00ono
Tel: 02 54 06 02 37
FOR SALE: Straw bales 50-60
hundred weight bales of straw
available Sept 2011. May be able
to deliver: offers. Evaux-les-Bains
area. Email: rockhouseno3@
hotmail.com
FOR SALE: Insert Log Burner
In a modern design with insulated
stainless steel flue pipe & chimney
housing. The flue Pipe and
housing is around 6mtrs & the log
burner is glass fronted. All in very
good condition. €390.00 Please
phone or email for pictures:
0555 98 57 62 Email: pip505@
hotmail.co.uk
FOR SALE: Nordnet satellite
internet kit HIGH SPEED
INTERNET Nordnet satellite
internet kit:- dish, head, modem
& cable ready to install. €50.00
Contact 06 31 91 70 03. Location
87500.
FOR SALE: Caste Iron fire
grate 45cm (16ins) X 74cm
(29ins). Fire dogs and back plate.
Hardly used. Price 350 Euros.
With free fire guard to match.
€350.00 Call Linda after 2nd
July on 05 55 75 27 01.
FOR SALE: Various Log saw,
free standing, 1.8KW 230V,
480mm blade. 400 euros.New
generator 2KW. 200 euros.
Window - new, white, doubleglazed. Act size 1600 x 1250 inc.
sill. 100 euros.Tent new vango
colorado 600 DLX 6 man+. 200
euros.Corner display unit, oak,
leaded glass. 75 euros.Copper
compression
fittings,
22mm
elbows x 10 & 22mm straight
connectors x 10. 25 euros.Tasco
telescope/tripod/various lenses. 50
euros.Table saw 230V. 30 euros.
All new:Shutter hooks 300mm
6 prs - 6 euros the pair.Shutter
hinges complete 400mm 4 prs - 12
euros pr.Shutter hinges complete
500mm 12 prs - 12 euros pr. Coach
bolts/washers/nuts m8, 75mm, 6
pks x 25. 3 euros pk.Coach bolts/
washers/nuts m8, 65mm, 6 pks
x 25. 2.75 euros pk.Glue screws
(like no nails) 9 tubes x 350 ml +
exp. foam 2 x 750 ml. 20 euros.
Tel: 05 55 51 91 79 (Marsac)
FOR
SALE:
Large
fine
photogravure prints of famous
paintings. Only €5 each. Tel: 05
55 51 91 47
FOR
SALE:
ORIGINAL
FACTORY CAR MANUALS
JAGUAR XJ5.3 Series 2,
1976, Driver's handbook, 35Eu.
JAGUAR 3.4/3.8 "S" TYPE,
1966, Operating, Maintenance
and Service Handbook, 25Eu.
JAGUAR 3.4 MK.II, 1964,
Operating, Maintenance and
Service
Handbook,
35Eu.
JAGUAR 3.4/3.8 "S" TYPE,
1972, Service Manual, 70Eu.
JAGUAR MK. VII + XK120, circa
1950's, Service Manual,(outer
hardback covers missing), 70Eu.
MGB, Series 3(circa 1967),
Service Manual, 50Eu.MGB
"Special Tuning" manual, 1971,
50Eu. Chris Jones, 05 55 68 08
42 (Bussiere Poitevine) Email:
buryfrogman@gmail.com
FOR SALE: Enamelled cast
iron woodburning stove (1930s)
Dark green colour. Bound with
3 brass circles. Double door
for oven, single side door for
firebox, both in wrought metal.
Dimensions: height 75 cm, width
48 cm, depth 37.5 cm. Flue
diameter 10 cm.Based in SaintSavin (86310) €400.00 Email:
petitguil@orange.fr
FOR SALE: 100 Edwardian
English Books Many with
gold leaf covers. Ideal for
bookcase display. €300.00 Tel:
05.55.63.46.69
FOR SALE: Shower tray
(porcelaine) 70 x 70 cms, single
pivoting shower door and basin
(to be inset or posed). Unused, in
pristine condition. €80.00 Email:
sermur2002@yahoo.co.uk
FOR
SALE:
National
Geographic
Magazines
11
years - 1989 to 2006. 22 volumes
(2 per year) plus 2 volumes of
maps. All in slip cases and in very
good condition. Reason for sale:
downsizing from a very large
house to a small flat. €265.00ono
Contact: 05 55 80 48 20
FOR SALE: Christmas Cards
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115 packs of 12 different cards/
envelopes. €50 the lot. Will split
into smaller bundles if required.
Buyer collects from 87320
Bussiere Potevine or P+P extra.
Tel: 05 55 68 08 42 Email:
c h r i s t o p h e r. J o n e s @ c l u b internet.fr
FOR SALE: 2 x VELUX & 1
x WINDOW Velux 1 - 98cm x
78cm. 25 eurosVelux 2 - 78cm x
55cm. 20 eurosLapeyre 2 wings,
double glazed, white finish, 115cm
x 90cm. 60 euros.The above items
(twice the price at Bricodepot) are
new, still wrapped, and available
for collection from just outside
Aubusson. Phone 05 55 66 75 53
FOR SALE: BABY ITEMS
CHILDS BUGGY. XTS 3
WHEELED,
OFF-ROAD/
JOGGING
BUGGY.
EXCELLENT
CONDITION,
NEW
TYRES,
CARRY
CASE, RAIN COVER, COSYTOES SNUGGLE BAG. €100
CHILDRENS
PADDLING
POOL/SAND
PIT.
BLUE
'STARFISH' DESIGN. HARD
PLASTIC, WITH LID, 80CM
X 80CM X 18CM, GOOD
CONDITION €10 CHILD CAR
SEAT. BRITAX RENAISSANCE.
FOR 9 MONTHS TO 4 YEAR
OLD
APPROX, HEAD RESTRAINT,
PADDED HARNESS, VERY
SAFE MODEL €45 CHILD
CAR SEAT. BRITAX BEBE
CONFORT. FOR 4 TO 11
YEAR OLD APPROX, FULLY
PADDED,
ADJUSTABLE
WINGS,
ARMRESTS,
REMOVEABLE BACK TO
CREATE BOOSTER SEAT €30
CHILDS BIKE SEAT. WILL
FIT MOST BIKES, HARNESS,
FOOT PLATES AND ANKLES
STRAPS, AS NEW. €25 FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT 05 55 63 43 35
FOR SALE: BASS GUITAR
IBANEZ
SR305DX
5
STRING
ACTIVE,
VERY
GOOD
CONDITION,
PROFESSIONALLY
SET
UP,
NEW
STRINGS.
€225.00ono FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT
05 55 63 43 35
FOR SALE: Computer Monitor
Excellent condition and perfect
working order. 40cm (16 inches)
and on a swivel/tilt base. €15.00
Tel: 05 55 78 79 02
FOR SALE: 100 Novels /
Autobiographies
All
good
condition. €100.00 Please ring 05
55 78 45 24
FOR SALE: Full set of Golf
Clubs Full set of irons, 3 woods
and a driving iron. Complete with
self supporting bag as well as a
trolly. Graphite shafts, very good
condition. €130.00ono Tel: 05 55
41 65 02 Email: mrichardson@
wanadoo.fr
FOR SALE: New Oak Door
Frame 900 x 2100mm (exterior)
€35.00 Tel: 05 55 81 30 39
FOR SALE: Long black leather
riding boots Size 7. Length 19"
49.5cm. Calf 14" 35.5cm. Knee
13" 35cm. La Souterraine area.
€90.00 Call Judy 05.55.89.12.96
(eve) Email: wildlifegardens@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: Sony Playstation
One
Complete
with
two
controllers, steering wheel and
pedals, memory card and six
games. Excellent condition and
can be seen working. €75.00
Telephone 02 54 30 00 79 (near
Guéret)
FOR SALE: Various Garmin
Oregon 300 GPS complete with
topo maps for SW France, City
navigator maps for Europe,
rechargeable batteries, carrying
case and fixing kit for car
windscreen. This GPS is primarily
designed for walking and cycling,
but can also be used for driving.
Cost 680 euros new, will accept
400 euros.Fish kettle, 20 euros.
FAIP NHP 145 pressure washer,
50 euros.Philips SBC HC 8445
wireless rechargeable headsets,
20 euros.HDMI selector box
4 in 1 out, 10 euros.Techwood
19” LCD TV used twice as new,
100 euros. FTE twin universal
satellite receiver head LNC
54 US, 30 euros.3 ultra sonic
cordless pest repellents, new, 30
euros each. Linksys wireless G
broadband router WRT54GL,
50 euros.French TV satellite
receiver, 15 euros.Bush Freesat
HD satellite receiver box, as new,
50 euros. Sony blu ray disc player
BDPS350, 150 euros. Logitech
Z5500 5 speaker + sub woofer
surround sound system. 100 euros.
TACX cycle trainer, as new, 150
euros. Panasonic portable stereo
CD system, 50 euros. Tel. 09 80
08 68 72
FOR SALE: Various Half
moon hall table with drawer 50
eurosD’Longhi oil filled electric
radiator unused 30 eurosModern
square sink white unused 18
euros M&S tall cherry display
cabinet 4 shelves, 4 drawers 300
eurosModern white sideboard 2
cupboards, 2 drawers 6 months old
90 eurosBoots sidestepper unused
15 eurosRound coffee black/clear
glass 50 eurosMoulinex bread
maker used once 15 eurosBlack
& gold hall runner excellent
quality unused 80 eurosBlack
glass TV stand with 3 shelves 40
eurosDulux trade Weathershield
brilliant white paint 5 litres
undercoat 7 and half litres 40
eurosAll in excellent condition.
Phone 05 55 67 15 08
FOR SALE: Temporary EDF
connection box Only used for
5 months. Purchased new in Feb
2010. Creuse area. €140.00 Tel:
06 04 42 97 73
FOR SALE: Baby Items Galt
baby inflatable play ring in box.
15 euros.Miscellaneous small
baby girl toys. 1 or 2 euros each.
Early Learning Centre boys
garage. 10 euros.Green push ride
on tractor and trailer up to approx
age 3 or 4. 10 euros.Seller based
nr Aubusson. Tel: 05.55.66.44.06
FOR SALE: Philips CD/Tape/
Radio Player New. Battery
mains, mp3 socket. €30.00 Tel:
Mr Allitt - 05.55.61.90.08
FOR SALE: Rosieres wood
burner 1920's? Art Deco style.
Blue enamel finish. Works but a
couple of parts need replacing.
Front loading, rear flue. 55 cm
high, 50 cm wide, 40 cm deep.
