Airport Director exposed as an unqualified imposter

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François Hollande leads the
pack as election day looms
With President Sarkozy declaring his intention to
seek re-election, we take a look at the runners and
riders in the 2012 presidential race.
>> Page 10
March 2012
Issue #29
Airport Director exposed
as an unqualified imposter
♦ CV was almost entirely fabricated
and backed up by forged documents
♦ He had already spent time in prison
for a litany of criminal offences
♦ Airport staff dumbfounded - they
had no idea
him to time in prison for a series of
crimes ranging from arson, forgery,
using forged documents, theft, abuse
of trust…
Jean-Philippe Olivier Gaillard –
to use his official name – was born
in Limoges on 31st January 1968
and had allegedly made up virtually
every detail on his CV, basing many
elements on just a scrap of truth.
Perhaps the most bizarre fact in the
case is that, according to one source
at the airport, “he did an amazing
job. He was so good, it leaves you
stunned!”
Since first being convicted in 1994,
Gaillard has spent a total of 2 years
in prison for a variety of crimes. In
1996 he was found guilty of falsifying
military documents – his CV boasts
>> continued on page 5
News - Limousin bull
sells for record price
A Limousin
bull has sold
at auction in
the UK for a
world record
€150,000
>> Page 3
Comment - What
makes you French?
© 2012 - PA. Kelly Brook is pictured with Captain Chris Roe
H
ow often have you
heard the line “you
couldn’t make it up”?
The recent scandal
surrounding the new
director at Limoges International
Airport could certainly be rejected by
Hollywood as being too far-fetched. It
is the tale of a serial liar who blagged
his way through life and ended up in
the top job at an international airport.
The story began when local press
this month reported that Philippe
Gaillard had suddenly been let go after
his 3-month trial period at Limoges
International Airport for falsifying
his CV. He had also presented himself
with a clean criminal record but it
transpired to be quite the opposite!
Just ask the courts of Pontoise, Agen,
Périgeux or Bordeaux, all of which
have found him guilty and sentenced
INSIDE > > >
Bugle Editor, Steve Martindale, looks at what makes
you French and whether his
children will grow up to be
British or French >> Page 11
Practical - French inheritance rules & taxes
David Hardy from Siddalls
takes us through the basics
of this potentially tricky
subject
>> Page 14
Kelly Brook launches new
Dover-Calais ferry service by
DFDS and LD Lines >> Page 7
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2 ♦ IN THIS EDITION
Welcome to
The Bugle
M
arch is finally
here and I feel
slightly
silly
reading
back
the introductory
column I wrote one month ago. My
sentiments were well judged: that
spring is round the corner with the
hope of a fruitful summer ahead but my choice of language could
have been better. It can be arrogant
to quote yourself, but I’m poking
fun so it’s probably OK: “I love
this time of year as it feels like
we're through the worst of winter
and a long summer lies ahead.” I
went on to talk about barbecues in
February. Oh, well... How was I to
know!!
It was a tough old month as it
happened. We registered –17ºC on
a couple of mornings in the back
garden, but people I have spoken
to since talk of minus 20!! I never
thought I’d see cold like that in
this part of the world. Many people
I know have had problems with
freezing and burst pipes, cars not
starting and being unable to reach
the shops. If it happened every
year, I suppose we’d be better
equipped for it. I did fit winter
tyres this year and I have to say
that made a huge difference when
we were finally able to get out on
the icy roads.
What struck me most was that
when the mercury finally climbed
back up to the dizzy heights of 0ºC
it felt like a summer’s day. I even
went out to collect the eggs one
afternoon in my T-shirt, remarking
to my wife on returning how warm
it felt – it could only have been
one or two degrees!! All things are
relative I suppose.
I have written a comment
piece this month on what it is
to be French (see page 11). It’s
something I have been giving a
lot of thought to recently as my
eldest daughter has just started
school this year and I am realising
that English will very soon be her
second language. There has been a
lot of debate in The Bugle about
what it means to be French and
whether as expats we have a duty
to ‘become French’ or whether it is
OK to live here whilst complaining
about the bureaucracy and ferrying
our marmite and tea bags over from
the UK. I don’t expect everyone
will agree with my thoughts and I
don’t even think it’s a black and
white discussion, but it is certainly
an interesting subject for me
personally.
My daughter has spent her first
2 ½ years being raised the British
way, albeit in France. We are not
authoritarian and we try not to
shout – apparently not the French
way at all. I won’t go over the same
ground I covered in my comment
piece, but I don’t think that for the
time being my daughter is quite
like the other children in her class.
“She has lots of character”, “she
does like to play” and “she has lots
of positive energy” are, I think,
the teacher’s way of telling me my
daughter won’t sit down and shut
up!
It is true that attitudes to
parenting are very different in
France, but I think it’s another
case of “not good, not bad, just
different”.
We used the excuse that there
is a new cross-Channel ferry
route opening up to run a picture
of Kelly Brook on the front page
– shameless I know, but I’m sure
at least half of my readers will
approve!! It is good news for those
of us that return to the UK by boat,
but it is a pity for all the SeaFrance
staff to lose their jobs, only for
the same service to restart a few
weeks later. In the meantime,
many of them will presumably be
re-hired by the new operators, but
perhaps without the benefits they
previously had. Sometimes I do
not understand the unions’ stance
where they would prefer to see
everyone go down together than to
compromise for the greater good,
perhaps because my formative
years were from a post-Thatcher
Britain where unionism was
increasingly a thing of the past.
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Until next month.
Steve Martindale
Editor
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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 3
T
he commandant
of
the
Bellegarde-enMarche Gendarmerie in
Creuse has been indicted
on charges of taking
advantage of his regular
patrols to commit a
series of thefts over a
number of years.
The exact charges
against him relate to
ten thefts, two counts
of
corruption,
two
counts of abuse of trust,
as well as abuse of
office and revealing the
details of an ongoing
investigation.
The conditions of his
probation are strict, most
notably that he is no
longer allowed to reside
anywhere in Creuse, to
possess a firearm, to
approach a brigade or
to make contact with
any of the victims. He
was also immediately
suspended from work
while the investigation
takes place.
According
to
the
Procureur,
Olivier Quérard, the
investigation is expected
to last several months.
Psychological
and
psychiatric reports will
also be sought given
the “semi-compulsive”
nature of the alleged
crimes.
The commandant in
question has previously
featured in these pages
as one of the team
behind the arrest of a
local English builder
recently accused of
working uninsured on
the black and using
falsified documents.
If the gendarme is
found guilty, he faces up
to 10 years in prison. ■
Limousin bull sells for
world record €150,000
A
Limousin bull has
sold for £126,000
(€150,000) at auction
in Carlisle in Cumbria,
the highest price ever paid for a
bull in the UK and a world record
for the Limousin breed. The
previous record price paid for a
bull in the UK was £105,000.
Pedigree livestock expert
Jonathan Long of online livestock
news service www.Farmingeye.
com said the bull had been the
pick of the entry at the sale: “This
may seem like a lot of money to
pay for a bull, and it is. But it must
be remembered this is the very
top echelon of the UK livestock
breeding industry. Breeders
attempting to secure new genetics
are always willing to invest in
stock they believe will improve
their herds and leave them strong
profits in future.”
Glyn Vaughan, of Machynlleth,
said he had hoped the bull, named
“Dolcorsllwyn Fabio” would sell
for £40,000 but watched openmouthed as the bidding soared
past the previous UK record. “He's
been an excellent shape ever since
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Gendarmerie
chief indicted
over theft and
abuse of office
he was small”, said the Welsh
breeder. “There's always been
something special about him.”
Mr Vaughan said he would
originally have been happy just
to top the Welsh record, which
was set four years ago with the
sale of another of his animals for
£33,600. He said: “When it hit
80,000, I hoped it would reach
100,000 to match the previous
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remember what happened after
that. It was completely unreal. It
was a different world to what I and
most breeders ever experience
really. I was very lucky that two
of the wealthiest breeders in the
country wanted him. The sale was
an excellent sale.”
The lucky owner of Britain's
most expensive steak is Alan
Jenkinson of Penrith, Cumbria.
Experts say that although the
price was high the new owner
should be able to quickly recoup
the money through breeding.
As to the secret of his success,
Mr Vaughan attributes this to his
wife Nia. “She was with me four
years ago when I broke the Welsh
record, so I may take her to more
sales!” ■
4 ♦ LOCAL NEWS
Limousin company builds
Sarkozy's election website
I
n a presidential campaign,
communication is key.
And in his bid for reelection,
President
Sarkozy has entrusted his
new election website to a web
design company in Limoges.
Launched in February, www.
lafranceforte.fr is central to
Sarkozy’s online election
campaign and was created by
leading European independent
digital agency Emakina.
Le Populaire spoke recently
to Manuel Diaz, president
of Emakina.fr about the
challenges of designing a
campaign website for the
president of France.
Why did you take on the task
of digital communication of
the UMP?
For the challenge of it! Before
responding to the tender, I
consulted my staff and asked
them how they felt about it and
if they would be able to separate
their personal opinions from
their professional ones. They
accepted the challenge.
What has the web changed in
the way elections are run?
It has allowed for response. It
has given normal citizens the
ability to personally address
their politicians. That power
increased around 2002 with the
rise in popularity of blogging.
The discussion is now open, in
both directions.
What is the difference
between the 2007 presidential
campaign and this one?
In 2007, Facebook and Twitter
didn’t really exist. Today,
millions of French people get
their information from social
networks. A modern-day
politician must decide exactly
how he wants to transmit
his message. We call this
‘political orchestration’. Now
we put their message across
differently depending on the
media type, the situation or the
way we would like to convey
it. It’s a new way of working.
Before, the same information
was sent in the same way down
all information channels.
And what of traditional media?
If you look at the amount of
radio and television being
consumed, not much has
changed. But I think the public
have different expectations
now. They want fast, snappy,
up-to-date
news
from
television, radio and the web
and look to the written press for
more in-depth reporting. There
is a time for hearing news and
a time for understanding it. ■
Limousin home
of France's worst
speed camera
N
early a quarter of
a million motorists
were flashed by radar
cameras in the Limousin last
year. Some of these radars are
a veritable cash cow for the
authorities, but the Limousin
is also home to the worst
performing (or should that be
most effective?) radar in the
whole of France.
The camera, on the RD17
between Saint-Aulaire and
Varetz in the Corrèze, flashed
only once all year, although
who the unlucky motorist was
is not known!
Haute-Vienne led the pack
in the Limousin with 145,840
speeding motorists caught
by fixed-position radars last
year, compared to 63,185 in
Corrèze and 26,511 in Creuse.
The region's most populous
department also had the most
prolific camera (and the 86th
most active nationwide). The
camera at Saint-Bonnet-deBellac on the RN147, just
west of Bellac, flashed 24,945
times in 2011 – that’s around
3 times, every hour of every
day, all year long! When
you add the takings from
the camera in the opposite
direction, that one small
commune of Haute-Vienne
flashed 36,000 motorists in
2011.
