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Sunday 27 March 2011

Freedom Fighter

  Just bought an original  copy of this striking tribute to the French Résistance's contribution to the Liberation of France, drawn by Ernest H. SHEPARD & published in Punch magazine on August 16, 1944.
 To the best of my knowledge, it is one of the earliest instances where the naval striped jersey worn by some Breton résistants was associated with Onion Seller imagery.


Wednesday 9 March 2011

Grey & blue: Roscoff's historic seaside cemetery

  My most heartfelt thanks to Mr Pierre CUZON, who kindly showed me around & shared some nuggets of his encyclopaedic, & infectiously enthusiastic, knowledge of the local history.