€60.00 Telephone 05 55 65 67 24
(near Auzances)
FOR SALE: 1930's Westminster
Chimes Clock Chimes on the
quarter hour and hour. €45.00 Tel:
05.55.51.91.47
FOR SALE: New Insinkerator
Food Waste Disposal Unit
Model 55 Features: 1-stage grind
technology; High-torque DuraDrive™ induction motor; Stainless
steel grind elements; Continuous
feed; Overload protection; Quick
Lock® mounting assembly for
faster easier installation.Brand
New and in the box. €150.00
Telephone 05 55 48 92 84
FOR SALE: Garage trolley jack
2 1/4 tonne. Heavy duty. Hardly
used. €60.00 Tel: 05.55.03.08.19
Mob: 06.02.32.46.31 (Daniel
McNally)
FOR SALE: Secondary Double
Glazing 8 pieces x 50cm x
140cm,8 pieces x 57cm x 105cm,2
pieces x 50cm x 176cmOnly
10 euros per piece; any size.
Telephone: 02 54 06 32 91
(Aigurande-36)
FOR SALE: EPSON PICTURE
MATE Excellent condition. Only
55 Euros. We are in dept 23.
€55.00 05 55 62 77 41
FOR SALE: Motorcycle helmet
'TNT' open face with visor, size
XL (61-62cm), black and orange,
hardly worn. €30.00 Contact 05
55 68 58 16
FOR SALE: Black mesh fire
screen 120cm wide, with 3 hinged
sections 30 cm-60 cm-30 cm wide
x 65cm high. Excellent condition,
as new. €80.00ono Contact 05 55
68 58 16
FOR SALE: TV stand 3 shelf
black glass TV stand. Size: 110
cm long, 40 cm wide, 50 cm high.
€60.00 Tel 05.45.85.97.27
FOR SALE: Two Canon Pixma
ink cartridges 510 Black and
511 Colour cartridges, suitable
for Pixma series MP240/MP260/
MP480/MX320/MX330. Bought
in error. €15.00 Tel: 05 55 03 28
18
FOR SALE: Various lamp bases
2 celadon crackle effect bases.
46c H x 22c W. 35 euros ea.Green
lamp base. 43c H x 26c W. 20
euros.Blue lamp base. 43c H x
23c W. 20 euros. Call Mike 09
50 49 33 04 Email: walsh515@
gmail.com
FOR
SALE:
Driza-Bone
Original Wax Full Length Coat
As new. 75 euros. Size as label
L 110 cm. €75.00 Call Mike 09
50 49 33 04 Email: walsh515@
gmail.com
EASY
MEDIUM
HARD
VEHICLES/PARTS
FOR SALE: Ford Transit Short
Wheel Base Van, 1997, LHD
French registered, 2 year CT,
White no stickers, good all round.
€1,800.00 call 05 45 31 59 34
FOR SALE: Citroen Relay
(Jumper) Hi-Top Long Wheel
Base. 2003 model. New battery,
alternator and fuel pump. CT until
April 2011. Headlights changes.
UK plates. €2,500.00ono Tel: 05
55 61 19 81
FOR SALE: WOLFRACE
ALLOYS 5 SPOKE, 5 STUD, 17
INCH, NEW, WITH CHROME
NUTS AND SPACERS IF
REQUIRED. FITTED WITH
NEW SN3800, 225/45ZR17 94W
XL HIGH PERFORMANCE
TYRES.
€900.00ono
Chris
Jones, Tel: 05 55 68 08 42 Email:
buryfrogman@gmail.com
FOR SALE: Mitsubishi Lancer
Sport 2.0, Estate Reg. 2006,
RHD 64,000 miles. Petrol. CT to
07/2013. Fully french registered.
Excellent condition throughout.
Large boot, folds down flat. Very
practical. Multi CD player.Sold
with roof bars and separate RHD
front lights if required. For sale
due to change of
circumstances. €3,990.00 Tel 05
55 62 25 18 or 0640 308617
FOR SALE: JEEP CJ5 French
registered. 1960 CG Collection.
CONTROLE TECHNIQUE OK
JUNE 2016. Good condition.
€5,400.00 TEL: 05 87 36 00 86
FOR SALE: MAYPOLE MP715
TIPPING TRAILER Used one
trip only – as new condition.
External dimensions 150 x 100 x
35cm (146/95 internal). Includes
heavy duty cover. Located near
Sauviat sur Vige. €485.00ono
Tel: 05 55 64 05 87 Email:
petergmetcalfe@sky.com
FOR SALE: VW Golf MK2
GTI 1.8 8v 1987 Over €400
spent in new parts all with 0 miles
including 4 new tyres, RHD, UK
reg, absolute bargain! €550.00 05
45 31 59 34
FOR SALE: Roof Bars and
Headlamps Roof bars for Renault
ClioII 3dr 35€; Thule KIT1297
roof bars for Renault Megane
Hutchback96-02 5dr, Coupé97-02
3dr, or Classic 4dr Sedan97-02
40€; headlamps Megane RHD 9602 40€. Tel: 05 55 78 73 46
FOR SALE: Starter motor for
3.8S Jaguar Refurbished 30 years
ago but never fitted to 1966 Jaguar
S-type. Buyer collects from 87320
Bussiere Poitevine, too heavy for
ordinary post. €100.00ono Tel: 05
55 68 08 42 Email: christopher.
Jones@club-internet.fr
FOR SALE: Halfords Car Roof
Box (Half width). Approx 360ltr.
Plus Roof Bars plus Clamps
- complete €100. Used once.
€100.00 Tel 05 53 52 41 34
FOR SALE: Car Hydraulic
Jack 1.5 tons, small wheelbase,
€10. 2.5 ton heavy duty jack €25.
Seller located 87320 Bussiere
Poitevine. Tel: 05 55 68 08 42
Email: christopher.Jones@clubinternet.fr
FOR
SALE:
NISSANPRIMERA SE Hatch. 2003
Immaculate. RHD 65000miles
service history. French reg.
FSH. Reversing camera, discplayer/radio. 2 new front tyres.
CT til 2013. €3,900.00ono
Tel: 05 55 604637 Email:
maureendogdom22@gmail.com
FOR SALE: Truckman Hi-Top
Cab (white) with rear glass
door Fitted with rotavent in
roof. Originally fitted to a 2005
Mitsubishi L200 double cab.
€350.00 Tel: 05 55 68 71 22 (after
6pm)
FOR SALE: Pleasure boat 4.4m x 1.77m With road trailer
and 40hp Johnson outboard.
Rarely used in fresh water on Lake
Vassiviere. €2,950.00 Tel: 05 55
54 94 91 or 0044 7924 815 203
(mob) Email: timothypearson@
sfr.fr
FOR SALE: Suzuki DR 650 R
Djebel 1991, 46000 kms, good
condition, French registered,
blue/white, good tyres, lights,
indicators all in good working
order. €900.00 Tel David 05 55 94
38 35 (North Correze)
FOR SALE: Engine and gearbox
1.9 diesel from Citroen Xsara
(also suitable for other models of
Citroen and Peugeot). Complete
with all ancillaries except
alternator. Delivery possible if
fuel cost covered from 87330.
€450.00 Tel: 06.10.85.04.85
Email: baldiolgit55@gmail.com
FOR SALE: Engine and
Gearbox for Ford Transit, 2.5
Radiator and exhaust (complete)
also available. €350.00 Tel:
06.03.07.82.10
FOR SALE: 50 cc scooter
Peugeot buxy. Year 1996. Slight
problem with it - sometimes loses
power when riding, it then picks
up again after a few seconds but
could be fixed quite easily. Apart
from that is fine. It also has a
sports exhaust on it. €300.00 Tel:
06 83 45 70 96
FOR SALE: Large roof-box for
car €80.00 Tel: 05 55 02 16 33
Email: stuartettracey@orange.
fr
FOR SALE: 2 New Pirelli
Chrono Tyres 175/65R14 T
€120.00 Tel: 02.54.06.92.52
FOR SALE: 2 x Right Hand
Drive
Renault
Megane
Headlights From a 2004 Megane
Hatch. Excellent Condition. Tel:
05 55 65 02 31
WHITE GOODS
FOR SALE: Three-Way Fridge
for a Caravan Electrolux
700 - 12V, 22OW, gas fridge.
€220.00ono Tel: 05 55 64 27 86
Email: hoppyholman@hotmail.
com
FOR SALE: Candy Fully
Integrated 12 Place Setting
Dishwasher Brand New and still
in the cover.Model CDI1012/A.
Size - (H)82.0 x (W)59.8 x
(D)67.5 Buyer to collect. €350.00
Telephone 05 55 48 92 84
FOR SALE: Table Top Fridge
with ice box Excellent condition
- hardly used. Silver casing. Size:
height 62cms, width 47cms, depth
44cms. Haute-Vienne. €65.00 Tel:
05 55 03 08 19 Mob: 06 02 32 46
31
WANTED
WANTED: Large glass panels
for DIY solar panel project
Something like old patio doors
would be ideal. Can collect. Tel:
06.10.85.04.85
WANTED: Wooden, solid, office
desk Reasonable condition &
price. Tel Barbara: 05 55 03 76 87
WANTED: 1000 Litre plastic
water tank in good condition.
Can Collect. Tel: 0555784524
WANTED:
Person
with
experience of Centre Lathe
turning and/or Milling ...to
give instruction and advice to
beginner with machines but little
experience. Call Nev on 0962 58
49 03
WANTED: Vacuum Cleaner in
good working condition Tel: 05
55 78 79 02
WANTED: Urgently need to
transfer a Video 8 tape to VHS
or DVD. Can anyone help?
06.45.08.17.60
WANTED: Covered space to
store car General Boussac (23)
region. 06.45.08.17.60
WANTED:
Skiing/
Snowboarding equipment New
or second-hand equipment sought
for both children and adults. Tel
06.62.53.66.22
WANTED:
GAYTIME
POTTERY SALT POT Wanted
Gaytime salt pot, I have just
broken mine and want to replace
it. Please contact with price or
I will exchange for a Gaytime
vinegar/oil bottle. Tel 05 65 31
20 10
WANTED: Car or Van Anything
considered. Cash buyer. Tel: 05 55
65 84 95
WANTED: Transit type pick-up
Does not matter if it's got no mot
or ct. Any condition as it's for a
project. Cash paid. Tel: 05 55 68
31 81
WANTED: Motor transport scooter/moped Will pay up to
EUR 500 Tel: 06 42 82 92 42
WANTED: Moped/ Trail Bike
Wanted by private buyer one or
two cheap old road legal French
reg mopeds or perhaps 50cc trail
bike. Nr A20 direction Bellac.
Anything considered as long as
they run.
WANTED:
Second
Hand
Washing Machine Tel: 06 42 82
92 42
WANTED: Cooker and hob in
good condition (not free standing
unit). Will collect - we are near
Rochechouart. Please call 05 55
77 66 61 Ruby
Classified
Submission
Deadline
15th of the
month for next
edition
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FRENCH LIFE ♦ 11
What could be more
French than a beret?
As clothing manufacturers look
to the Far East for ever cheaper
products, what has happened to
the traditional French-made beret?
Charlie Marsh takes a look at this
iconic piece of French fashion.
was considered a standard
part of school uniform.
The trend spread from the
countryside to the cities and
became synonymous with the
anytime soon, so all he has to
do is persuade buyers that his
berets are the best and most
reliable in the world!