In Corrèze, the camera by
the tunnel at Noailles, just
south of Brive, was activated
19,068 times, an increase of
1.339%, after the speed limit
was reduced from 110 km/h to
90 km/h in December 2010.
Creuse saw the fewest
speeding motorists, with
its top performing camera
catching ‘only’ 11,443 heavyfooted drivers on the RN145
near Nouhant between Guéret
and Montluçon.
The most active radar in
the country is on the A41
motorway between the southeastern town of Annecy and
the Swiss city of Geneva. The
exact point is close to SaintJulien-en-Genevois, which is
next to the Swiss border. The
speed camera there reportedly
flashes 462 times a day on
average. ■
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Ikea to open new
Clermont-Ferrand
store in 2014
L
ove them or hate
them,
almost
everyone has at
least
one
item
from IKEA in their house.
Central France has long been
a wilderness for fans of the
Swedish furniture giant, and
for those of us living in and
which will house the Swedish
furniture store.
“It is absolutely essential,”
explained
Dominique
Adenot, deputy mayor of
Clermont-Ferrand. “Since the
introduction of the Grenelle
de l'environnement any new
project involving commercial
not possible on the existing
public transport network
servicing Gravanches, the site
of the new commercial zone.
Authorities believe that 40
daily return bus journeys will
need to be scheduled between
7am and 9pm in order to cater
for employees and visitors
around the Limousin, our
nearest stores are currently
Tours, Bordeaux or Toulouse.
Not exactly round the corner.
This is about to change
as a new Ikea store is set to
open near Clermont-Ferrand
in 2014. The project was
first reported in The Bugle in
December 2009 when it was
still in its planning phase,
but has since become a near
reality.
The latest hurdle to be
placed in the way is the
need for a regular bus route
to the commercial complex
zones must provision for
public transport access. If not,
the departmental commission
will refuse the project.”
It is estimated that Ikea
will attract 2 million visitors
a year, a figure that will rise
to 6 million visitors for the
commercial zone as a whole
when it is fully up and running
in 2017.
These figures have led
authorities to estimate that a
new bus route would need to
be able to carry between 650
and 2,000 passengers every
day, something that is certainly
alike.
For those of us in the
Limousin, the approximate
driving times to the new
store will be 1h 34mins from
Tulle (166km), 1hr 48mins
from Guéret (171km) and
2hr 19mins from Limoges
(253km). ■
Web of lies unravels for
Limoges airport director
>> continued from pg 1
a long and glorious military
service history with the Air
Force and he claimed in an
interview with local press last
November to have “fought in
just about all wars” of recent
years: the two Gulf wars, the
Balkan war and the Libyan
uprising. It would now appear
that he has never been a
professional fighter pilot in the
Air Force although he did once
sit for a pilots licence.
In 1998 an appeal court in
Agen convicted him for having
posed as a member of the
Police three years previously.
“His is the story of a young
man who for many years
has invented various and
diverse identities”. So wrote a
journalist in an article dated 6th
November 1997.
He was also once engaged
to
be
married,
before
disappearing the day before
the wedding after supposedly
being called up for an
important mission by the
military. A letter to his fiancée
later informed her that he had
been killed in action.
And it was to be a woman,
combined with his high-profile
position at the airport, that was
to prove his undoing. A woman
saw his picture on the airport
website and anonymously
tipped off the authorities that
he was not all he claimed to be.
After reading the reports
in the press the procureur de
la République in Limoges,
Michel Garrandaux, opened
an investigation on 9th
February on the grounds that
the documents relating to
his training and credentials
presented when he was hired
for his position at Limoges
airport were false. “The courts
of Limoges were only made
aware of this affair thanks to a
press release, a situation that is
regrettable.”
When quizzed about why
no complaint was lodged by
the CCI of Haute-Vienne (the
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry – the body that runs
the airport), the simple answer
was “On what basis? He had
mixed truthful elements with
false ones and fake ones. Do
we have the ability to check
everything?” Many of his
claims were corroborated
by official documentation
(although
newspaper
Le
Populaire later claimed to
have evidence that much
of this documentation was
subsequently found to have
been digitally altered) and he
came highly recommended by
his former employer. Whether
the CCI was hoping that by
simply terminating his contract
he would quietly disappear is
not known. Embarrassingly for
the CCI, Gaillard did not even
apply for the job; according to
his lawyers he was headhunted
for it.
Philippe Gaillard’s month
got
increasingly
worse
following his very public
exposure. A week after the
story first broke, he was
arrested by authorities at
his home in the Dordogne
to serve a 5-month prison
sentence that he had received
for forgery and use of forged
documents in 2008, but had
never served.
His lawyers condemned
the move, saying that their
client was not due in court for
the 2008 conviction until 5th
March. “Our client has never
been interviewed in relation
to his post as Director of
Limoges Airport, and we hope
that it is not because of the
extensive press coverage that
the procureur of Dordogne
has made this move.” ■
6 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
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Accents introduced to French web addresses
from 3 rd May until 3 rd July,
the owner of a domain
name will be able to buy
the equivalent domain with
appropriate accents. For
example, during this time,
the owners of www.societe.
fr will be the only buyer
who can purchase www.
société.fr
After 3 rd July, anyone can
purchase any domain with
accents, with no preference
given to the owner of
the
unaccented
domain
equivalent. Many fear that
this could lead to cases of
“cybersquatting” - buying
domain names only to resell
them for a much higher
price.
Two
famous
cybersquatting
cases,
which can make you a
lot of money if you are
The 30 new valid accents:
ß, à, á, â, ã, ä, å, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, ì, í, î, ï, ñ, ò, ó, ô, õ, ö, ù,
ú, û, ü, ý, ÿ, oe
The Domain extensions governed by Afnic:
•
•
•
•
•
•
.fr (France)
.re (La Réunion)
.tf (French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
.wf (Wallis and Futuna)
.pm (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)
.yt (Mayotte)
successful, highlight this
practice well. In 2001,
fashion
house
Armani
lost a case against Anand
Ramnath Mani who was the
legal owner of the website
www.armani.com. Armani
took him to court, accusing
him of cybersquatting, but
eventually lost as he proved
that it was indeed his name
and he had been running
his business under the
name A.R.Mani since 1981.
Armani now owns the site
and you can only assume
that a significant amount of
money changed hands.
In a separate case,
Canadian
high
school
student
Mike
Rowe
secured the domain www.
MikeRoweSoft.com
for
his part-time web design
business. Microsoft’s legal
department heard about
the site and at first offered
him $10 for the domain
(the price he had paid).
Annoyed by the derisory
offer, Mike Rowe refused,
and Microsoft’s subsequent
aggressive legal tactics were
a public relations disaster for
the company. Online support
for the teenager grew as the
story hit the news channels
and Microsoft eventually
backed off and reached an
out-of-court
settlement,
offering Mike Rowe an
X-box, free software and
an all-expenses paid trip to
their headquarters – as well
as covering the substantial
legal fees that had built up!
Whilst many are hailing
the acceptance of accents
as a victory for the French
language,
others
are
suggesting that it is little
more than a shrewd business
move by Afnic. In order
to avoid expensive legal
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La Tribune goes weekly
La Tribune, the troubled French financial newspaper, has been
sold and at the same time ceased daily publication. Under the
new owners, France Economie Régions and Hi-Média, the
paper will now be printed weekly with a national distribution of
100,000 copies.
The paper says that 50 employees will be preserved, including
31 journalists - roughly a third of the workforce. La Tribune will
continue to publish news on its website, which receives roughly
two million unique visits a day.
The cover of La Tribune's farewell daily issue depicted the
front page going up in flames.■
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for
the
French
language, it has
been
announced
that
from
May
this year, accents can be
used in French website
addresses (domain names).
Before,
domain
names
were restricted to numbers
and Latin letters without
accents. The association
that
manages
French
domains, Afnic (Association
Française pour le Nommage
Internet en Coopération)
will allow accents and
special characters in the
6 domain extensions it
controls, most notably .fr
(see box below for a full list
of the domains affected and
the characters allowed).
The change will take
place in two stages. Firstly,
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t has been announced that
India is in exclusive talks
with French company
Dassault to buy 126 Rafale
fighters. The deal, which
could be worth as much as €11
billion, would represent the first
successful export of the fighter
jet. India is buying the jets to
replace its fleet of Dassault
Mirage 2000s and Russian
MiG-21s and had already
rejected proposals from Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, Saab and
MiG.
For Sarkozy's government, a
Rafale sale is being promoted
as a major boost to the battered
French economy and the
country's economic pride, as
well as vindication of the efforts
made to sell France’s fighter jet
abroad. The French president
told journalists “We've been
waiting for this day for 30
years”.
Since it first went into
development in the mid 1980s,
the Rafale jet has been the
white elephant of French arms
manufacturing. The pride of the
French military since the turn
of the century, it has until now
proved impossible to sell abroad
and had come to be seen as too
expensive and a generation out
of date.
A string of dashed hopes
over deals with South Korea,
Morocco and most recently
Brazil have confounded French
leaders, despite last year's
military intervention in Libya
having acted as a showcase for
the Rafale.
Dassault is a private company,
although the production costs
for the Rafale have been paid
for by the French State; Defence
Minister Gérard Longuet was
reported recently as saying that
if no sales were made soon then
funding should be stopped.
Shares in Dassault shot
up 22% on news of the deal,
although nothing has yet been
signed. The group, whose
chairman, Serge Dassault, is a
senator in Sarkozy's rightwing
UMP party, also owns the daily
newspaper Le Figaro. ■
J
ust weeks after SeaFrance finally
went into liquidation, former rivals
DFDS and LD Lines have gone
into partnership to launch a new
Dover-Calais service.
The inaugural sailing of the Norman
Spirit, formerly the P&O ferry Pride of
Aquitaine, was launched on 17th February
by model and actress Kelly Brook,
dressed as a sailor.
The new route will operate up to five
times a day, with a second ship and
additional sailings to be added to the
schedule at a later date.
The new ferry has the LD Lines logo on
the side but DFDS Seaways is the majority
partner in the consortium running the new
service, with 82% of the shares.
The joint venture between DFDS and
LD Lines was first formed last year, but in
November a £5m bid for SeaFrance was
rejected by the Tribunal de Commerce
in Paris, despite the court declaring
SeaFrance bankrupt.
In December, DFDS dropped its
attempt to buy the ailing French ferry
company, which eventually went under,
with the loss of 880 jobs.
More than 100 former SeaFrance
employees are now employed on the new
ferry. ■
A
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Cyclists allowed to jump red lights
lthough breaking traffic laws is seen by many in Paris
as their birthright, cyclists can now do so without
fear of punishment. A new law passed in the nation’s
capital states that cyclists can go through red lights
if they are turning right or going straight ahead after road safety
experts decided that it would cut road accidents.
