Photo: S. Hinton 29 November 2021 Photo taken on the walkway above the Madeira Arches.
Don’t graffiti.
Don’t graffiti if your French grammar not accurate.
Don’t graffiti even if your sentiments would be approved by many people.
Vive France
Miscellaneous
Brighton Francophiles
Many thanks to Jim Grozier (Francophile 1) for this photo taken in Hertford Road, Brighton. Many thanks to the residents (Francophiles 2 and 3) for their chirpy display. Apart from Bonne Santé, what more can we wish for 2021?
Pigeon Post
Source: gallica.bnf.fr / BnF
Telegrams are always cryptic. Let’s start with trying to untangle the text above. Continue reading
Bonjour Brighton
Was this the shortest-lived Brighton periodical, ever? Edition #1 appeared in May 2007. Was there ever a #2?
The magazine was bilingual and covered topics such as Que visiter à Brighton [What to visit in Brighton]; Tu tires ou tu pointes [petanque enthusiasts will recognize the reference]; Quoi de neuf en France with all the latest news about the hit parade and the 2007 presidential elections.
L’Escargot Fantaisie
The text below this jolly Martlets snail outside the Jubilee Libaray reads: “This Snail is a riotous display of colour and portrays the renowned (and feared) chef Jacques le Méchant. The cunning cook has devised a way to infliltrate snail kingdom in search of the tasties snails for his famous restaurant L’Escargot Fantaisie!”
This is probably an impenetrable in-joke … but as long as the Martlets Hospice makes lots of dosh from it, who cares?
Brighton and Hove French Circle: Update
The Brighton and Hove French Circle prides itself on being one of oldest French Circles in the country. But was it really founded in 1915 as we have always claimed? Well, yes,
This little snippet seems to show that Antoine Désiré Joye, teacher of French and Pasteur of the French Protestant Church in Queensbury Mews (see blog of December 2016) was at the fountainhead of the Cercle Français. For 10/6d you could attend a course of 30 lectures on literature given by the man himself.
Source: The British Newspaper Archive
The French Circle still continues the tradition of providing a series of subscription lectures and talks throughout the winter months. Continue reading
Brighton Francophiles
Blue plaques – not to show that someone famous lived in your house, but that you are a Francophile. One example from Kemp Town and three from a single street near Waitrose.
All photos (c) S. Hinton
French Brighton 