Aside from its practical
uses, the beret has also
enjoyed a period as a fashion
accessory and it is the wish
of Béatex to relaunch the
beret as a fashion item. In the
past, artists such as Picasso
and revolutionaries such as
Che Guevara have sported
the headgear as a statement
succeeded in getting its
hats included in collections
by Dior and Hermès. The
possibilities in the fashion
world seem endless, with
trendsetting celebrities such
as Madonna seen wearing the
iconic hat. The factory owner,
Pierre Lemoine, admits that
baguette or bottle of red wine
as an essential component to
any cartoon of a stereotypical
Frenchman. The beret was
so emblematic of France
that there was even a super
hero ‘Super DuPont’ who
sported the hat. Of course the
main reason for the beret’s
popularity was its practical
benefits, which were also
recognized by the military
forces.
The first of the two
factories, Blancq-Olibet, is
relaxed but practical addition
to uniforms. Available in an
array of colours and varying
in shape and size, the headgear
is customized for each force’s
needs. The French Army
rely upon Blancq-Olibet to
produce high quality and
durable hats for soldiers. In
the future the factory owner
hopes to secure deals with
military forces elsewhere. It
seems unlikely that the trend
which began in the early
20th century will disappear
of individuality. It was worn
in the cities by intellectuals,
artists, revolutionaries and of
course those who had migrated
from rural areas. People wore
the beret abroad to give an
impression of sophistication,
an ‘air français’.
Béatex has launched an
upmarket range of berets
and as a result the Frenchmade beret is covering new
ground in the fashion world.
Proposing a kind of ‘peasant
chic’ look, the factory has
going upmarket is his only
option if he wants to be
able to compete with Asian
manufacturers. Whilst it
may be a little ironic that the
trendsetting fashionistas are
choosing to wear the practical
beret of the French peasant, it
is not the first phenomenon of
its kind. We only have to look
as far as the UK for another
example.
The British brand Hunter
launched a pricey version of
the wellington boot and to the
© Geoff - Fotolia.com
F
ollowing
the
global economic
crisis,
an
increasing
number
of
consumers are turning to
local businesses to fulfil
their needs. Preferring to put
their money back into their
own economy, the French
are buying French products,
made by the French, for the
French. Businesses such
as Madine France promote
everything from helicopters
to macaroons and it's all
made in l’Hexagone!
So what about the Frenchmade Beret? It seems only
right that the home-grown
beret should hold precedence
over versions of the hat made
elsewhere. Unfortunately, the
latter half of the twentieth
century saw the demise of
the once extremely popular
headgear and whilst the hat
became less fashionable,
the globalisation of the
textile industry forced the
manufacturing of berets to
migrate to Asia. The once
booming industry of South
West France is now home
to only two functioning
factories: Blancq-Olibet and
Béatex. However, the beret
makers are always eyeing up
potential clients who will help
to keep the tradition alive and
both factory owners agree that
the iconic French beret isn’t
ready to become a distant
memory yet!
The beret didn’t become
a symbol of the country just
by chance. During the early
nineteen hundreds it enjoyed
widespread
popularity.
Men and boys of all ages
were wearing the hat and it
capitalizing on this demand
for military berets, focussing
its attention on big money
deals with military forces.
The Chasseurs Alpins (Alpine
Hunters, the elite mountain
infantry of the French Army)
were the first to adopt it as
part of their military uniform
and the beret went on to
become associated with the
French Resistance during
WWII. Today, for forces
worldwide the beret is a
disgust of genuine countryside
people, almost overnight
all followers of fashion had
discovered the benefits of the
footwear. Offering a range
of colours and styles, Hunter
made the boots a must-have
for farmers, the fashionable,
celebrities and even the
Queen. Like Béatex, Hunter
has teamed up with upmarket
designers such as Jimmy
Choo. The success of Hunter
wellies has proven that
even the fashion conscious
appreciate
practicality.
However, unlike Béatex,
Hunter has admitted defeat
and moved the manufacturing
of its expensive footwear and
accessories to Asia. So are
Béatex and Blancq-Olibet
trying to do the impossible?
Perhaps Béatex will do what
Hunter has been unable to and
capitalize on the fast growing
trend of buying French-made
products. One thing for sure
is that both Blancq-Olibet and
Béatex will need to attract
international
business
in
order to keep their traditions
alive. The odds aren’t exactly
stacked in their favour, but
there are some things better
made in France. If cheaper
wine started to be produced in
Asia we wouldn’t stop buying
our favourite French bottles,
so why would we choose to
snub the French-made beret?
Admittedly, at 70 euros a hat,
it’s not cheap, but consider
it as an investment. For 70
euros you can be the proud
owner of a world-renowned,
practical, one of a kind hat that
refuses to go out of fashion!
Alternatively, if you’re not
keen on parting with your
money, why not follow the
instructions on this website
http://spuds.hubpages.com/
hub/Make-Your-Own-Beret
and try making your own! ■
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12 ♦ FEATURE
with dirt roads. When they were incorporated into Paris,
they were given their paving stones.
But while the cobblestones look quite harmonious
with their surroundings, the change wasn’t always easy.
Montmartre, a neighborhood famous for its steep cobbled
streets and stairways, is a high hill that had been hollowed
out since ancient times for the gypsum it contained.
Its pavés were added starting in 1860, when the former
village was incorporated into Paris. The stones and the
traffic they held were sometimes too heavy, and sections
of streets collapsed, dragging trees, carriages, and even
people, into the ground. Les Pavés
de PARIS
By Alysa Salzberg
Paris is famed for its cobbled
streets. Lots of us will have
walked over these pavés at one
time or another, but have you ever
stopped to think about the stories
that the worn cobblestones could
tell?
T
hough the city’s history began long before
cobblestones, they are an essential part of
Paris. The streets of Paris were first paved in
the late 12th or early 13th century, under King
Philippe-Auguste, who also constructed the
city's first wall. While the wall was built to provide security,
the streets were paved, it's said, because the king found the
smelly mud of Paris’ rues unbearable. The original paving
stones were apparently kept until around the 16th century,
when they were replaced with newer ones.[1] Paris in the Middle Ages wasn’t the same as today. For
most of that era, it was a relatively small section of the heart
of the city, encompassing the Ile de la Cité and farmland
on the Right Bank, running from a point on the present-day
rue Montorgueil to the north, to a location soon-to-be the
Bastille to the east, and to the west, a port just before the
Louvre, which was then a fortress outside the wall. The
southern part of the wall contained a significant portion of
the present-day fifth arrondissement, and a smaller portion
of the present-day sixth arrondissement. Other areas of the
City of Lights we know today were farmland, or villages
Montmartre: the sloping rue Ravignan. Notice two kinds
of paving stone arrangements: a series of fan shapes
(background), and those simply placed in gridlike order
(foreground). You’ll see a lot of both in Paris. Luckily, the problem of Montmartre's once treacherous
paved streets has been solved today, though I’m not sure
how. Maybe a walk up to my favorite spot in Paris, la place
Emile Goudeau, is really a walk of faith. The eye delights in the lovely pavés of Paris. You may
notice, though, that they aren’t everywhere in the city. And
in some places, they’ve been covered with asphalt. “A
practical measure,” you could say, and in many ways you'd
probably be right. But it also has to do with the delicate
balance between beauty and caution that everyone needs to
use when dealing with Parisians. You see, ever since the July Revolution of 1830, paving
stones have been wrenched from the streets to serve as
material in barricades and, occasionally, as projectile
weapons. In the mid-19th century, Baron Haussmann was ordered
to demolish older, insalubrious parts of Paris and widen
streets and boulevards, mainly so that, if necessary, the
military could move easily through the city. However,
the Baron didn’t count on the power of the cobblestones;
in 1870, Napoleon III, who’d commissioned him to so
dramatically change the landscape and architecture of
the City of Lights, was captured by the Prussians. A new
government was established, and soon challenged by
Communards, who wanted even more of a change. Once
again, the cobblestones were prised up and used to make
often formidable barricades. 1871, the Paris Commune: Barricade Paris 1871, by
Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg
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FEATURE ♦ 13
Top left: Place Émile-Goudeau
Above: Dug-up cobblestones on the boulevard
des Maréchaux
Below: 1848 Revolution - Barricade rue Soufflot
by Horace Vernet. Notice the man on the upper
left, raising a cobblestone to use as a weapon.
Far left: Modern Paris is a mixture of cobblestones and asphalt
until 1929. Near them ran La Ligne de Petite Ceinture (the
Little Belt Railroad), a small train line that made a circle
around Paris, from around 1852 to 1934. The train became
obsolete with the expansion of the Métro, and today a bus
service runs a similar route. But a few years ago, city
planners decided it would be wise to repeat history in a
way and create a tram that would run on the boulevards
des maréchaux, serving the same purpose as the Petite
Ceinture once did. The project has been underway for at least half a decade,
and certain portions are complete and running. In the east
of the city, the boulevards have been dug up – including
the pavés that had been paved over. Many will be used in
the new, larger sidewalks that are being constructed. For
now, along some sections of the boulevards, they’re piled
up as they were in the days of the barricades. The project is a massive one, involving not only the
laying of tracks and the building of tram stations, but first
checking and sometimes reinforcing gas pipes. In front of the Pantheon, at the top of the rue Soufflot, the
same street that was depicted in the painting of the 1848
barricade, paving stones in different colors are used to
make a decorative motif.
The Paris Commune was eventually suppressed, and the
established order restored. But it wasn’t until 1968 that the
government started thinking differently about les pavés.
In May of this year, an uprising of students and workers,
unsatisfied (to put it mildly) with their current government
effectively shut down the city, regularly clashing with
police. The period is known, among other things, for its
anti-government posters and slogans, including "Sous les
pavés, la plage!" - "Under the cobblestones is the beach!"
The protestors knew this first-hand, since they pulled up
the stones, revealing Paris’ sand-like soil, and famously
used them, not only to make barricades, but to throw at
police. Though pavés had been thrown at opposing forces
before, the idea of young people – many from bourgeois
families – doing such a thing, shocked society. And that’s why many streets in the city are no longer
cobbled. Could this act be like the cutting of Samson’s
hair? Since 1968, no major protest by the French
people has had as great an effect. Most Parisians are
content with orderly demonstrations, parading loudly
and slowly down mostly asphalt-covered boulevards.
You can still see pavés today, especially in areas where
it seems to serve the tourism industry well, but in more
residential areas there’s usually just pavement on major
streets.
Recently, though, some of the past has resurfaced. The
boulevards des maréchaux (so called because they’re
named after marshals who served under Napoleon I)
surround Paris, where the last of the city’s walls stood
It seems the government has become complacent
in the years since 1968: not only do they leave
unearthed pavés unguarded, but they even joke about those
tumultuous times: here, a public announcement reminds
residents: "Sous les pavés, le chauffage!" - "Under the
cobblestones are heating pipes!" Still, les pavés haven’t lost their importance. Some will
look at them and merely see beauty. But these cobblestones
are more than their appearance. In many ways, they are the
soul of this city, where aesthetics, anger, love, and death
have all met – and still meet – on avenues, alleyways, and
boulevards. ■
[1]"Medieval Towns: Paris: The Story of Paris" by Thomas
Okey, published in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., 1919.