Although cyclists can now jump the lights ('griller les feux' in
French), they must still give way to pedestrians and other traffic
and will be held responsible in the event of an accident.
Red and yellow signposts attached to traffic light poles will
inform cyclists that they can ignore the lights in designated 30
km/h zones. The new system is being tested on 15 crossroads in
the east of Paris, but will be rolled out to 1,700 crossroads across
the capital if it is deemed a success.
The text for the new rule, approved by Paris councillors in
February, justifies the measure by saying: “Experience shows
that adding specific traffic lights for cyclists can create confusion
for motorists.”
The measure is already being tested in Bordeaux, Strasbourg
and Nantes, where “these experiments have led to no rise in the
number of accidents,” according to Paris' town hall and it is
already in use in Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia.
“On my daily bike run I go through three red lights so it saves
me time,” Caroline, a cyclist in Nantes, told RTL radio. “I just
need to look left to see whether a car or even a bike is coming. It
works very smoothly.”
“It makes cycle traffic more fluid and avoids bunching up
cyclists when the traffic lights go green for motorists,” said
municipal authorities.
The new rules failed to receive unanimous support, however.
Laurence Douvin, a Paris councillor, said: “If pedestrians,
cyclists, motorbike users and car drivers don't respect each other,
the introduction of these practices could increase the risks in
Paris.” ■
8 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
Sarkozy in hot water
after presidential jet
sent to fetch son
P resident
Sarkozy
is
facing difficult questions
as to why he allegedly
spent over €39,000 to
fly his son back from the
Ukraine after he fell ill
with a stomach complaint.
Pierre Sarkozy, 26, was
flown home in a Falcon
50 transport jet, an aircraft
reserved for presidential
and ministerial business.
Pierre
Sarkozy
had
been in Odessa under his
pseudonym, DJ Mosey, to
perform at an elite club
called Tchaikovsky. The
show was cancelled after
he fell ill.
When questioned over
who paid for the flight,
the president's office told
weekly
newspaper
Le
Canard Enchaîné that he
had “personally paid the
cheque of €7,632 euros” to
cover the cost of the flight.
However, independent
figures suggest that the
plane costs €5,600 per
hour to keep in the air,
putting the return 7-hour
flight at €39,200.
Le Canard pointed out
that such military jets are
strictly for ministers in
their state duties. The only
exception, a state auditor
told the newspaper, was for
rare flights considered to
be “in the public interest”.
“At
a
guess,
the
intestinal
troubles
of
Sarkozy's son do not count
as 'in the public interest,'”
it wrote. ■
Sarkozy unveils financial reforms
The president launches a bill to raise TVA from
19.6% to 21.2% as well as introducing a financial transaction tax on banks. But with François
Hollande pledging to reverse any changes, will
the new law see the light of day?
P
resident
Sarkozy
has announced a
tax on financial
transactions that he
hopes will take money from
the rich which can then be
distributed to the poor… and
also win him a few votes
along the way.
The 'Tobin tax', named after
the Nobel Laureate economist
James Tobin, will place a
0.1% tax on certain financial
transactions.
In a lengthy TV interview
the French president said he
hoped his move would push
other countries into taking
action. “What we want to do
is create a shockwave and
set an example that there is
absolutely no reason why
those who helped bring about
the crisis shouldn't pay to
restore the finances,” Sarkozy
said. “We hope the tax will
generate €1bn of new income
and thus cut our budget
deficit.”
The financial tax is being
proposed on a European level,
and was one of the main
sticking points at the recent
EU crisis meeting when
Britain used its veto to block
an EU treaty change. London’s
financial sector would be hit
hard by such a tax and Prime
Minister Cameron believes it
could cost up to 500,000 jobs
in the UK.
The French tax will apply
to share purchases, including
high frequency trading and
CDS transactions. Unlike
the European Commission
proposal, it will not apply to
bond trading.
The European Commission
has suggested a tax of 0.1% on
equity and bond transactions
and 0.01% on derivatives,
which it said could raise
€55bn a year. European Union
finance ministers are due to
discuss the tax in March.
By going it alone, France is
hoping to spur other countries
into action.
Also announced in the
same bill is an increase in
VAT from 19.6% to 21.2%,
which would come into
effect on 1st October. Sarkozy
plans to use the money raised
from this “social VAT” to
reduce the social charges
paid by companies, hoping
the changes will boost job
creation and discourage
French industry from moving
abroad. “We have to reignite growth,” Sarkozy
said. “We have to catch up in
Europe and in the world. Our
market share is declining. If
we continue to burden our
companies with charges that
aren't theirs to pay, how can
we compete?”
The financial transaction tax
has been dismissed by many
experts as a purely political
move. Sarkozy trails behind
socialist François Hollande in
the polls ahead of presidential
elections and Hollande, who
considers a VAT raise “unjust
and ineffective”, has said he
will reverse it if he gets in.
The bill still has to go to the
Senate, along with the rest of
the Corrective Finance Law
for 2012. ■
France returns Maori heads
A
fter two decades of resistance, France
has finally returned to New Zealand the
mummified Maori heads of 20 warriors
that had been held in French museums.
French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand
and New Zealand's ambassador Rosemary Banks
presided over a solemn ceremony with music,
singing and calls to the spirits of ancestors at
the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. “You are
the breath of life, you, our forefathers,” Derek
Lardelli, a Maori elder, intoned at the ceremony.
More than 300 such heads have been handed
back from several countries since 1992, when
the Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand's national
museum in Wellington, first made requests for
all Maori remains to be returned from around the
globe.
The Maori traditionally kept tribal heads as
war trophies, but they later became much sought
after by Western explorers. They were in such
demand that warriors were believed to have been
killed specifically for their heads and slaves were
said to have been tattooed and then killed so the
heads could be sold.
In the past, the Culture Ministry has blocked
such returns. France considers human remains
conserved in museums to be among its cultural
and scientific heritage and worries that the
return of artefacts could open a Pandora’s box
of requests. “There is a fear of emptying our
museums,” said Sébastien Minchin, director
of the museum of Rouen. “There is a fear of
restitution demands for other human remains, and
notably Egyptian mummies.”
In 2010, however, the French parliament voted
overwhelmingly to return Maori remains to New
Zealand, and the government had no choice but to
comply.
Before returning the remains, French scientists
took tiny samples of DNA and matched them
against Polynesian genome databases to verify
that the heads were genuinely those of Maori. ■
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F
or many years
rumours
have
circulated
of
buried treasure in
a cemetery to the west of
Paris. But this is no ordinary
cemetery, it is the world’s
oldest pet cemetery, where
the rich and famous have
been burying their faithful
companions since 1899.
The most notable among the
50,000 residents of Asnières
cemetery is Rin Tin Tin, star
of a number of Hollywood
movies in the 1920s.
The rumours in question
involved a dog that was
apparently
buried
still
wearing its €9,000 diamondstudded collar. Although
this fanciful story has been
circulating for years, most
believed it to be no more
than an urban myth.
The legend, is seems, was
true. Last month, Tipsy the
poodle’s elaborate tomb
was toppled in the middle of
the night; the dog's remains
were found lying nearby,
but without the collar. “The
grave of a dog buried with
a diamond collar worth
€9,000 was desecrated on
the night of February 4 th to
5 th,” a police official told
news agency AFP.
Police have launched
an
investigation
into
vandalism
and
jewel
robbery. Tipsy's elderly
owner,
whose
identity
has not been revealed,
confirmed her pet had
been
buried
wearing
the diamonds. “She is
devastated. This has been
very traumatic for her,” a
police spokesman told Le
Parisien newspaper.
Asnières
mayor,
Sebastien
Pietrasanta,
admitted he was astonished
that
such
a
valuable
necklace had been buried
with an animal, but was at
pains to insist: “Treasure is
not hidden in the tombs of
all the dogs and cats.”
Today
the
French
cemetery houses the tombs
of 3,000 animals, most of
them dogs and cats but also
others like Kiki the monkey,
Bunga the rabbit, Faust the
sheep, several horses and
even a lion, staff said.
German Shepherd Rin
Tin Tin was found as a
puppy by a US soldier on a
First World War battlefield
and taken back to America.
After starring in a string of
films in the 1920s and 30s,
he was returned to Paris
when he died in 1932 and
buried at Asnières. ■
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over recently as
news spread that the luxury
French fashion house Louis
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out that it was just a design
concept and not a real
product.
The brains behind the
spoof is Georgia Republic
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Provocation
to
create
the condoms for World
AIDS Day in December.
“Knowing that the LVMH
group supports various
foundations and scientific
teams engaged in research
related to public health
issues, I developed an idea
for a product to coincide
with World Aids Day.”
A spokesman for Louis
Vuitton
declined
to
comment on the designer
condom-fever
sweeping
the globe, but the company
will take heart from the
fact that should the demand
for luxury handbags ever
wane, they have a potential
plan B waiting in the
wings.■
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Homeless advised to stay indoors!
French health minster Nora Berra was the
target of ridicule recently after posting a blog
entry that suggested the homeless should
avoid the cold snap sweeping Europe by
staying indoors.
The blog was quickly amended, but
thanks to social networking sites such as
Twitter, stories like this travel quickly and
the original quote was widely circulated. In
it she said that toddlers, old people, the sick
and homeless were particularly vulnerable
in times of extreme cold and should “avoid
going outdoors”.
The gaffe sparked a flurry of headlines
along the lines of “Homeless told to stay at
home”.
Berra sought to limit the damage via a
tweet that redirected readers to a refreshed
blog note where the reference to homeless
people no longer existed. “There are some
subjects that lend themselves badly to irony,”
she tweeted soon afterwards.
Temperatures dropped to as low as -20ºC
in parts of France during February, with some
300 people dying across Europe because of
the extreme cold; many of the victims were
homeless people who froze to death on the
streets. ■
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Presidential race gains momentum
Further to the right, it looked a very
real possibility a few months ago that
Marine Le Pen, daughter of Jean-Marie
Le Pen and darling of the Far Right,
might beat Sarkozy to second place and
thereby make any run-off. Sarkozy has
since bounced back in the polls and this
is looking increasingly unlikely. Worse
still for Le Pen is that she may not be able
to join me”.
Later, Sarkozy set out his stall
with a well-crafted speech to party
faithful, showing that although he lacks
popular support, he still has remarkable
statesmanship and oratory skills. His
maiden speech came in three parts:
firstly, a humble mea culpa, accepting
that he had made mistakes; secondly
he defended his reforms, rattling off a
host of changes his government have
put through and highlighting significant
foreign policy successes, most notably
in Libya; lastly he said his second term
would be marked by the people's voice
and referendums, including one on
restricting the right to unemployment
benefits.
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said he would not be changing his
security arrangements following the
attack, stating: “These are occupational
hazards.”
Hollande’s gaffe came as he quoted
Shakespeare. To an adoring crowd of
20,000, France’s presidential hopeful
declared that he would cast off the ennui
of the Nicolas Sarkozy era with a new
wave of egalitarian idealism, summing
up his vision with Shakespeare's great
words: “They failed because they did not
start with a dream.”
