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A Stroll Along Quai du Mont-Blanc

21st January 2023 Always Worth Saying 2484 Comments

We shall remain in Geneva in the 1980s for a little longer before moving around Lake Geneva in a clockwise direction in the 1950s. Does that make any sense? Our first photo this time is [more…]

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Sisi – The Foulest Crime of The Century

14th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 7494 Comments

Last time our 1955 Ford Prefect road trip found my grandmother photographed standing on the Jet d’Eau side of Lake Geneva. An interesting crown-topped cupola lay squatted in silhouette on the other side of the [more…]

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The 19:13 From Gare de Lyon

7th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 7897 Comments

In a previous edition gleaned from my family’s 1950s road trips album, from the top of the Eiffel Tower we noticed an interesting double-decker bridge carrying both a road and a railway across the River [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 3178 Comments

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

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