Cour du Commerce Saint-André
The area, bordering the outside of the city wall, was
built up by the time of Charles V (14th century),
but this particular street was created in 1776. The
cobblestones are much larger and more widely spaced
than the pavés found in other areas. Could they be
18th century originals? This passage, located near the
Odéon Métro stop, is a lovely place to visit, and is full
of history: besides a remnant of Paris' first city wall,
you’ll also find: the Procope Restaurant, hangout of
many notable 17th and 18th century celebrities and
politicians and the first place coffee was served in
Paris (1686); and, in the Cour de Rohan, a courtyard
off the passage, the place where Revolutionary
extremist Marat printed his famous newspaper L’Ami
du Peuple, as well as the location in which Dr
Guillotine first experimented with his new invention, a
more humane way to execute criminals (he used sheep
to test it out).
Alysa lives in Paris
with an eccentric
Frenchman and a
cross-eyed cat. She
blogs regularly on
Open Salon and is
founder and Editorin-Chief of Beguile, a literary and arts
e-zine:
http://open.salon.com/blog/alysa_salzberg
http://www.beguilezine.blogspot.com
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14 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
In the garden Conserving energy
jobs for September in the kitchen
Continuing her gardening series,
Michelle Pierce from independent
nursery Un Jardin en France tells
us what we should be thinking about
over the coming month.
T
he media is full of the woes of
disappointed holidaymakers and
the problems of a wet August for the
tourist industry…... but I imagine
that I'm not alone in welcoming
the rain. It was really starting to get worrying
in the garden, with even established trees losing
condition (not to speak of the perennials!) But
there we go, a few good downpours and the
majority of things have bounced back. As have
the weeds......
Get busy
September should be quite a busy time in the
potager. It's really the last opportunity to sow
stuff for next year, as days are still warm enough
for germination and the young plants should,
hopefully, have enough time to bulk up before
the cooler weather and shorter days kick in.
Sow radish, spinach, spring cabbage, radiccio,
oriental vegetables like khol rabi, winter lettuce,
lams lettuce, rocket and winter purslane. It's
quite a long list that one can make, especially
if you are going to give them a bit of protection.
My favourites are the various leaf mustards beautiful to look at, and tangy, spicy flavours to
pep up a winter salad. Try Red Frills or Osaka
Purple. Some clients buy them just as decoration,
they're so pretty.
Also you can sow hardy annuals and biennials
for next year - foxgloves, wallflowers, sweet
Williams etc.
You can plant onion sets and garlic, which will
seem not to do much over the winter but should
crop earlier than those spring sown. If you have
very wet winter ground, plant them on slight
mounds to improve drainage.
Harvest, harvest, harvest
Harvest as much as you can before the first
frosts. Bottle, freeze, dry, transform or store the
maximum. You may not be able to face another
apple or pear now, but in a month’s time they
may be just the thing. If you have tomatoes,
cucumbers, gherkins, pumpkins and squashes
which aren't ripening too quickly, cut off leaves
to enable the sun to reach the fruits more easily.
Remember to burn mildewed leaves – don't put
them on the compost heap!
The cold is coming
Of course, we may enjoy an Indian summer,
as so often happens in the Limousin, but one day
or other we will wake up to frost. Now is the
time to get organised for cold weather: dig out
your cloches from the depths of the shed and
make sure they're in good order; wash or replace
fleece; and clean out the tunnel or greenhouse in
readiness for winter use.
Soft fruit
Prune out the canes of blackberries, loganberries,
tayberries etc which have fruited this year, and
tie in the new ones. Prune blackcurrants if you
didn't earlier, and gooseberries if the bushes need
it. Stick your prunings in the ground and you
should have some new plants next year.
Don't leave your veg plot unoccupied
over the winter
All that will happen is that the weeds will
get a hold, creating more work next year.
Consider sowing a green manure, planting it
up, or covering it with something porous - weed
suppressant textile lets the water and air through
and looks tidy, or a layer of cardboard, straw or
old carpet will do the same job. Black plastic is
not good.
Fruit
The Limousin is a great area for growing fruit.
This year has been excellent - trees dripping with
cherries, plums, pears and apples. Unfortunately,
as everywhere, the traditional varieties are being
lost - so many of them were strictly local, and
had specific uses. I have two old pear trees in the
garden, no idea of their identity, but one is clearly
an eater and the other, a keeper, with smaller,
hard fruit which would have been collected and
stored for later use. Regarding apples, we talk
about “cookers and eaters” but we should add
“keepers, cider apples, compote apples” and
probably lots of others to the list. If you have
a healthy fruit tree in your garden which gives
fruit that is not very edible, ask an old boy. It
may be that it had a specific purpose. There are
associations which can help: www.croqueursde-pommes.asso.fr and Mémoire Fruitière des
Charentes are just two. ■
Michelle Pierce
Un Jardin en France plant nursery
unjardinenfrance@gmail.com
05 45 89 36 54
Michelle is President of the Association Club
Liseron, a gardening club that meets on the
second Monday evening of the month at 19.30
at the Salle des Fêtes in Massignac. The club
is a mixed bunch of British & French, who are
united by a passion for gardens and gardening,
sharing plants, seeds and information. The topic
under discussion at the next meeting on 12th
September is ‘The natural garden’. Contact
details as above.
Regular environment contributor, Arthur Smith from Harlequin Developments, takes a look at what we can do in the kitchen to save money... and
the environment.
I
sometimes marvel at
how energy efficient
a gas camping stove
is, a 2 kg bottle can
last for 3 weeks or
more, and then I wonder why
the gas ranges in domestic
kitchens aren't the same.
It seems some of the
reason is due to the type of
gas, but much of the issue
is noise. A camping stove
is quite noisy compared to
a household gas range, but
it's this feature that makes
it so efficient, i.e. the size
and number of holes in the
burner. It's another example
of how we have swapped
efficiency for aesthetics
to our financial and the
environment's detriment.
We use an awful lot of
energy when cooking: think
about how long it takes to
bring a pot of water to boil
on an electric stove; turned
up full blast, it's chewing
up to and sometimes
beyond 2400 watts per hour.
While there may not be
noxious fumes pouring out
of your kitchen (unless
you burn something or are
cooking cabbage), they
are produced elsewhere,
for example where your
electricity is generated.
Coal-fired
electricity
generation is a major
contributor
to
carbon
dioxide emissions, the main
culprit causing climate
change. It's also a major
source of mercury emissions
and
other
atmospheric
pollutants.
While
comparatively
cleaner, natural gas is a
fossil fuel, another industry
that has inflicted a huge
amount of environmental
damage and is set to do
more through the increase
of extraction processes such
as fracking.
There are some ways to
work around the inefficient
appliances in our kitchens to
reduce their environmental
impact. Here's a few tips:
1. Cover up - Where
possible, cover up your pots
and pans. This will help your
food to cook more quickly
and generates a higher
temperature, allowing you
to turn down the stove.
2. Take the heat off Instead of turning off the
stove when the food is
done, experiment a little
with switching it off just
before the food is cooked.
An oven can be switched off
up to 10 - 20 minutes earlier
depending on how well
it's insulated and sealed. It
may not sound like a huge
saving, but particularly with
electric stoves, the euros
will add up.
3. Nuke it - Instead of
boiling water in a pan, zap
it in a microwave instead. In
fact, try to use a microwave
as much as possible as it will
save a stack of electricity.
4. In the raw - What is it
with cooking carrots? They
taste great uncooked in my
opinion, as do many other
vegetables.
Experiment
a little more with raw
foods, you'll not only save
electricity and gas, but
nutrients which cooking
destroys.
Cats and dogs
This month Bugle reader Andrew Wignall pins his colours to the
mast... he's a dog man, and proud of it!
I
t’s always been a
question of clarity
hasn’t it? No shades.
No ambiguity. It’s
simple and straight
forward. Black and white.
Are you a dog person or a cat
person? Are you The Beatles
or The Rolling Stones?
Brunettes
or
blondes?
Newman
or
Redford?
Daybreak or Breakfast?
City or United? Fishing or
sleeping (the same)?
I know that this may
offend many but I’m for
dogs. 100% dogs. To me cats
really are an enigma. I can’t
understand how anyone
could love a cat. Sure,
kittens are cute. They play
with balls of wool and drink
milk but then they get big
and scratch you whenever
the mood takes. If your
neighbour has a better brand
of tuna fish then they’ll be
around there in a flash and a
larger bowl of milk will take
the feline to the other side of
the village.
And then there’s the look.
That look that only cats can
give. The smug one. The one
that says “I’m better than
you and I can jump over
walls and up trees and you’ll
never be able to catch me”.
Maybe I’m paranoid but I’m
sure I’m not alone.
When I was a kid in the
1970’s my Mum found
an Alsatian cowering and
abandoned under a derelict
building near where she
worked. She was starving
and close to death so we took
her in. The vet told us she
was around two years old
and over the next five years
she gave us more love and
happiness than any family
could ever hope for. Then
she died. The vet had been
wrong. She wasn’t two. She
was more like seven years
old when my Mum found her
and to me it was like losing
a sister and losing her too
soon. I was certain that there
could never be another dog
like that.
But here we step up to
now and life in France. I’m
sure most of you when you
look around see fields and
country paths. Woods and
privacy. Wide open spaces
with an invisible invitation
to inhale the clean air and
stretch your legs towards
the horizon. After all this is
here and not the UK where
you need the dog on a lead
before it steps on a broken
bottle, comes face to face
with a pit bull or gets kicked
by a hooded chav.
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FRENCH LIFE ♦ 15
© 2005 - Alex Shultz (Flickr)
9. Keep the door closed How's your oven door glass
looking? It's worth spending
the time to keep it clean so
you can see in rather than
opening the door to check
on the food.
10.
Water,
water
everywhere - Only use as
much water as you need
in a pot. Every extra drop
requires more energy to
heat and will increase the
cooking time.
Clean your oven door! Opening it to check food can waste a lot of precious energy
saved power and the end
results were delicious too!
7. Splurge on pots and
pans - Resist buying cheap
pots and pans as they'll cost
you more in the long run. A
good sturdy, thick walled
set will last you a lifetime
and while they take a little
longer to heat up, the heat
distribution is better and
they'll also store heat for
longer. Glass and ceramic
pots and pans are said to
be the most efficient, but
personally I like heavy
steel.
8. The right pan for the
job - If you can see the
heating element or the gas
Two years ago we saw an
ad for a black lab and took the
trip to see him. He was two
and called Cookie. He was
lively and full of mischief
and we brought him home.