Unfortunately for Hollande, scholars
could not find this quote anywhere in the
works of the Bard, but they did find it in
a 1989 novel, The Vision of Elena Silves,
written by Nicholas Shakespeare journalist, novelist, biographer and direct
descendant of William's grandfather. “I
couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the
French presidential candidate had quoted
me!” said the respected author.
It is unlikely to help Mr Hollande's
campaign to discover the words were
uttered by the novel's hero, Gabriel, a
Maoist revolutionary who ends up as
a terrorist for a murderous Peruvian
guerrilla group.
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Mr Hollande, who is currently an
MP and the president of the Corrèze
department in the Limousin, has never
held even a junior ministerial post. Less
than one year ago, he would have been
given absolutely no chance of winning
his party’s nomination and indeed would
have been lucky to come third in France's
first open primary – that he is now the
virtual president-elect is a remarkable
story.
François Hollande remained a
relatively unknown name outside of
French political circles until recently,
referred to by insiders as l'homme
tranquille (“the quiet man”). He was
considered an amiable figure who liked
to talk, but not about himself, and who
was witty, well-meaning, normal… and
just a little dull. He was the party’s backroom boy, doing the unglamorous but
necessary tasks and keeping out of the
spotlight.
Following a major makeover and
series of increasingly high-profile rallies
and speeches, the 57-year-old is trying to
harden this image… and despite a few
hiccups along the way, it seems to be
working.
Launching his campaign manifesto,
Hollande cited “justice” and “equality”
as his key concepts and claimed his
programme was measured and based
on conservative growth estimates
that factored in the economic crisis.
Promising to undo Sarkozy's legacy
blow by blow, Mr Hollande said he
would cancel €29 billion worth of tax
breaks for the rich whilst cutting tax for
small firms.
This, he confidently predicted, would
allow him to balance the budget by 2017,
while simultaneously creating 60,000
teaching jobs and 150,000 state-funded
jobs for first-time workers as part of
20 billion euros in new spending. The
police and justice system would also get
another 1,000 state sector jobs per year.
Other elections pledges include a 15
per cent increase in tax on bank profits
in the wake of the financial crisis and
a pledge to separate retail banking
activities from “speculative” investment
banking. He also promised to cut
government – and therefore his own –
salaries by 30%.
Responding to accusations that the
books did not balance on his manifesto
policies, Hollande declared, “I only
make promises that I will be able to keep,
nothing more, nothing less. Everything
I say will be done”. Absent from the
speech was an earlier promise to create
500,000 places in French crèches. The
number of state-funded youth jobs was
also halved.
Hollande did not have it all his own
way, however: he was the victim of
a “flour bomb” attack and also made
a gaffe that would more usually be
associated with Sarkozy.
At a campaign speech to sign a “social
contract” in favour of housing for all,
a woman approached the podium and
threw a bag of flour – with impressive
accuracy! – at the Socialist candidate.
Mr Hollande, his glasses, hair and
suit covered in white, remained calm
throughout the incident. Unfazed, he
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T
he clear favourite for the
2012 presidential elections
remains François Hollande,
although Nicolas Sarkozy
has closed the gap slightly
since declaring his candidacy. Hollande
has been on the campaign trail for
several months already and has been
fighting hard to upgrade his reputation
from likeable “Mr Normal” to that of
someone capable of steering France out
of the economic, and some would say
social, quagmire it finds itself in.
to stand at all.
Every presidential candidate requires
the signatures of 500 mayors in France
in order to be on the ballot sheet. Despite
heavy canvassing, Le Pen is still (at
time of print) 80 signatures short and
has herself admitted that she may not
even make it to the first round of voting,
despite carrying around 20% of the
national vote. Many would see it as a bad
day for democracy if a candidate with
this much support was not represented
in the voting, but the other candidates
seem unwilling to help her. A request
by Le Pen to make the mayoral voting
anonymous - in order to encourage those
unwilling to endorse her candidacy
publicly - has been met with silence by
the main contenders. Eva Joly, candidate
for the Green alliance, summed it up by
saying, “It’s not my problem so don’t
count on me. Rules are rules and they
should be respected.”
When President Sarkozy finally
confirmed on 15th February that he would
officially be seeking re-election, he did
so by promising to keep France “strong”
like a “captain at the heart of a storm”.
He faces the toughest uphill battle of any
incumbent president seeking re-election.
“Yes, I am candidate for the
presidential election,” he told millions
of viewers who tuned in to scrutinise his
short appearance on TF1’s 8 o’clock news
programme, the country’s most watched
evening broadcast. “I took this decision
because France, Europe and the world
have for the last three years seen a series
of unprecedented crises, which means
that not seeking a new mandate from the
French people would be abandoning my
duties. Can you imagine the captain of a
ship in the heart of a storm saying: I’m
tired, I’m giving up, I’m stopping? I have
things to say to the French people, I have
proposals to make to them.”
Sarkozy launched his campaign under
the slogan “La France Forte” - A Strong
France – and is attempting to reinvent
himself. The news effectively broke
via Twitter, with the president creating
a new personal account. “Good day to
you all, I'm very happy today to launch
my Twitter account. Thank you to all of
those who would like to follow me,” he
said in his first message, under the official
Twitter handle @NicolasSarkozy. He
followed that up with: “I have accepted
TF1's invitation to appear on the 8
o'clock news tonight and I invite you all
editor:
Now that Nicolas Sarkozy has finally thrown his hat into the ring and declared he will
be running for re-election, the presidential race has begun in earnest. Here we take a
look at the political manoeuvrings of the last month and the state of the front runners’
campaigns as France builds up to the first round of voting on 22nd April.
For political analysts, Sarkozy
has never recovered from personally
“flashing his bling” at the start of his
presidency: his lavish celebratory party
at a Champs Élysées hotel and holiday
on a billionaire businessman's yacht,
his public romancing of the supermodel
Carla Bruni, or giving himself a pay rise.
He promised to put morals back into
discredited French politics, then tried
to parachute his student son into a key
business post… all of which left a bitter
taste in the mouths of many French, one
which many have been unable to shift.
The first round of elections will take
place on 22nd April, with a second round
run-off (if necessary) scheduled for 6th
May.■
siret: 510 357 155 00017
Double D
Renovations & Home Improvements
All types of building work, groundwork,
renovations, decorating and maintenance
Fosses septiques
Roofing
Tiling
Kitchen and bathroom fitting
Conservatories
Plaster boarding
Masonry
Carpentry
etc. etc.
Covering depts: 03, 23, 63, 87
Telephone:
05 87 96 02 44
06 33 19 99 64
Email:-
[email protected]
The Bugle
March 2012
2
8 Page Pull-out Section
Your indispensable guide to finding local businesses & artisans
Accommodation
Activities & Leisure
Animals & Pets
Auto Services
Building Services
Architects
Carpenters/Joiners
Electricians
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Groundworks
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>> B1
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>> B2
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>> B2
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>> B2
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Accommodation The Linden House Animals & Pets
Self-catering gîte in Creuse
Sleeps 6-8
Prices from €250/week
06.04.17.80.93
www.thelindenhouse.eu
[email protected]
La Courede
Bed and Breakfast
Comfortable B&B. Two double
rooms, en-suite. Guest lounge.
Evening meal on request.
20 minutes from Limoges airport.
05 55 71 08 56
06 75 79 28 71
[email protected]
www.lacourede.eu
SIRET: 511 679 011 00011
Hidden France
Chambres d’hôtes
Beautiful traditional old French
farmhouse in the Creuse. 3 guest
rooms incl a family room.
Prices from €38/night
La Petite Maison
Beautiful 2-person gîte in
the heart of Creuse.
Perfect for house-hunters &
holidaymakers alike.
05.55.80.04.31
www.la-petite-maison.eu
[email protected]
SIRET: 518 135 009 00018
Activities
& Leisure
05.55.81.30.39
www.hiddenfrance.co.uk
SIRET: 479 965 758 00010
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
05 55 41 17 76
Dog Holidays
at Valhalla Farm
5 Star Accommodation in
our Home (Dept 23).
4 Walks each day & lots of T.L.C.
Contact Karen & Darren
Tel: 05.55.80.95.18
Mob: +44 (0)7700 045 517
[email protected]
www.valhallafarm.org
SIRET: 511 629 610 00011
La Petite Maison
dans la Prairie
Luxury dog kennels - Training
Pension pour chien - Dressage
Heated, insulated wooden chalets
Supplier of Dog and Cat food
Aliments pour chien et chats
www.chenildanslaprairie.fr
Tue - Sun 9h - 18h
21 La Bussière, 23450 Fresselines
TEL: 05 55 89 75 55
06 68 66 69 84 / 08 75 23 93 20
Le Grand Villard
23150, St-Hilaire-la-Plaine
Le Puy
Clay pigeon shooting
& deer stalking
09 61 42 41 26 - see pg 8
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Your
advert
here
PAWS & HEARTH
Specialist Pet Minding Service
Avoid the anguish of sending your pets
away from the comfort of their home
when you go away on holiday.
I can mind your pets for you in their
familiar surroundings, keeping them
safe and contented until you return.
05 55 50 19 16
[email protected]
Siret no. 538 488 578 00013
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
PETS France
Pet & Equine Total Supplies
SIRET: 477 762 736 00015
05.55.08.40.67 - see pg 6
Champlong
Chatterie
The
Orchard
Kennels & Cattery
Caring, quiet accommodation
just for cats
JUNCT 22 off A20, Arnac la Poste
Alison & Ray
Tel: 05 55 60 27 83
[email protected]
www.champlongchatterie.com
SIRET: 520 896 671 00010
(Farges, nr. Aubusson)
Small & friendly, English run.
Viewings welcome.
Certificat de capacité.
Also available: Pet foods, treats
& accessories.
Mon - Sat: 9.00 - 7.00
Contact Dave Grant: 05 55 67 58 87
www.the-orchard.eu
siret: 504 584 228 00010
Les Petit Pattes
Food & accessories for dogs & cats
06 28 48 21 67 - see pg 11
Need help
with your Puppy
or Dog?
■ Pulls on lead
■ Recall bad
■ Jumps up at people
■ Generally misbehaving
Good Citizens Dog
Training
Call Elaine Smith:
05 55 68 67 56
Weekly classes
and one to one
The Caring Cattery
Rochechouart
05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73
Only 30 mins from Limoges airport.
Established, purpose built secure
cattery. Large individual/family units, tiled
floors, shelving, adjoining outside areas.
Heated, individual needs catered for.
NEW - purpose built isolation unit.
Certificate of Capacity. Contact Barbara:
[email protected]
SIRET: 494 125 016 00019
Please mention The
Bugle when responding
to adverts
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B2 ♦ DIRECTORY
Auto
Services
Le Charme
De Chêne
Handmade solid oak
joinery and furniture
Our joinery expertise includes barn
doors, barn door frame openings, staircases, kitchens, windows & doors.