He hadn’t been mistreated
in any way but left alone
all day due to the working
responsibilities of his owner.
I’m sure everyone thinks their
dog is a one in a million and
everyone is absolutely right.
I’m no different. Cookie is
perfect. Even when he’s bad
he’s good!
And now we have another
one. Another black lab called
Tequila. From a shelter.
Beaten and abused, leg
broken, kicked out of a car
and left to die at the side of
the road. We didn’t rescue her.
The shelter rescued her and
we’ve just given her a home.
As I write this she’s lying
on an air bed in our lounge
securely bandaged after
her most recent operation
but happy because she has
some love. That’s what she’s
getting used to – being loved.
She’s never had any before
but I guess between me, the
wife and Cookie she’s going
to get more than she can
handle now.
The other day I took her
for one of her short walks.
There’s a camper van
recently arrived and parked
around the corner from us
with an orange electric wire
flame is licking a little on
the side of the pot or pan,
it's too small and much of
the heat is being wasted.
Arthur Smith
Harlequin Developments
www.harlequindevelopments.com
Tel: 05.55.68.67.56
Mob: 06.06.60.46.97
Is this the future ?
Scientists at the University of Minnesota claim to have
discovered a natural preservative which could spell the end of
rotting food.
They have pinpointed and received the patent for a naturally
occurring lantibiotic which could be added to food to kill
harmful bacteria like salmonella, E. coli and listeria.
The preservative could extend the life of a variety of everyday
foods which have strict use-by dates including seafood, cheese
and canned goods.
In some cases these foods could last for years and may not
even need to be kept in the fridge, the researchers claim. ■
Wealth Tax
W
ith
perhaps
one eye on
next
year’s
presidential
election, President Sarkozy
announced several months ago
that the government would
carry out a review of the way
that capital is taxed and, in
particular, how Wealth Tax
(Impôt de Solidarité sur la
Fortune) was to be levied.
On 29th July this year, and
after much discussion, the ‘Loi
de Finances Rectificative pour
2011’ finally became law.
As well as reforming Wealth
Tax, the legislation covers other
changes to personal taxation and
in next months’ issue we shall
look at how these have been
affected.
WEALTH TAX
The government believes
that by undertaking these new
measures, 300,000 households
will no longer have a wealth tax
liability. At the same time, they
have also sought to simplify
how the tax is calculated and
declared.
So what are the changes
being introduced by the new
law? Well, here are the answers
to some commonly asked
questions:
© 2009 - Felinest (Flickr)
5. Be prepared - It's easy
to turn on the cooker ring
and then start slicing and
dicing, wasting a bit of
gas in the process. Always
ensure your ingredients
are prepared as much as
possible before turning on
the heat.
6. Slow food - Growing up
in the 70's, Crock-Pots/slow
cookers were all the rage.
These were heavy pots that
took ages to cook anything,
but cooked at a very low
temperature. The idea was
to switch it on before you
headed off to work and by
the time you came home,
the food was done. They
Observing some or all of
the points above won't save
the environment, but when
millions of us take these
small steps in conserving
energy, it can certainly add
up! ■
Q: Under the old system you
only had to have €800,000 of
taxable assets to be taxable.
What is the threshold now?
Seriously... would you trust this face?!
stretched across the square
connecting it to their friends
house. When Tequila saw
this she tried to wriggle out
of her collar before bolting
over the top of it and almost
ripping my arm off. Has she
been whipped with a wire?
Tied up? And if anyone takes
out an umbrella near her or
even picks up a stick to
throw then she nearly jumps
through the clouds with fear.
People can be so cruel
and I’ll never understand
that but thank God for the
people at the shelter. Thanks
for the lady who cared for
her as one of her own for
eight weeks as she made
her partial recovery and
thanks for the people who
donate and help to make it
possible for Tequila to have
a life. Now she has another
chance and you know what?
She’s given us another
chance even though people
in general maybe don’t
deserve one with her. She’s
still frightened of everything
but she’s getting better and
better as her heart mends
along with her body.
Cats are cats and dogs are
dogs and I’m not waging
war against the cotton ball
chasers but this article is
about dogs. Dogs don’t care
about anything except the
people who love them. No
matter how much affection
you give they’ll give twice
as much back and they’ll do
it as long as they live. ■
A: Only households with taxable
assets worth over €1,300,000
are now subject to wealth tax.
Q: What will be the new tax
rates?
A: From 2012, there will now
only be two tax rates: 0.25% on
taxable assets up to €3,000,000
and 0.5% for assets worth over
that. These new rates will apply
to total assets, however, and there
will no longer be a ‘nil rate band’.
However, to avoid an increase in
tax for those whose assets are just
above the thresholds, there will
be discounts.
For 2011, assets above
€1,300,000 will be taxed in
accordance with the existing
system, meaning that the first
€800,000 will be in the nil rate
band and the rest will be taxed
according to the existing bands
and tax rates.
Q: For those still liable to
Wealth Tax when is the payment
deadline, previously 15th June?
A: As an interim measure
for 2011, the deadline for
declaration is 30th September.
From next year, however,
the declaration process will
change. Anyone with assets of
less than €3,000,000 will now
declare their assets for wealth
tax on their income tax return.
Only those with more than
€3,000,000 of taxable assets
will continue to make a separate
wealth tax return.
Q: Are there any reductions
available from the tax bill?
A: There are reductions from
the wealth tax bill for dependent
children,
including
adult
children in full-time education,
of €300 per child (up from
€150).
Q: Has anything be done to the
“Bouclier Fiscal”?
A: The “Bouclier Fiscal” (or
‘Tax Shield’), which limits total
taxation, will be abolished in
2012.
There is good news,
however, for those new French
residents with assets over
the new threshold, as they
can benefit from a temporary
exemption, whereby assets held
outside France do not have to be
declared for the first five years
of residency.
David Hardy
Siddalls Regional Manager
www.siddals.fr - 05 56 34 75 51
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16 ♦ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to
The
Editor
I
t never ceases to amaze me
the sheer number of Clubs,
Charities and Associations
that exist across the region.
New ones seem to pop up all the
time and there is obviously a
desire out there amongst the expat
community to keep busy, even
though many may have come
here for a quieter life. Some exist
for purely social reasons, many
exist with the aim of facilitating
the integration of expat and local
communities and others are
charities in the traditional sense,
run altruistically by volunteers.
We try wherever we can to help
promote these organisations (the
selection of these organisations
and I would urge anyone with
time on their hands to take a look
at page 18 of this paper as there
are plenty of ways that you can
get involved, keep busy and do
something positive!
Please keep your thoughts, opinions and feedback coming, they
help make The Bugle what it is:
section at the back of the paper
dedicated to this purpose is in
danger of bursting to a second
page!) but time and space
constraints don't always allow it.
This month, however, we have
given over our letters page to a
editor@thebugle.eu
Or the old-fashioned way to:
The Bugle,
Les Quatre Chemins,
23150 St-Yrieix-les-Bois
Cantique seeks new members
Cantique
By Email
Dear Editor,
“Cantique” is actively seeking new members of
all voices to join them for the new season.
We are an international choir based in
Rochechouart. Currently having some 25
English, French and Dutch members, we are a
high standard choir singing the best choral music
from the Renaissance to the present day.
The choir is under the leadership of Colin
Cartwright, who was for many years a member
of the choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Castle. In the past 12 months concerts have
been given at Rochechouart, Saint Mathieu and
Manot, and plans are well in hand for a visit to
Meppel (Holland) in 2012.
There is room in the choir for a small number
of new members, who should have a reasonable
musical background and ideally the ability to
read music. Admission to the choir is by informal
audition. Anyone interested should email info@
cantique87.fr or call 05 55 03 60 42.
Many thanks!
Lascauxfest a roaring success
Ray Aplin
By Email
Dear Editor,
T
he committee of 'Le Son de la Source'
would like to thank everyone who
helped make 'Lascauxfest' on 30th
July such a successful event. This includes all
the musicians, who played free of charge, our
many helpers and sponsors and the two hundred
or so paying visitors. The music and ambience
throughout the day and evening was fantastic
and we are all motivated to start thinking about
'Lascauxfest 2012' .
The really good news is that, as a direct
result of this event, we are able to present a
cheque for 1500€ to 'Pompiers pour le Secours
International et le Développement' to enable
them to continue their emergency work in
troubled parts of the world.
Regards
Ray Aplin
President, Le Son de la Source,
Lascaux,
87600 Chéronnac
AIPB Battle of the Bands 2011
CANCER SUPPORT FRANCE
AWARENESS WEEK 2011
September 24th - 30th
Come and find out what we do at an event near you!
CSF Charente Plus offers support in departments 16, 17, 86 & 87
Contact details: csf.charenteplus@gmail.com or 06 45 35 32 30
CSF Creuse offers support in department 23
Contact details: 06 06 47 18 60
Cancer does not distinguish between age, sex or nationality. Anyone, anywhere can be
affected. Do you need help? Are you struggling to understand? Do you know of people
who are? Would English language support help? Cancer Support France exists to meet
these needs.
Cancer Support France (CSF) is an association set up according to the 1901 French
law. It is made up of a growing number of affiliated associations across France, supported
by the umbrella organisation, CSF-National. The movement exists to support Englishspeaking people living in France who are affected by cancer.
Their country of origin does not matter.
Support is provided in a number of ways by offering a listening ear; accompaniment to
hospital appointments to aid understanding of treatment issues and guidance on sources
of practical help where needed. All those who work with patients in a listening role are
fully trained “Active Listeners”.
Following last years' successful Awareness Week, when the profile of the association
was raised, the organisers of Cancer Support France (CSF) are launching their second
awareness campaign
Awareness Week 2011 will run from 24 to 30 September. It has two main aims: to
reassure English-speaking people affected by cancer that there is help available, and also
to publicise opportunities for involvement as a volunteer.
This year, affiliated associations will be inviting people to come and have a look at
what Cancer Support France actually does through a variety of events across the country
from open centres to book sales; meetings, walks, teas and suppers. Why not take the
opportunity to come to an event near you and see how CSF supports English-speaking
people affected by cancer, whatever their country of origin.
We look forward to meeting you!
Full details of the association can be found on the web site www.cancersupportfrance.info
The national help-line is 05 45 89 30 05 Calls are picked up every day and a response
normally made within 24 hours.
Email: cancersupportfrance@orange.fr
There is also a fully moderated forum where questions can be asked and support
found: www.csf-forum.org
Both the website and the forum have received HONcode® accreditation, thus
ensuring users of the reliability of the information.
AIPB Boussac
By Email
Dear Readers,
I
f you’re a rock band, then the AIPB of
Boussac wants to hear from you! The
Association is looking for lively groups for
this year’s Battle of the Bands on 5 November.
You're guaranteed a very enthusiastic audience
and an excellent venue at the Salle Polyvalente
in Boussac.
The first Battle took place last year with five
talented groups taking part. The winners, Argyle
of Poitiers, have gone from strength to strength
since they took home the trophy and €300 prize
money. It could just be the breakthrough you're
looking for too.
For more details, contact Mervyn on 05 55
65 70 06 or visit the AIPB website at www.
aipbboussac.fr
Regards,
AIPB
Amitiés Internationales du Pays de Boussac
The Mayonnaise Jar
and Two Cups of Coffee
Graham Hay
By Email
W
hen things in your lives seem almost
too much to handle, when 24 hours in
a day are not enough, remember the
mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class
and had some items in front of him. When the
class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large
and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it
with golf balls. He then asked the students if the
jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles
and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar
lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas
between the golf balls. He then asked the students
again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and
poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up
everything else. He asked once more if the jar was
full. The students responded with an unanimous
“yes”.
The professor then produced two cups of
coffee from under the table and poured the entire
contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty
space between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor as the laughter
subsided, “I want you to recognize that this
jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
important things - your family, your children,
your health, your friends and your favourite
passions - and if everything else was lost and only
they remained, your life would still be full.
“The pebbles are the other things that matter
like your job, your house and your car.
“The sand is everything else - the small stuff.
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he
continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the
golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all
your time and energy on the small stuff you will
never have room for the things that are important
to you.
“Pay attention to the things that are critical to
your happiness. Play with your children. Take
time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse
out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always
be time to clean the house and wash the windows.
Take care of the golf balls first - the things that
really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just
sand.”
One of the students raised her hand and inquired
what the coffee represented. The professor smiled.
“I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that
no matter how full your life may seem, there's
always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a
friend.” ■
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WHAT’S ON ♦ 17
SEPTEMBER at LA GRANGE, BLOND...
Saturday 3rd
PATCHANKA & TAPAS
Once again we are proud to have the fantastic group Patchanka
singing here - think of the Gipsy Kings & you won't be far out!
Weather permitting we'll be dancing in the garden to their
infectious rumba gitane sounds & rhythms, accompanied by
some great tapas too
Friday 9th
BEN STUBBS & A CURRY
Ben sings a really great mix of 'happy' music - think of Jack
Johnson - accompanied by the great flavours of our authentic
homemade curries
Bugle
Notice
Board
COMING SOON - Tarot Card morning
Full details available online at www.lagrange-blond.com
or simply give us a call on 05.55.60.72.85 to find out
more!
LEFT HAND DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
SUPPLIED FOR MOST CARS:
EMAIL YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO:
headlightshop@gmail.com
The Corner Shop
(Farges, nr Aubusson)
Special offers on at the Corner Shop:
Fray bentos pies all 25% off!!
Plus more offers - drop in and see us.
Tel: 05.55.67.58.87
Le Pub
58, rue d'Orjon, Argenton-sur-Creuse
We are having a royal gala with The Queen...
(well, the UK actrice look-a-like, who has
doubled for the Queen in many films and TV)
Wednesday 7th September
réservation obligatoire for this night.
From September we will be having free French
lessons with French teachers on Sunday
afternoons. Call for details.
Sunday roast and a traditional pudding for a tenner.
Looking for English musicians for music evenings.
Le Pub is also looking to create a darts team...
02 54 60 02 14 le-pub@orange.fr
The Living Room
Upcoming events
Music
Night Last Night of The Proms
10/09 - 19h
Open Day
Complimentary drink & nibbles on 11/09 - 12h
the house - a warm welcome awaits you.
Quiz
The Living Room Quiz
15/09 - 19h
Music Night
Jazz Night at The Living Room
23/09 - 19h
Quiz
The Living Room Quiz
29/09 - 19h
Quiz
The Living Room Quiz
13/10 - 19h
Music Night
Tamla Motown/Soul
14/10 - 19h
Race Night
“A Night at The Dogs”
21/10 - 19h
** We will be showing selected Rugby World Cup games live - see
website for details
www.thelivingroomfrance.com
Tel: 05 55 48 92 37
Route de St Laurent, 87310 Saint-Cyr
Atelier d'Art du Jardin
(Ecurat 23150 - near Chénérailles)
Will be open every Saturday &
Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm
Alma and Bill welcome you to tour the garden,
view our decorative garden items, quality plants
and hanging baskets, browse in our garden art
shop or even take tea on the terrasse.
www.atelierdartdujardin.net - 05.55.81.31.85
Sky TV Installations - SkyTVI
Mike from SkyTVI is pleased to announce that all new Sky subscribers
signing up through SkyTVI will receive a
FREE Sky, Sky+ or Sky+ HD box with an
annual subscription.
Tel: 06.03.07.82.10 / 05.55.66.33.33
JJ’s Café Bar
Aigurande
Texas BBQ Ribs and Blues Evening
Friday September 23rd
FREE CONCERT by Angie Palmer
A superb blueswoman, an old-school style blues guitarist with a hard-edged gritty voice, who has played
with some of the greats.
Meal (ribs + dessert €12 pp - booking advised)
... plus free glass of red wine with each meal
Meal: 19h30 - 21h00, Concert: 21h00
Music Club
2nd Sat of every month. 8.30 pm.
Next event: 10th September
All musicians, singers, listeners welcome
JJ's Cafe Bar, 39 Place du Champ de Foire,
36140 Aigurande
The Exchange
Rochechouart
Use our ring and reserve service to check
out our stock of over 3000 titles for that
elusive book you are looking for.
If you can't collect we can arrange delivery.
Call Phil and Jane:
06 62 84 16 14 or 05 55 78 19 24
www.theexchangerochechouart.com
Donna's Beauty Treatments
Book a pamper day for you and
your friends and the host receives
a free treatment!
06 35 92 77 83 / 02 54 06 07 48
meadowsdonna@hotmail.co.uk
Based La Châtre. Covering 36 and surrounding.
Tel: 02 54 06 30 77
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
Email: cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk
Café le Pont de la Pierre
15 Faubourg du Pont de la Pierre, Bellac
Live Music with Ian Connor
Sunday 4th September at 4pm
Fish & Chip evenings
September 9th & 10th from 6pm
Bellac's largest car boot sale
by the Café Sunday 18th September
Live Music with Vince Freeman
Sunday 25th September from 4pm
05 55 60 20 79 - http://www.cafepontdelapierre.com
Les Papillons
Disabled transport to the region...?
"I would like to visit your area for a holiday, but I have
a couple of problems! The first is that I am disabled,
although able to walk a little, and the second is thart although I have visited France on many occasions by coach,
I cannot find an English coach firm that goes to your area.
As you live there, perhaps you can advise me whether
there are any such coach firms, and give me the name of
the said coach firms. I had made a resolution not to visit
by coach, as one misses the true French atmosphere, but
it would appear that is the only way that I can visit your
area.
I presently live in Newark On Trent, but will travel to
catch a coach from anywhere"
If any of our readers have any suggestion, please
let me know: editor@thebugle.eu
Au Bon Vivre, Parnac
Soirée BBQ le mardi soir. Tout l'été. 16€.
Each week different meats.
3 pieces of meat.
Help yourself to as much salad as you want
and as much dessert as you want.
25cl of wine or coffee.
Children 12€ with a drink.
Offer: 6 people 1 eats free.
Tel: 02 54 24 83 31
aubonvivrerestaurant@hotmail.com
Riverside
Pub
Aubusson
Riverside Pub will be closed due to holidays between
September 1st and October 15th inclusive.
Any queries please contact Clare on 06 85 89 00 97
5, rue de l'Abreuvoir, Aubusson
www.riversidepub.eu
Oradour-sur-Vayres
Lyra Libra Choral Group will be holding a
Summer Recital on Sunday 18th September at 5pm in
the Galerie de Gabriel and join us after in Les Papillons
for a Kir and light refreshments.
Tickets are 6 euros and are available from:
Diana at the Galerie 05 55 78 21 98
or Jackie at Les Papillons 05 44 00 03 24.
I am a retired 82-year former world traveller
whose hobby is video creation. I lead a group of
friends with the same hobby and we have a channel
- http://www.youtube.com/user/alineetwilly - on
which we put our productions: documentaries and
self-made mini-fictions.
Our group is open - any freelance hobby videographer can join us. English-speaking people are
welcome, our English is rough but we are doing our
best and homemade mini-fictions in English would be
welcome. Our channel is seen worldwide, about 50%
in France and the other half all over the world.
You can contact me via the YouTube page above.
Willy
La Récré - Ahun
La Récré will be closed from 22nd September
until 3rd October for holidays.
Friday 9th September - Indian Nite
19.30pm. 3-course Indian meal - €14.95 pp
Friday 16th September - Good old Fish & Chips Nite
19.30pm. 3-course meal - €11.95 pp
For all events, please book ahead. Tel: 05 55 62 56 44
Artist Christine FONTENELLE is looking
for somewhere to exhibit her paintings
and decorative pieces in the Limousin.
To view some of her work or to contact
Christine visit:
www.artmajeur.com/fontenelle
Thursdays are coffee mornings at La Récré with our
Chatterbox Club. Pop in for a coffee & a slice of
home-made cake. Open to ALL for ideas, discussion,
trips, arts and crafts, hobbies...
Book Exchange – open daily, no annual fee. Bring one,
swap one or buy one for €1. Also videos €1, DVDs €2.
05.55.62.56.44 - www.larecre-ahun.com
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18 ♦ WHAT’S ON
CLUBS, CHARITIES & ASSOCIATIONS
Church Notices
English-speaking church services Guéret
Come as you are……This is an invitation to join us at our
CHURCH SERVICE IN ENGLISH. Whether you have a faith,
or would just like to attend a church service you are welcome at
5pm on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the Eglise Evangélique,
9b Place Bonnyaud, Guéret, 23000.
We welcome all who want to join a group of English-speaking
Christians for a time of Worship and learning together. Children
are very welcome. For more details contact Jim & Pat Scott on
05.55.67.54.78 or email: scott,james@neuf.fr
English-speaking church services Limoges
@ 2pm, 4th Sunday each month. 126 Rue Armand Dutreix,
87100 Limoges.
Contact Pat Reid Tel: 05 55 84 00 64 Email clanreid@googlemail.
com
Is this all there is? Is there more to life than this? Why
am I here?
If you would like to explore the meaning of life and find the
answers to these questions or any others you might have, then why
not consider attending our Alpha course in Limoges this autumn!
Over 15 million people worldwide and 1.5 million in UK, from
every walk of life, have already been on an Alpha course. So if
you have often wished there was a place where questions and
issues around the Christian faith could be spoken about in a safe,
non-judgemental space and where you can meet others with
similar questions and concerns, then why not come along, join us
for afternoon tea, find out what others think, join the discussion,
maybe make some new friends.
Starting on Sunday 25th September at 2pm
Venue: L'Eglise Evangélique Baptiste, 126 Rue Armand Dutreix,
87000 LIMOGES. The course will run on Sun afternoons at 2pm.
Want to know more? Got a question? http://uk.alpha.org/
who-alpha-course or call Pat Reid on 05 55 84 00 64 or e-m to
clanreid@googlemail.com, or just turn up on 25th where a warm
welcome awaits you!