We also make handmade furniture.
Every item is bespoke and
made to measure.
Please visit our website for recent
installations and references.
PIERCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ
WE COVER ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL
WORK INCLUDING :
● 3 PHASE ● AGRICULTURAL
● SOLAR PANELS & GEOTHERMICS
● ALARM SYSTEMS AND SATELLITES
SUPPLIED AND FITTED
Le Mécanique
Anglais
www.lecharmedechene.com
WE ALSO SUPPLY SKY BOXES. ALL WORK
UNDERTAKEN BY QUALIFIED TRADESMEN.
CALL OUT SERVICE AVAILABLE
All Makes/Models Catered for.
Repairs, Servicing, CT's.
Specialist in: Vehicle
Diagnostics and Auto Electrics.
Garden Machinery incl chain saws.
Based 87/24 - I can come to you
02 54 25 65 08
06 16 91 64 67
[email protected]
SIRET: 510 156 763 00011
30 years' experience
TEL: 05 53 62 50 46
[email protected]
Building
Services
SIREN: 514 423 532
RING BILL!
Registered Car Mechanic
05.55.81.31.85
See Display Ad - pg B3
Building
Services
Architectural
Services
Architectural
DRAWING
SERVICE
Renovating your
French property?
New build?
Dossiers prepared
Permis de Construire
Déclarations Préalables
Tel: 05 53 52 36 05
[email protected]
www.latuspeter-architecturaldrawings-24.com
SIRET: 493 770 358 00015
Building
Services
Electricians
H J Marsh
Electricité
• Simple jobs
• Complete renovations
• New builds
• Conformity checks
• Emergency Call outs
• Fully insured 10yr guarantee
I offer free & friendly advice
so please don’t hesitate to
contact me.
05 49 48 35 49
06 45 74 25 36
Oradour-sur-Vayres (87150)
Siren 527 854 749
Steven Rofe - 20 Years experience
• NICEIC approved Electrician for
8 years in the UK
• Wiring of new installations
(including liaising with EDF)
• Rewiring existing houses/barns
• External & garden lighting
• All aspects of electrical works
• Fully insured - (10 year Decennale)
• Departments covered 19,23 & 87
Robert Johnson
ELECTRICIAN
SIRET: 493 084 974 00010
Registered in France since 2007
Banque Populaire La Souterraine
Décennale Insurance
All works to normes NF C15-100
● Fault finding ● Small Works
● Complete rewires
● Consuel certification arranged
● Temporary EDF supplies arranged
● Permanent EDF supplies arranged
● Free quotations
Mobile No: 06 50 63 65 29
Keith Sloper
Tel: 05 55 64 94 20
Mob: 07 86 38 09 61
* Qualified electrician
* All types of electrical works carried out
* Free estimates
* Departments 23 and 87
No Siret: 494 916 760 00015
Michael Courtin
Harlequin
Developments
French Stonemason with
20 years Experience in
● Masonry ● Stonework
● Brickwork ● Pointing
● Structural Repairs
Major & Minor works undertaken
throughout the Limousin
10% discount for new clients
Free Devis/Estimates
References Available
Call:Siret:
0952278
23 38 56
076 546 00012
Skilled Workman
Prices from €15/hour
● Building Renovations & Small Jobs
● Velux Windows ● Roof Repairs ● Tiling
● Plumbing ● Plaster boarding
● Garden Projects & Maintenance
For more info please call Barrie
Home: 05.55.02.66.58
Mobile: 06.76.09.68.37
Or visit my website
www.bw-renovations.co.uk
SIRET: 501 338 230 00011
ELECTRICIAN
M&M Developments
Siret No. 501.792.386.00010
Philip Evans
Tel: 06 36 35 56 44
or 05 55 78 16 28
Interior Renovations
Honest, Reliable Tradesman
● Plastering. Drylining. Studwork
● Kitchens, Bathrooms, Doors &
Windows fitted
● Painting & Decorating etc.
Competitive Rates – Call for a free quote
ROGER & SON
Limousin Property Care
English Speaking, French Artisans
05.55.81.19.61
All Masonry Works
Plasterboarding
Assistance with Architects, other
trades and Permis de Construire
English References Available
05 55 41 43 56
06 50 27 87 54
[email protected]
No job too small - give us a call
SIRET: 498 672 708 00019
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
[email protected]
Harlequin Developments are a
Distributor and Installer for
Solarventi, solar dehumidifying and
water heating products, as well as a
range of other renewable energies
05.55.68.67.56
06.06.60.46.97
[email protected]
www.harlequindevelopments.com
SIRET: 494.501.067.00016
TILE HOIST
FOR RENT
CMS ROOFING
SERVICES
** from €40 per day **
Tel: 09 79 73 32 00
Mob: 06 60 20 22 38
No Siret: 444 916 084 00015
Double D
**Special winter discounts**
SIRET: 504 976 689 00019
Experienced Builder
All aspects of renovation
and refurbishment, big or
small, undertaken.
Phillip Williamson
Siret: 533 235 016 00011
Repairs, Full Re-Wires, New Build
Automated Systems Installation
Siret 509 933 784 00027
09.64.30.38.56
06.04.06.12.27
See our main ad - pg 4
Tel: 05.55.89.05.81
[email protected]
Qualified Electrician
www.limousin-builders.com
Renovations & Home
Improvements
05 87 96 02 44 - pg 10
in Creuse
Strong, fully adjustable
cup-lock scaffolding
Collect and erect yourself to
save costs or delivery and
erection included
Tel: 05 55 68 22 04
www.lumiereserviceetenergie.eu
05.55.69.75.67 / 06.89.47.69.71
Lovejoy’s
Scaffolding Hire
General
Please mention The
to adverts
All electrical work covered, from
a light switch to a full rewire
Limousin, Charente
& Dordogne covered
Emergency Callouts 24/7
Salamandre électricité
05 55 14 12 43
Lumiere Service
et Energie
Please mention The
to adverts
SHUTTERS / VOLETS
www.scrollart.co.uk
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Fully Qualified
French Electrician
siret: 511 904 559 00016
Carpenters/Joiners
Pine Window Shutters from €35
Pine Ledge and Brace Doors from €69
Bespoke items made
SIRET: 504 253 048 00012
[email protected]
Website: www.rob-johnson.biz
Made to Measure
Woodwork
05 55 60 81 67
06 79 43 03 43
Building
Services
R & B Construction
Over 30 years experience in
the building trade
● Renovations & conversions Specialist in granite stonework
● Roofing - Carpentry Plastering/rendering
● Electrical (NICEIC approved in the UK)
fully conversant with French Regulations
● Plumbing (Corgi Registered in the UK)
fully conversant with French Regulations
● Kitchens - Bathrooms - Floor/wall tiling
Members of Federation
of Master builders
Property Maintenance & Building
All works carried out by time served tradesmen.
See Main Ad - pg 11
(Depts 23, 87 & 19)
Masonry
& More
General building
Renovation & maintenance
Reliable, good quality work
30 years exp
Based central 23 - will travel
Martin Sprague
05 55 61 93 07
martin_sprague_1@ hotmail.com
SIRET: 531 768 182 00010
Tel: Dave - 05 55 37 74 06
Tel. Steve - 05 55 69 75 67
Celotex
Insulation Specialists
05.55.78.57.60 - see pg 4
Paul Goldsmith
Renovations
www.centralfrancestorage.com
All aspects of interior renovations.
Loft conversions, Windows,
Bathrooms & Kitchens, Flooring
Plastering, Plaster Boarding,
Plumbing & Electrics.
[email protected]/09.66.03.52.89
Established 6 years - references available
SIRET: 494 123 847 00019
05.55.41.17.76
DIRECTORY ♦ B3
ADVERTORIAL
“SolarVenti”- the solar
Harlequin
solution to damp and
Developments humidity
A
E
stablished and registered in France since 2006, we specialise in all
aspects of property renovation and refurbishment, along with barn
conversions and extensions. No job is too big or too small and we
will provide you with a detailed devis at a competitive rate.
Our work includes full renovations, extensions, insulation and plaster
boarding, tiling, replacement windows and doors, re-pointing walls, parquet
flooring, staircases, kitchens and bathrooms fitted.
We also undertake insurance work (floods, fires etc) and send regular
update emails, together with photographs, to clients who may live outside
France, to keep them fully up to date with their project. References are
gladly given from previous/current clients.
We now offer a wide range of renewable energy products from some of
the world’s leading manufacturers.
Our core products are: Solar Hot Water Systems, Underfloor Heating,
Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery Systems, SolarVenti
Dehumidifiers and Water Heating Systems.
Solar Hot Water kits are available from only €2400. Supply only or
supplied and fitted. Wall ventilators offering heat recovery, humidity
control, acoustic isolation, and anti-pollen filters from only €460. Phone for
more details.
For more information, a devis, or simply to discuss your project, please
feel free to contact us.
Tel: 05 55 68 67 56 - Mobile: 06 06 60 46 97
GODSON
Travaux Publics
www.pilgrim23.com
05.55.62.61.12 - pg 3
WASTE REMOVAL
SERVICES
• house and barn clearances
• dechetterie runs
• rubbish removal
• cash paid for scrap
• general labouring service
• mini digger hire - with/without driver
05 55 37 45 35
06 74 21 47 71
simple solar energy system
that runs on its own, even
when you are not there and
provides a free heat supplement in
winter.
The SolarVenti air panel was
invented more than 20 years ago
to use the sun’s energy for airing
and ventilation of the thousands
of holiday homes on the West
coast of Jutland, houses that
were left empty and unheated for
long periods, houses with damp
problems, mould and bad odours.
How it works
The principle behind SolarVenti
is simple: a small, built-in solar cell
powers a 12V fan that is connected
to an air vent, a control unit and an
on/off switch.
Whenever the sun shines, the
air in the solar panel is heated and
the fan, receiving power from the
collar cell, introduces warm, dry air
CHERRY PICKER /
ACCESS PLATFORM HIRE
Diesel self-propelled 4WD
machines with jibs
GENIE 45/25J - working height
16m/50ft, outreach 7.5m/25ft. Will go
up and over 7.16m/23.6ft. Lift 227kg.
€180HT/day or €600HT/week
JLG800AJ - working height 25m/82ft,
outreach 15.8m/52ft. Will go up and
over 9.78m/32ft. Lift 227kg.
€280HT/day or €900HT/week
Delivery/collection charged by distance
R & L OTLEY sas, Sacierges-St-Martin, 36170
02 54 47 65 37
[email protected]
siret 532 981 198 00015
SIRET 538 982 414 00012
INSIDE OUT
Traditional
Building Services
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
A multi-services company
● General building ● Renovation &
restoration ● Stonework & rejointing
● Repairs & maintenance
● All aspects of garden/lake maintenance
including fencing
● Change overs and general cleaning
Free Quotation and advice. Contact Paul
05 55 77 33 72 / 06 85 18 20 05
[email protected]
siret no 483 666 335 00029
UK Paint Depot
Quality UK Paints at the lowest prices
www.ukpaintdepot.com
see main ad - pg 9
RSW Entreprises
Fosse Septique Specialist
05.55.80.00.57
See our Display Ad - pg 13
All aspects of renovation/
restoration covered
including bespoke joinery
and lime plastering.