Still not sure it's for you? Come to the first one or two and check it
out before deciding whether or not to continue - no pressure!
Christians together in Limousin La Souterraine Area
We hold a time of fellowship and Bible study every Tuesday afternoon.
Barbara and Cedric look forward to welcoming you. 05 55 71 09 04
Fitness & Fun
Association Equilibre, le mouvement du corps
Yoga for all levels: Tue 18:30 Aubusson, Pied au plancher (Espace
Philips); Wed 18:30 Vallière, salle polyvalante.
Pregnancy/Post Natal: Tue 17:00 Aubusson, Pied au Plancher (Espace
Philips)
For further information tel 06 83 24 62 72 or visit www.spaequilibre.
yolasite.com
Classes coming soon to Felletin on Fridays.
Tai Chi at Boussac and La Châtre
Tai Chi classes in Boussac (Tue 18.15-19.45) and in La Châtre (Thu
18.15-19.45).
The first two lessons are free, the subscriptions are 36 euros per
month, and folks can go to both venues having paid this fee. The style
is that of Yang. All ages and abilities welcome, but folk must bear in
mind that they will be on their feet, doing the equivalent of what one
might classify as light exercise, for about an hour and a half. For more
information, contact 05 55 65 08 20.
Learn how to jive at Lussac-les-Eglises in an exciting, fun,
friendly group that meet every Mon at 8pm, at the Salle Polyvalente,
Lussac-les-Eglises. Everyone welcome whether you’re on your own or
part of a couple, young or young at heart. This is a great way to keep
fit, have some good laughs and meet new people. For more info contact
Alwyn on 05.55.60.27.05 or Hank on 05.55.68.42.09. See you there!
Gym Bien-être
Would you enjoy an afternoon of gentle exercise with a cheerful,
light-hearted group? Each week we exercise a different group of
muscles, do a little country dancing & some floor exercise and laugh
a lot .The aim of the activities is to increase suppleness and mental
agility. We meet every Tuesday afternoon upstairs at the Capitole
in Rochechouart between 2.00 and 3.30 pm. It isn’t necessary to
speak French because you can copy but you will learn some. Come
for 2 weeks’ free trial. For details contact: pauline.maskell@sfr.fr Secretary Gym Bien-être.
Learn to Meditate
Learn to meditate and meet other like-minded people. Simple
mindfulness technique. Dechen Choling, Le Mas Marvent, St-Yrieixsous-Aixe, 87700. Also, ongoing regular group meetings and events.
Contact tel Christina 05 55 03 82 01
www.dechencholing.org.
Gardening
'Les petits jardiniers du Limousin'
is a recently formed
Association which meets monthly and welcomes all nationalities
with an interest in gardening and related topics. We meet on the third
Thursday of the month in the Mairie at St-Amand-le-Petit (between
Peyrat-le-Château and Eymoutiers) at 2.30 pm. Invited speakers
with specialist knowledge, information sharing sessions amongst our
members, plant and seed swaps and garden visits are all on our agendas
for 2011. To be put on our mailing list for newsletters and agendas
(in French or English), please email Carolyn at carolyn@cnlees.eu or
Gill at GillinFrance@orange.fr and for more information visit http://
jardiniers-du-limousin.webs.com
Club Liseron – Gardening Club meets on the second Monday
evening of the month at 19.30 at the Salle des Fêtes in Massignac. We're
a mixed bunch of English & French, who are united by a passion for
gardens and gardening, sharing plants, seeds and information. More
info contact Michelle Pierce on 05 45 89 36 54 or at unjardinenfrance@
gmail.com
2011 Programme: 12 September The natural garden; 10 October
Pumpkins etc & Apples, 14 November Trees and hedges; 12 December
Gardening by the moon & party
Aux Plantes etc
We are a new association of independent, ethically minded and
passionate plant producers. Our aim is to encourage consumers to
know more about the plants they buy, how they were produced and
their needs, thereby avoiding the disappointments that so often come
with mass produced plants. It's not just about us selling you plants- we
want them to thrive and do well for you!
Current members include plantspeople specialising in unusual shrubs
& trees, butterfly plants, heritage vegetables and flowers, irises,
perennials and drought-tolerant plants.
We are working on our website (www.auxplantesetc.jimdo.com) and
a common plant list but for now contact us via: Michelle Pierce 05 45
89 36 54
Integration
Cordiale Assistance, Peyrat-le-Château
Just arrived in the Limousin? Or maybe you have lived here a while,
but need help negotiating French bureaucracy and learning the
language? From enrolling your children in school to completing tax
returns, Cordiale Assistance can help you. Cordiale Assistance is a
non-profit-making organisation that helps English-speaking people
living in the Creuse, Corrèze and Haute-Vienne departments integrate
more effectively into their local communities and the French way of
life. A range of services is offered both on an individual and group
basis, including free information meetings for members on key topics,
individual advice and language lessons that will help you make the most
of your life in the Limousin. For more information contact Isabelle on
05 55 69 47 81 during office hours or email info@cordiale-assistance.
net. Also available Book/DVD/Video exchange in the same office. Open
every Wednesday morning between 10 am and midday. Membership is
free if you are already a member of Cordiale Assistance, but if not, then
membership is 5 euros per annum. We have a wide variety of fiction
and non-fiction, children’s books, DVD’s, videos, magazines, jigsaw
puzzles and even sewing patterns. If anyone has old books etc they no
longer need we will be happy to take them off their hands too. Folk
can drop in, have a coffee or tea and a chat and choose a few books or
DVD’s at the same time.
Faceaface is an association founded to facilitate and encourage
interaction between all members of the local community. As our first
venture we have created a library.
Where? In the Mairie of St Priest which is just off the D4 between
Mainsat and Chenerailles.
When? The first and third Mon afternoon in every month between
2-5pm.
To join all you have to do is donate six books and pay €5 per person or
€8 per household. If you would like more information please contact
us at: faceaface23@gmail.com or just come by and see us. Everyone
is welcome!
Learning Together – Apprenons Ensemble
Our main aim is to foster understanding and good relations amongst
the local French-speaking and English-speaking populations. To this
end we are offering courses of tuition in English and in French, and
organising social and cultural events and visits.
French Language Courses (take place at the Maison des Associations,
Rochechouart):
French Classes for Beginners and Improvers - Mon a.m. ● English
& French conversation - Mon p.m. ● French conversation - Tue a.m.
Children’s Classes - Wed p.m. ● Higher Level French classes - Fri a.m.
● One-to-one lessons available direct on beep.services@gmail.com.
For
further
details
visit
www.learningtogether.me,
email
learningtogther87@gmail.com or tel. 05 55 03 14 91.
The Melting Pot
Members of the Ambassador's Club of the Welcome en Limousin
association.
We are a group of around 70 members, both French and British, who
meet each week with the aim of sharing things and trying to integrate
with the French community. We meet every week at the Ancienne Ecole
in Darnac, on a Wednesday morning from 10am-12noon, except for
the first Wednesday, when we meet in the evening at 8pm. We hold
information meetings, plant swaps, BBQ's, games nights, visits, and
have guest speakers about topics relevant to living in France.
Contact: info@meltingpot-limousin.com We look forward to seeing
you!
Charente Limousine Exchange
CLE is a non-profit organization which helps people to settle into the
area and integrate with their local communities. CLE organizes regular
discussions on aspects of living and working in France, together with
a variety of social activities. Members are sent a regular newsletter
keeping them up to date with group news and upcoming events.
Membership costs EUR 15 per family per calendar year. For more
information visit www.charente-limousine-exchange.com
Libraries
St Jean English Library, La Souterraine
The English Library in La Souterraine has reopened in temporary
premises at the Porte de Puy Charraud.
All Enquiries to Rodney Sabine on 05 55 63 03 87 e-mail rodneysabine@
yahoo.com
The English Library, Dun-le-Palestel
Located in the Route des Rateries, just behind the Biblithèque
Municipale, you will find the Anglophone Library, which offers a
wide variety of reading material, DVDs, talking books and videos.
It is also a meeting point and arranges a host of activities including:
Café Franglais; Club Scrabble; Café Philo; Sewing Group; Art Group.
Library opening hours: Thu 10am – 4pm & Sat 10am – 12.30pm. For
details of activities or general information, go to www.ententecordialecreuse.org or email library@ententecordiale-creuse.org. We look
forward to seeing you there soon.
Club de Musique
Music
Takes place on the last Friday of each month from 8pm at La Grange,
Chassignolles (5mins from La Châtre)
Open to all musicians, singers, groups and audience. PA and drum
kit available. Bring your instrument, mic and join in a great French /
English musical and social evening. Bar, hot and cold snacks. Meals
available if reserved – see website for contact details of La Grange.
For more info email: geoff@clubdemusique.fr http://www.
clubdemusique.fr
!! NEW !! Club de Musique
organised by Jackie Grant on the first Friday of the month from
8pm at Le Bercail Bar/Hotel, 4 Rue de la République, 23240,
Lizières. (5 mins from La Souterraine).
The meetings are open to all potential musicians, singers and
groups, but please bring your instrument and amp if you need one
– a sound system will be available. Bar and snacks are available.
For more info email: geoff@clubdemusique.fr http://www.
clubdemusique.fr
The Harmonics
This is our 6th season of singing as a group. Our music is varied
classical, madrigals, spiritual, songs from the shows etc. and we sing
in French, English, Swahili, Latin - whatever the music demands. Our
concerts are in support of a variety of charities including the British
Legion, L'Oregon at Civray and Retina and thus non profit making. We
meet Wed 14h–16h in the Salle d'Annexe behind the Mairie in Civray.
Interested? We'd love to see you so contact: David Lee tel 05 49 87
53 93 email dave.lee@cegetel.net or Dolly Ait Boualou email sylvia.
murray@wanadoo.fr
Amateur open mic night @ Vautredeix
(Just outside Gouzon, next to Saint-Sylvain-sous-Toulx). Poets,
musicians, whatever you may be.... Everyone welcome to perform or
just enjoy the company. Every Friday night 7pm onwards. Free. Bring a
bottle. For more info contact stonryop269@hotmail.com
Support
Alcoholics Anonymous
If you or someone you know has a drinking problem, there is now an
English-speaking meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at 2 Avenue Pierre
Traversat, Limoges. Thu 7.30pm-9.00pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who share
their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve
their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The
only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are
no dues or fees for A.A. membership and A.A. is not allied with any
sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution. Our primary
purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Contact tel Roger 05 55 76 22 65 or Nancy 02 54 24 09 74 or visit www.
aafrancesud-ouest.com
Cancer Support France, Creuse branch
If you or anyone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer and
would like help or support, we are here for you. If you need someone
to talk to we have a helpline available and if we are not there we will
call you back within 24 hours. Our helpline number is 06.06.47.18.60.
Drop-in service, Maison des Usagers, Guéret hospital
(For directions call the hospital reception on 05.55.51.70.90 & ask for the
Maison des Usagers at the Acceuil on arrival)
The service is manned by two active listeners, there to answer any
queries or questions. We provide a forum for anyone who wishes to
discuss aspects of cancer, be it for them or a family member. The service
provides a face to face opportunity which some people may find more
useful than talking on the telephone. Contact us for details.
If you would like to get involved with the work of CSF Creuse (perhaps
you have some free time and can help to organise and run fundraising
events?) please get in touch with Mike Walsh on 09 50 49 33 04.
Cancer Support France, Charente Plus
Offers free and confidential support to English speakers affected by
cancer in departments 16, 17, 86 & 87. Our helpline number is 06 45
35 32 30.
The association is looking for Active Listeners. Support and training
provided. If you are interested please contact AL co-ordinator Viv
Milne at csf.charenteplus@gmail.com
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WHAT’S ON ♦ 19
MONDAY
Evaux-les-Bains
TUESDAY
Auzances
Bénévant-l’Abbaye
Bussière-Poitevine
Champagnac-la-Rivière
Genouillac
Gouzon
Laurière
Limoges (Le Vigenal)
Peyrat-le-Château
Rochechouart
Royère-de-Vassivière
Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles
WEEKLY MARKETS
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Ahun
Bourganeuf
Chambon-sur-Voueize
Cognac-la-Forêt
Clugnat
Le Dorat
Isle
Limoges (pont St Martial)
Nantiat
Séreilhac
Boussac
Coussac-Bonneval
Dun-le-Palestel
Guéret
Limoges Bastide et Corgnac
Magnac-Laval
Oradour-sur-Vayres (except
3rd Thu)
Peyrat-le-Château
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs
Saint-Victurnien
La Souterraine
St-Etienne-de-Fursac
(Friday - cont.....)
Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
Verneuil-sur-Vienne(15h-18h30)
All markets are in the morning unless stated otherwise.
BY DAY
Aixe-sur-Vienne: 1st Fri
Ambazac: 1st Wed
Auzances: 2nd Tue
Bourganeuf: 1st & 3rd Wed
Boussac: 1st & 3rd Thu
Bujaleuf: Last Mona
Châlus: 2nd Thu
Châteauneuf-la-Forêt: 2nd Sun
Cognac-la-Forêt: 1st Tue
Cussac: 4th Sun
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Aigurande
Aixe-sur-Vienne
Ambazac
Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Bosmie l’Aiguille (16h - 19h30)
Bujaleuf
Châlus (except 2nd Fri)
Châteauponsac
Châtelus-Malvaleix
Couzeix (16h30 - 19h30)
Le Dorat
Felletin
Limoges (place des Bancs et
Beaubreuil)
Nexon
Pierre-Buffière
Rochechouart
Aixe-sur-Vienne
Aubusson
Bellac
Bonnat
Bussière-Poitevine
Châteauponsac
Condat-sur-Vienne
Eymoutiers
Feytiat
Flavignac
Guéret
La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice
La Souterraine
Limoges (place des Bancs et
place Marceau)
Le Palais-sur-Vienne
Nantiat
Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Blond
Crocq (1st and 3rd Sun)
Panazol
Peyrat-le-Château
Saint-Paul
St-Sulpice-le-Guéretois (3rd Sun)
Saint-Vaury (2nd Sun)
Veyrac (2nd Sun)
(Saturday - cont.....)
Peyrat-le-Château
Rochechouart
Saint-Junien
St-Léonard-de-Noblat
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
MONTHLY FOIRES
Domps: 2nd Tue
Dun-le-Palestel: 1st Thu
Evaux-les-Bains: 1st Mon
Eymoutiers: 1st & 3rd Thu
Feytiat: 1st Sat
La Souterraine 2nd & 4th Sat
Magnac-Bourg: 2nd Sat
Meuzac: 4th Mon
Mézières-sur-Issoire: 2nd & 4th Mon
Nexon: 3rd Fri
Oradour-sur-Vayres: 3rd Thu
Peyrat-le-Château: 3rd Mon
Peyrilhac: 3rd Sun
Sat 17th to Sun 18th Sep BOUSSAC
Journées Européennes du Patrimoine
Sat 17th - Mairie de Boussac, Salle des mariages. Guided visit of
Felletin tapestries. 9h - 12h.
Sat 17th - Toulx Sainte Croix, Eglise. Guided visit on the theme
of heritage, legend & the little things of village life. 10h.
Sat 17th & Sun 18th - guided tour of the Château de Boussac.
Adults 8€; children FREE. 9h - 12h & 14h - 17h.
Sat 17th & Sun 18th - Saint Marien (near to the old station). Visit
of the atelier of Guy Cauret (wooden models & tools), 10h - 12h
& 14h - 18h.
Sun 18th - Guided tour of Vieux Boussac. RDV 10h in front of
the tourist office.
For more information tel 05 55 65 05 95.
Sun 18th Sep GUÉRET
Fête bio écologique
Bio & ecology fair at the lac de Courtille. 10h - 19h.
Contact: Tel 05.55.81.07.56.
Sun 25th Sep COGNAC-LA-FORÊT
7ème Fête du Chanvre (hemp festival)
Hemp festival organised by the Association Patrimoine Cognacla-Forêt: walk; repas « chanvrier » (recipes incorporating hemp);
show of hemp clothing; sale of hemp-based products. 10h - 18h.
Free entry.
For more information visit: http://patrimoinecognac87.free.fr
editor@thebugle.eu
05.55.41.17.76
Pierre-Buffière: 1st Fri
Royère-de-Vassivière: 2nd Tue
Saint-Germain-les-Belles: last Sat
Saint-Jouvent: 1st Sun
Saint-Junien: 3rd Sat
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: 1st Mon
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: 2nd & 4th Fri
Sauviat-sur-Vige: 2nd Mon
Veyrac: 2nd Sun
Hi Bugle readers,
F
irstly, a big thank you to Steve and all the editorial
family at the Bugle for the fantastic job month
in month out in reporting the issues and, where
applicable, posing the questions that concern all of us.
Living, working in a different country where language
and culture differs from what we are either used to or
have experienced is difficult enough, but the advice and
support offered in the Bugle is superb, and we applaud
your efforts.
Sorry to say, but we cease business at Vetrianos as
at Saturday 24th September, we are at the end of our
lease, but other issues must now take precedence. Our
sincere thanks to all customers, clients and contacts for
all your support throughout our fantastic journey since
February 2006, and hope we all meet again sometime in
the future.
Our very best regards to you all
Jim and Gill Isaac
VETRIANOS, Bellac
BY DATE
1 (day before if public holiday): Bellac
3: Bellegarde-en-Marche
3: Châteauponsac
5: Bussière-Poitevine
5: Chénérailles
6: Bussière-Boffy
8: Compreignac
9: Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
11 (Sat if 11 is a Sun): Bessines-surGartempe
13 (Sat if 13 is a Sun): Le Dorat
15: Oradour-sur-Glane
17: Mortemart
18: La Croisille-sur-Briance; La
Jonchère-Saint-Maurice
20: Chénérailles
21: Ambazac; Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles
22 (Mon if 22 is a Sun): Magnac-Laval
23: Razès; St Laurent sur Gorre
24: Nantiat
25: Blond - St Paul
26: Nouic; Rochechouart
28: Cieux
29: Laurière
European Heritage Days - 17/18 Sep
The Journées européennes du patrimoine (European
Heritage Days) take place this month on 17th and 18th
September. This is a popular event throughout France,
which sees many state buildings and museums open their
doors to visitors. There is not enough space in these pages
to list everything going on so pop down to your local
tourist office or visit http://www.journeesdupatrimoine.
culture.fr/ to find out what is happening in your area.
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September events across the region
Tue 30th Aug to Sat 24th Sep GUÉRET
Photo Exhibition
Exhibition of photos by Christian SOLANS at the Office de
tourisme (see poster page 19).
Sat 3rd Sep BOUSSAC
Concert
Bach, Schumann, Bizet, Verdi, Jazz de Claude Bolling... by
3 musicians: Jacques Ballot (flute); Serge Conte (clarinet);
Massanori Kobiki (piano).
Eglise. 20h30. €8.
Reservations: Boussac tourist office tel 05 55 65 05 95.
Mon 5th to Fri 30th Sep AHUN
Photo Exhibition
Photos depicting the masons of the Creuse.
Office de Tourisme. 9h30 - 12h & 14h - 18h. Free entry.
Wed 7th to Thu 8th Sep BELLAC
Tech-Ovin Salon professionnel du Mouton
Tech-Ovin is a national biennial technical show gathering all the
professionals of the sheep sector: 14,000 visitors; 300 exhibitors;
5,000 m2 of exhibition space; 500 animals; 30 sheep races.
Rue Chanzy, Bellac.
For more information visit: www.techovin.com
Wed 7th to Sun 11th Sep SAINTE-FEYRE
Forêt Follies
Popular event which focuses our attention on sustainable
development, set in the middle of 2,000 hectares of forest. There
is entertainment day and night: artisanal produce, conferences,
games, play areas, food & drink, VTT, walking etc
The 4-day event takes place in the Forêt de Chabrières on the
route de Bourganeuf.
For more information visit: www.foretfollies.com/
Sat 10th to Sun 11th Sep AMBAZAC
BLUEGRASS WEEK-END in the AMBAZAC
Mountains (Haute-Vienne)
Hello Bluegrass lovers!
We invite all bluegrass musicians to our “Bluegrass week-end en
Limousin”
Bring your (acoustic) guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass,
dobro…
Jam sessions from morning until night.
Traditional bluegrass repertoire.
All levels from beginners to pros.
Free entry.
Information: please contact Eric deneve@free.fr
Sat 10th to Sun 11th Sep SAINT-JUNIEN
Légend'Air en Limousin
44 aircraft on display at the Saint-Junien aerodrome for this year's
edition of this popular Limousin air show - Sat 10th 14h - 18h &
Sun 11th 10h -12h.
Air displays Sun 11th 14h - 18h.
Free entry both days.
For more information visit: http://legendairenlimousin.blogspot.
com/
Sun 11th Sep AIXE-SUR-VIENNE
Cati & Me
Open air concert of Celtic music by Franco-Scottish duo Cati &
Me.
Parc du Centre culturel Jacques Prévert. 17h. Free entry.
Contact: Tel 05 55 70 77 00
Sun 11th Sep TOULX SAINTE CROIX
Le Grand Débarcadère
« Le Grand Débarcadère » is a day of celebration and
entertainment: 2 walks around Toulx; carnival rides; artisitc
parade (storytellers, dancers, musicians, street theatre
companies); fireworks; illumination of the observation tower.
To view the full programme visit www.sirventes.com
Sat 17th Sep BOURGANEUF
Les Médiévales du Prince Zizim
Medieval market, entertainment, visits of the Zizim Tower. All
day in the town centre.
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