All work is fully insured.
References available.
Ring Andy on 06 35 12 10 66
Ring Will on 05 55 37 45 35
siret: 532 981 198 00015
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
into your home at the rate of 20 to
100 cubic metres per hour.
In Southern Europe, SolarVenti
is not only used for ventilation/
dehumidification purposes; with
far more winter sunshine hours, it
also provides a substantial heating
supplement.
A DIY Solution?
The installation process is very
straightforward and should only
take two or three hours. All that
is needed is a drill, hammer and
chisel to make a hole in the wall.
Roof installations are also possible.
There are no electrical or water
connections and it can be safely left
running, even when the property is
empty.
With a range of panel sizes,
and the option for wall or roof
mounting, SolarVenti is suitable
for all types of buildings, caravans
or even boats!
SOLARVENTI - Available in the Limousin
From Harlequin Developments
Tel: 05 55 68 67 56
Mobile: 06 06 60 46 97
ADVERTORIAL
Entreprise
Hines
Building & Renovation
● Roofing - New & Repairs
● Masonry
● Plastering
● Dry Lining
● Sand Blasting
● Equestrian Buildings
● Digger/Scaffold Hire
● ... and much, much more
28 years qualified experience
05.55.89.69.46
www.entreprisehines.com
[email protected]
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
La Noneix
Construction
& Property Services
Established, Professional and
Personal Building Services. Fully
registered with décennale
insurance covering all works.
●Renovations ●New builds
●Roofing ●Stonework
●Carpentry ●Ground works
Large or small projects undertaken
- please view our website.
Contact: Paul or Joanne Rands
05.55.66.44.06
www.lanoneix.com
[email protected]
SIRET: 501 144 596 00019
Mini Digger
Scaffold
and dumper hire
with driver
and
From €120 per day
Plant Hire
06.43.40.58.85
Please ring [email protected]
Robert
Kitchen &
05 55 89 69 46 Bathroom Fitting
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
Including Tiling
and Plasterboarding
Your
advert
here
Room construction to
finishing touches
T: Ian 05 55 53 37 10
E: [email protected]
www.zanado.co.uk
05 55 41 17 76
Monte Sarginson
Siret. 484 206 624 00014
House Renovations
Inside & Out
Experience in Roofing, Tiling
Floors & Walls, Plumbing,
Fitting Kitchens & Bathrooms,
Stonework & Rendering,
Painting & Decorating
Tel: 05 55 63 88 70
Mob: 06 21 34 18 20
Siret no 507 516 748 00013
SkyTVI
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
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Sky TV
Installations
Satellite Engineer
INSTALLATION, DISH, CABLE
AND QUAD LNB - just €180
Sky Subscriptions Available - no UK address necessary
All needs, advice, help catered for. All depts covered
06 60 85 93 41 [email protected]
05.55.67.01.04
www.sky-tv-installations.com
SIRET: 428 620 595 00010
B4 ♦ DIRECTORY
Building
Services
Building
Services
Building
Services
GLEN VINEY
PLASTERER
Quality Plasterwork,
Internal & External
Plasterboarding, Partitioning, Skiming,
Solid Plastering, Floor Screeding,
Rendering: Mono Couche/Coloured Render
Waterproofing Render Systems
Tel: 06 45 18 86 10
General
Plasterers
(18 Years Experience)
Dennis Fry Timber Services
Dave Cardwell - Builder
« LE PLATRIER »
Building
Services
05.55.08.40.67/06.06.44.35.28
Chez Vous
Fosse Septique installation
and building renovations
05.55.63.44.43 - pg 12
La Coterie Entreprise
Approved septic tank installer
Chris the Plasterer
A genuine plasterer
French and English spoken
Traditional Plastering
Rendering, Floor Screeding
Stud partition dry lining
Lime mortar stone pointing
FOR A QUOTATION
CALL
05 55 63 53 06
06 23 29 48 19
05.55.80.83.30
[email protected]
SIRET: 504 612 441 00015
www.lce23.com
Builder
40yrs Experience in quality work,
available for all your
House Maintenance/Projects
including Plumbing, Carpentry,
Masonry, Structural Work, Decorating.
Plus Key Holding service.
Good References. Dept. 23/36
05.55.80.72.60
Le Bourg, 23360 Nouzerolles
Your
advert
here
Siret: 527 736 326 00010
Property
Management
Limousin Property Care
Property Maintenance & Building
05.55.81.19.61
See Main Ad - pg 11
Building
Services
Plumbers
Martin Walters
Plumber
Sandblasting
All types of plumbing
and general
maintenance work
undertaken
Friendly, reliable,
professional service
Fully registered
and insured
Sand and Blast
Sandblasting &
Floor Sander hire
We provide a fully operated sandblasting
service for wood, stone and metal.
Perfect for stripping away years of grime
or paint. Contact us for a free quote or
see our website.
www.sandandblast.com
Tel 02 54 24 84 62
05.55.78.43.71 / 06.67.81.63.46
497 962 001 00010
05 55 41 17 76
Siret 522 804 723 00016
SIRET: 488 522 921 00037
BRC Renovations
Pro-Point Facades
Rick Fife
From full renovations
to minor improvements, we can make
your dream home in
France a reality.
Free quote - contact Brian
09 80 08 52 72 - 06 02 38 17 45
[email protected]
SIRET: 510 742 711 00011
Building
Services
Groundworks
Mini-Digger with driver
05.55.78.62.29
[email protected]
See Main Ad - Pull-out pg B3
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
Re-pointing - Rendering - Plastering
05 55 78 80 31
MARK COLYER
LIMOUSIN PLASTERING
Over 19 years experience in
Solid Plasterwork, Skimming, Dry Lining,
Rendering and Plasterboard Studwork.
Qualification certificate and
references available on request.
Free quotations and friendly advice.
Tel: 05 55 54 95 63
[email protected]
[email protected]
All aspects of Plumbing and
Heating work undertaken.
Areas Covered: North Creuse (23)
& South Indre (36)
Tel: 05 55 62 34 66
Office Hours: 8:30 – 21:00
Please give us a call to discuss your
requirements. If you get the answer machine
we WILL return your call the same day.
siret: 494 380 264 00015
Multiskilled Artisan
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
• Plastering • Rendering • Stud Walling
• Tiling and associated works
• Bespoke polished concrete surfaces for
Window Sills, Shelves, Fire Surrounds etc.
• General Renovation interior and exterior
of buildings to customer's specification.
Tel: 05 55 76 69 32
Mob: 06 43 11 95 87
Siret No. 513 415 091 00018
Le Plâtrier du Limousin
The friendly and reliable plasterer
Registered in France.
Fully insured offering 10 year
guarantee.
Call Stuart on:
05 55 80 92 91
06 87 92 83 63
[email protected]
Siret: 534 396 908 00012
H20 CREUSE
Heating & Plumbing engineer
05 55 63 89 23 - see pg 10
FRENCH REGISTERED
CERTIFIED PLUMBER
(29 years experience)
ALL PLUMBING &
HEATING INSTALLATIONS
OR ALTERATIONS
EMERGENCY WORK
UNDERTAKEN
ANDY IVES - 06 02 37 62 57
SIRET 538 689 530 00011
[email protected]
NO FIX... NO FEE !!
IT Support for Creuse, HauteVienne, Indre and Vienne
www.indre-it.com
02.54.25.65.08
06.16.91.64.67
We provide a fast and friendly service either
at the client's home, via remote software or
computers can be left with us and collected
when the work is complete.
● Ordering/Installing wireless & broadband
● Fixing results of a virus attack
● PC healthchecks ● Virus , trojan , worm
removal and protection
● Backups/Disaster recovery
● Hardware/software upgrades.
● Website and graphic design.
● Printer/scanner assistance.
Sky TV Installations
Sky TV/Tous travaux satellite
05.55.67.01.04
See Main Ad - Pull-out pg B3
Creusetec
Satellite Systems
05 55 66 60 21
"Tooway" High speed internet via satellite
TV Satellite Sales, Service & Installations.
TV Receiver & Electronic Repairs.
Dish alignments. Sky/Freesat/TNT/FTA.
Most of depts 23,03,63,87,36 covered.
[email protected]
http://www.creusetec.com
SIRET: 510 117 328 00011
23 Years Qualified
(Previously UK CORGI registered
– Oil / Natural Gas / LPG)
Established and registered in
France for 7 years.
Siret en cours
Graham Carter Plastering
Chimney
Sweeps
Plumbing &
Heating Engineer
Computers &
Satellites
Chimney Sweeping
• Flue ways cleared
• Birds nests, vermin & debris
removed
• Smoke evacuation & gas
tightness tests
• Official certificates of cleaning
issued (Certificat de Ramonage)
www.stovesellers.com
05 55 63 78 72
Siren: 502 409 949
CLEAR
CHIMNEY SERVICES
SWEEP
since 1986
All types of chimneys cleaned
Fast and Efficient
Certificate de Ramonage issued
with every chimney swept
(obligatory for home insurance)
Bird guards supplied and fitted
Chimney repairs and maintenance
Safety surveys
TEL. 02 54 06 40 80
[email protected]
siren 504 218 454
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
Connect-Français
Computer Problems?
Limousin & Charente
PC & Mac Internet Assistance
WiFi, ADSL, Dial-up
Helpdesk, Data retrieval
Call Dave
05.55.53.37.06
[email protected]
SIRET: 479 095 705 00014
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
05.55.41.17.76
DIRECTORY ♦ B5
ADVERTORIAL
La Maison Shopping Services
Still ONLY 15% with Next Day Delivery
Announcing our new "Home Delivery" service for
fresh, chilled and frozen goods.
If you're an expat living in
France, the chances are that
you've hit one or more of
these problems:
• You miss your favourite
brand (tea, say) and can’t
find it locally.
• Higher prices compared
to in the UK (e.g. paint,
general groceries).
• The language barrier
makes it hard to find what
you need.
• UK companies often
don’t ship orders abroad
(or charge ££££ for it!).
GOODWIN
SATELLITE
SALES AND INSTALLATION
OF ALL SATELLITE
SYSTEMS AND AERIALS.
FAULT FINDING.
W
e are now able
to
extend
our
service to offer
an exciting development
of "Home Delivery" with
the introduction of a new
Multi-Temperature Van. This
means that your shopping
is delivered to us and the
following day we can deliver
it to your door. No loss of
shelf life – maximise the
Bargains and keep saving
money!!!
Through
Customer
Recommendations we are
continually expanding the
services we are able to offer
and also the Areas that we are
able to deliver to.
Maris Piper Potatoes
25kg Sack - ONLY £10.00
including delivery
We are now working
with 2 large Frozen Food
Wholesalers
for
those
customers that want to take
advantage of larger Savings!
With La Maison Shopping
Services, you can do your
shopping on-line with UK
stores and get next day
delivery in one consignment
to your area. See our website
for more details. ■
Courses
& Classes
Jewellery
Making Courses
Learn how to make stunning jewellery and stay at
our beautiful B&B
www.hiddenfrance.co.uk
05.55.81.30.39
SIRET: 479 965 758 00010
Call Patrice:
06.79.07.91.56
[email protected]
Fast dependable service
15 Grande Rue, Le Dorat
Café, Bar and Events Venue
Lunch Menu
Free WiFi
SIRET: 489 218 636 00012
siret: 453 067 910 00019
For all your TV
and satellite
installations and repairs
(Sky TV, Internet etc.)
La Petite Fontaine
[email protected]
www.lapetitefontaine.com
Tel: 05 55 62 05 61
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
ADVERTORIAL
05.55.60.29.74
Dept 23 & surrounding areas
Food & Drink
Based Séreilhac (87)
LES PAPILLONS
Salon de Thé
Menu du jour.
Teas, coffees, cream teas
and gateaux.
Tue - Fri 10:00 - 5:30
Mon, Sat & Sun Closed
Jackie Cawtheray
1 rue Pierre Chambord, Oradour-sur-Vayres
Tel: 05 44 00 03 24
www.LesPapillons.beep.com
Your
advert
here
2-course Sunday Lunch from €10
with real Yorkshire puddings.
The Living Room
05 55 41 17 76
www.thelivingroomfrance.com
05 55 48 92 37 - see pg 15
Friday Night - Free Weekly Quiz
Every Saturday starting 3rd March
Steak Night - steak for 2 + bottle of
wine from only €19.50
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
(alternative menu available)
Restaurant Open:
Mon–Fri 11.30–2pm
Fri & Sat eve 7–9pm, Sun 11:30–2pm
05 55 12 99 45 - 06 04 09 03 10
Or email for a menu: [email protected]
Come and see for yourself - Open all week.
See our Notice Board events listings
39 Place du Champ de Foire
36140, Aigurande
02 54 06 30 77
The
Corner Shop
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
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
05.55.67.58.87
L’Escale
Freshly home-cooked Food
Daily Plat du Jour from €9
‘...more than just a bar’
‘....a bit like Allo Allo and Cheers!’
05 55 41 17 76
Restaurant
Restaurant & Bar
JJ’s
Cafe Bar
Some customer quotes:
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
SIRET: 504 584 228 00010
5 Rue Andre Jouhannaud, Compreignac
Advertise your business here
for only €35/month
Your
advert
here
SIRET: 510 986 490 00017
siret: 353 613 227 00035
"the place to be"
“Following day delivery”
“Setting the Standard in Home Shopping”
Contact Janine :- 05.55.41.46.88
Email :- [email protected]
Website :- www.lamaisonshoppingservices.co.uk
AUX CEPES
LA veytiZoU
FISH & CHIPS
€10
4 Course
Sunday Lunch
€15
For Further
Information
Tel: 05 55 69 33 38
[email protected]
SIRET: 508 754 314 00013
Le Pub
58, rue d'Orjon
Argenton-sur-Creuse
02 54 60 02 14
Open Late!!
Sunday roast & pudding
A TENNER (€) from Sep
Fish + Chips + Mushy Peas,
every Fri + Sat night
Opening hours:
Thu 12-2pm & 6pm-midnight
Fri 12-2pm & 6pm-2am
Sat 12pm-2am
Sun 12pm-11pm
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B6 ♦ DIRECTORY
Le P’tit
Marchois
Garden Services
Health
& Beauty
Bar
Insurance
& Finance
Menu du Jour, Mon-Fri
€12.50 (3 courses), €15 (4 courses)
Sunday Carvery - €15
Tel: 05 55 61 99 14
05 55 80 44 83
Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
for all your tree requirements
[email protected]
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
see main ad below
Gifts & Crafts
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
SIREN: 483 988 853
Au Bon Vivre
Parnac, opposite the church
Open 10h-21h for food, all day every day!
4-course lunch menu + wine from ONLY €11
Only 3 mins from A20 (junct 20)
● Moules-Frites (2nd weekend every month)
● Fish & Chips, Tuesday nights - €7.50
● Tête de Veau, 29th (for les Herolles)
See our website for more details...
www.aubonvivrerestaurant.com
The Exchange
Rochechouart
SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP. GREAT
SELECTION OF GIFTS, CARDS, CANDLES
AND HAND-CRAFTED PRODUCTS
500+ DVD's now in stock
Tue 2.30pm - 5pm
Thu, Fri 9:15-12 & 2:30-5pm
Sat 9 - 12
05 55 78 19 24
www.theexchangerochechouart.com
9 rue Dr Charles Poitevin
SIRET 484 479 480 00010
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Handholding
Services
Hotel - Bar - Restaurant
Busseau-sur-Creuse
05.55.62.40.27 - pg 13
C’est cheese
Find us at local markets selling a
small and tasty selection of excellent
quality english cheeses.
Also available online.
For more information, see our website:
www.cestcheese.fr
09.66.87.02.74
[email protected]
SIREN: 409 679 578
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
[email protected]
www.donnasbeautytreatments.com
Based La Châtre. Covering 36 and surrounding.
Siret No. 530 364 744 00017
La Petite Place
Hair salon, Le Dorat
05.55.60.87.37
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
Tue-Fri 9am-12pm & 2pm-6pm
Sat 9am-2pm
05.56.34.75.51
Currencies Direct
Assistance and advice for auto-entrepreneur,
self-employed & companies.
Bookkeeping and accounts preparation.
Tax investigations defended.
Capital gains tax and tax planning.
We can deal with the tax office and
authorities/Carte Vitale on your behalf.
Sylvie BARITAUD - 02 54 24 89 64
siret: 498 420 280 00014
HiFX
International money transfer
www.hifx.co.uk
Language
Services
Tel: 02 54 06 93 47
Contact Debra on
Sophie Arsac
05 55 53 37 10
06 15 63 70 22
siret: 539 484 238 00016
French lessons
& handholding services
05.55.89.15.74 - pg 14
[email protected]
www.zanado.co.uk
Siret. 482 420 114 00019
UK shopping delivered
to your door
05 55 41 46 88 - see pg 4
Property
Sales
Property Sales in France
www.propertysalesinfrance.com
Bev Hughes - 05 45 30 35 92
Kevin Andrews
Leggett Immobilier
+33 (0)6 31 19 55 81
SIRET: 493 871 826 00019
discount available
for multiple bookings
La Maison Shopping
05 53 63 49 19 - see pg 5
[email protected]
I can help you either by going
with you or writing for you.
I am perfectly bilingual and I
am an experienced translator
and interpreter
www.mouse2housedeliveries.com
05 55 68 78 23 - see pg 9
Blevins Franks
3, Rue Principale, 87740 St-Mathieu
Mobile
Hairdresser
Mouse 2 House
Your shopping simply delivered
Integrated Tax Planning &
Wealth Management
05 55 00 92 97
Are you having problems
communicating with French
administrations, notaires,
banks...?
Online
Shopping
www.currenciesdirect.com
see Page 2
www.limousinbeautysalon.com
Tel: 02 54 24 83 31
Au Beau Rivage
05 49 91 02 23
06 47 94 95 75
Siddalls
Financial Solutions & Expert Advice
FRENCH ACCOUNTANCY
Donna’s
AND
TAXATION SERVICES
Beauty Treatments
Personal tax returns completed.
Free range, rare breed pork
02.54.30.51.95
Bar/Restaurant
All aspects of
hairdressing, in your
home or mine
Call Jane:
siret: 502 867 211 00018
La ferme du Duc noir
Le Creusois
English
Hairdresser
Based La Trimouille (86290)
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
SMALL & FRIENDLY GROUPS
[email protected]
Not sure? Attend once for free!
SIREN: 508 665 692
Bar & Restaurant - Gouzon
WITH FRENCH
TEACHER
Vacancies for various levels
in Chénérailles.
Elisabeth Sicard
47 Grande Rue
23260 Crocq
Auberge
du Golf
FRENCH CLASS
[email protected] - see pg 13
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
Naudon’s
Estate Agency
Long established, traditional,
French Estate Agency with a British
member of staff at your service for
property transactions in Limousin.
or visit us at
www.french-spanish-translation.co.uk
Find us easily, just opposite the
church in La Souterraine
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
e-mail : [email protected]
Site : www.naudon.com
Office line :
05 55 63 13 57
Helen’s mobile : 06 82 92 88 61
Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
for all your tree requirements
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
[email protected]
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
siret: 530 840 958 00017
DIRECTORY ♦ B7
Houses on Internet
Stove Sellers
www.housesoninternet.com
www.stovesellers.com
Retail &
Commerce
Your local corner shop
05.55.65.12.19
05.55.63.78.72
Finegans Rainbow
www.finegansrainbow.com
05 49 48 87 23 - see pg 12
05 55 41 17 76
Antiques Brocantes
Mike
& Van
Deliveries and collections
Magnac-Laval
www.antiquesbrocante.net
06 30 88 78 62 - see pg 6
Moulin de Tintin
Eco Entrepot
www.moulin-de-tintin.com
05.55.79.57.60 - see pg 3
87230 Bussière-Poitevine
Furniture, interiors & gifts
Arfeuille Antiques
All types of furniture
05 55 83 14 47
Auwell Piscine
Pools, Hammams, saunas,
spas, furntiure...
www.auwellpiscine.fr - see pg 7
Get down The Shed
05.55.68.74.73 - see pg 6
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
Transport,
Removals
& Storage
05.45.30.72.04
[email protected]
Tel: 05.55 48.28.89
SIRET: 510 995 681 00010
Contact Mike on 05 55 60 22 28
or email: [email protected]
siret 52226733500019
Central France
Storage
Reliable man with
reliable van and trailer for hire
Cheap rates for any work
requiring 1 or more strong, fluent
French-speaking men to move,
pick up, or dump whatever you need.
Call us on: 06 16 91
or email at
64 67
[email protected]
Parking For
Limoges Airport
Cheaper parking for all
types of vehicles
Book now!!
www.parkinglimoges.com
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
[email protected]
SIRET: 523 955 151 00015
05 55 06 07 28
See main ad page 5
FIRE LOGS
FOR SALE
45cm Oak - €40/m3
45cm Mixed Hardwood - €35/m3
(poplar/cherry/hornbeam)
Buyer collects from 36160 Lignerolles
02 54
30 51 95
(evenings best)
siret 508 166 642 00019
Ebénisterie Hemming
Quality handmade wood furniture
02 48 63 15 09
General
BABY/INFANT
EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE
www.centralfrancestorage.com
To raise funds for the SPA dog rescue
centre in Guéret.
All your storage needs
both long & short term.
Fully insured through Axa and
alarmed.
High chair, buggy, play pen,
travel cot, fire guard,
stair gate etc.
Call Karen or email for a quote:
[email protected]/09.66.03.52.89
Each item will incur a hire charge
of 7 euros, plus a refundable
8 euros deposit.
SIRET: 494 123 847 00019
For more INFO or to HIRE
Call Jean: 05 55 54 96 36
[email protected]
Removals/ Single Items
House/Barn/Garden Clearance
Handyman jobs of all kinds
Iveco Luton with Tail-lift
Carrefour du
bois Limousin
www.chauffagebois-limousin.com
Tel: (+33) 07.61.21.85.15
05 55 63 72 45 - see pg 9
Siret : 532 526 001 00013
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Metal World
Welding & Metalwork
05 55 03 37 96
With A Van
Who Can
www.reclamation-yard.com
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
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.
Man with Van
Handy Man
The Reclamation Yard
Soie et Bois
Depot Vente des Vêtements
Your
advert
here
Jon the Carpet Man
Carpets & Flooring
05.55.73.63.16
See Display Ad - pg 11
Please mention The
to adverts
To advertise in
The Bugle Business Directory
call 05.55.41.17.76
or email [email protected]
B8 ♦ GAMES
Crossword
Caption Competition - March
Clues and answers in English
Send your entries for this month's Caption Competition to:
[email protected] Winner receives a modicum of kudos.
Last Month's Winners
Across:
7. High level of proficience in spoken
language (6)
8. Global cosmetics brand (6)
9. Coated in sugary paste (4)
10. List of signatures for or against (8)
11. Ceaseless (11)
14. Sceptic (11)
18. Ocean separating Australia from
Antarctica (8)
19. South-Pacific Island (4)
20. Term used by South-Americans to
describe a white man (6)
21. Hydrocarbon added to gasoline (6)
Down:
1. Extended mass of ice (7)
2. Unwanted garden plant (4)
3. Basic food item e.g. bread, rice,
potato (6)
4. Delighted (6)
5. A false show of e.g. friendship (8)
6. City in northern Vietnam (5)
12. Giving off (8)
13. Host city of the 2008 Olympic
Games (7)
15. From Brittany (6)
16. English Capital City (6)
17. Belongs to you (5)
19. French party (4)
Please be aware that the deadline for all
submissions for content and
advertising is the 15th of the month for the
following month’s print edition.
SUDOKU - EASY
WINNER:
"Honey, I shrunk the garden" - Dave Glass
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
"Can someone please fetch the bug spray!!" - Pete Duncan
"They say the Asian Hornets killed all the honey bees. Let's see
what they make of this fella!" - Nick Pett
"This should keep us in honey for a few more months!!" - Mark
Alexander
SUDOKU - MEDIUM
The solutions to this month’s puzzles can be found on page 17
SUDOKU - HARD
FRENCH LIFE ♦ 11
Les Petit Pattes
food & accessories for dogs & cats
free delivery on orders over 50€
distributor of Allen & Page horse feed
tel. Andrea: 06 28 48 21 67 / 05 55 89 67 60
What makes you French?
With 2 young children growing up in France, Bugle Editor Steve Martindale
has a vested interest in considering what being 'French' is. Much has been
said in recent editions about expats' views and attitudes about integration and
here Steve gives us his personal opinion of what makes someone French.
A
lot has been made in
these pages recently
about a piece
that appeared last
November entitled
“Little England”. The article was
written by a Bugle reader, Eddie
Malone, and was, in my opinion,
a balanced look at a recent ITV
series focussing on expats in the
Dordogne. The piece has produced
more correspondence over the last
3 months than everything else we
have received put together and has
stirred up emotions on both sides
of the central theme: does moving
to France mean that you have to
‘become French’?
In truth, most of the response has
been to previous responses and the
two camps that seemed to present
themselves moved further apart
in their views. Eventually a third,
more moderate position emerged
asking why we can’t have the
best of both worlds: making the
most of everything France has to
offer whilst being proud to remain
British deep down.
It is a particularly important
issue for me at the moment.
Those who regularly read my
introductory piece on page two
may be aware that I am the proud
father to two beautiful little girls.
My eldest is 3 in April and started
school in January. My youngest
just recently turned 1. They were
born here, they have French birth
certificates (although curiously
not French passports until they are
18), but they have two incredibly
English parents. I have lived most
of my adult life away from the
green and pleasant land of my
birth, but I still feel resolutely
British (since moving abroad I
feel increasingly British first and
English second).
But what will become of my
children?
Writing in The Guardian, Jenny
Colgan, a Scottish journalist
bringing up three children in
France with her Kiwi husband,
wrote a fascinating article on the
subject recently. She began by
saying, “In my head, I figured we
would raise totally normal (while
also perfect and special, of course
– I am a parent), anglophone
children who loved Narnia and
Top Cat and Tunnock's tea cakes
and Guy Fawkes and knew what a
half-decent pop song sounded like,
but who would have the added
advantage of speaking another,
really sexy, language. But they
would still be anglophone on the
inside.”
I was of the same opinion
until recently, but it is becoming
increasingly apparent to me that
very soon I will instead have two
very French daughters thanks to
their having been brought up in
France.
There has been a good deal
written on this recently following
the release of a new book by author
Pamela Druckerman entitled
“French Children Don’t Throw
Food” (published as “Bringing
up Bébé” in the US). Paris-based
writer
Pamela
Druckerman
allegedly
had
something
approaching an epiphany while on
a seaside holiday in France with
her husband and 18-month-old
daughter. “We were staying in a
little hotel and had all our meals
in restaurants around the port,”
she explained when talking to
thelocal.fr. “Each meal got worse.
My daughter would eat some
french fries, then tear apart some
sugar packets, then demand to get
up. After a couple of days of this
I looked around and realised there
were all these French families
who were having a completely
different experience. They were
having long multi-course meals
with children who were eating
their vegetables and sitting in their
high chairs. They weren't in hell,
they were on holiday.”
The book follows her attempts
to track down what it is in the
French way of life that creates
such well-behaved children. She
focuses largely on white middleclass Parisian families, so it is
perhaps a bit disingenuous to draw
such sweeping generalisations
between entire nations, although
the book is meant as a humorous
look at the subject and not a
parenting bible. There is, however,
undoubtedly a difference.
Bénédicte Lohe-Le Blanc, 38,
a teacher originally from Brittany,
and her husband Vincent, 39, live
with their three children aged 6,
9 and 11 in west London. She
believes British parents are lax
with their children. “We consider
our children to be small people,
but they are not equal to an adult.
They need authority, they need
rules and they need to be kept in
line. A child is a child and has his
place. In France we see authority
as a form of affection and believe
that a child blossoms because of,
not in spite of, that authority. The
bottom line is my child can have
his own opinion, but it's me who
decides.”
The modern Anglo-Saxon
approach is to involve the child
in day-to-day life, asking their
opinion and treating them more
as an equal. I have to say, I do not
agree with the French approach
in this respect. In France, there
are strict parameters for how a
child should behave and many
see this as the job of the State
to enforce via schooling. The
French way appears very much
to be based around learning by
rote, having neat handwriting
and sharp mental arithmetic.
One commentator wrote that
it is less important to a French
primary school teacher whether
the answer is correct, but
whether it was written in perfect
handwriting. Again, I disagree
and will encourage free thinking
in my daughters.
But is it this parenting and
teaching system that makes you
‘become’ French? If I eschew
these ‘French’ parenting principles
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will my girls grow up to be
‘British’? Is it in your genes (I
believe not), in your upbringing
(I believe so), or can you ‘learn’ to
be French as an adult (this is the
tricky one)? What does it mean to
be French and does it matter?
There is a type of expat that
disowns all aspects of their home
country and culture, professes their
host country to be the best in the
world and then busies themselves
in becoming stereotypical locals.
I can’t imagine that this approach
works in anyone but the person’s
own mind and they probably look
faintly ridiculous to the locals. I am
English and I believe that I always
will be. That isn’t to say that I
can’t live a full and integrated life
in France, but I don’t believe that I
will ever be French. I believe it is
too late for me and I’m fine with
that. There’s nothing wrong in
my mind with being British and I
currently love everything that life
in France has to offer me. I also
love going back to the UK and
indulging in warm beer and fish
and chips. I am definitely in the
‘best of both worlds’ camp.
Any parents who have moved
here with young children will
Jurors in French Courts
The Bugle's resident lawyer, Laure CHAVERON,
looks at when jurors are used in French courts and
how you qualify for jury duty.
A
juror is a French
citizen who is called
for service on a jury
alongside professional
judges, for a short period of time.
Prior to the Act of 6th August
2011, jurors were only used in the
Crown Court (cour d’assises), but
since 1st January 2012, they can
also now sit in the magistrates'
court (tribunal correctionnel).
The Crown Court has the power
to try more serious criminal cases
such as armed robbery, rape,
murder, etc. There are 9 jurors in a
Crown Court (or 12 if it is a Court
of Appeal) and they judge the
case alongside three professional
judges. The Crown Court does
not sit permanently, but rather
holds sessions lasting two weeks
on average, that are repeated more
or less frequently during the year
depending on the number of cases
to be tried.
To be eligible for jury duty, you
must have French nationality, be a
registered voter, be over 23 years
old, have the ability to read and
write French and have all your
civil rights (i.e. you must not be
under a supervision order and
must not have previously been
sentenced to more than six months
in prison). Jurors are selected at
random from the electoral roll by
the Mayor. They are compensated
by the State for carrying out these
functions if they so request.
The presence of jurors in
magistrates' courts (which hear
less severe cases than those of
the Crown Court) was introduced
on an experimental basis on 1st
probably have noticed how
‘French’ their offspring have
become since starting school.
Their brains act as little sponges
that absorb every aspect of
French language and culture. I
don't think the same can always
be said of adults. Most of us will
know someone who has lived
here for 10 years and is still so
stereotypically British they could
be lifted straight out of a sitcom.
I met someone recently who
moved here aged 14. In my mind,
that is right on the cusp of ‘too
late to be French’. She is 23 now
and assured me that for as long
as she can remember she has
dreamt and thought in French.
She has plenty of British cultural
reference points (for example, a
self-professed near addiction to
Galaxy chocolate!) but is to all
intents and purposes now French.
So should I return to the UK
and come back with my kids
when they are 12/13 years old
to ensure an appropriate level of
‘Britishness’? I think not. I have
to accept the fact that I will be
bringing up two little French
ladies who will have a sexy
second language… English. ■
January 2012 for a trial period of
two years at the courts of Dijon
and Toulouse.
This reform has been widely
criticized by legal professionals
who believe that its cost will be
very high and that the judicial
process will be considerably
slowed, due to the need for
professional judges to instruct the
jurors in increasingly complex
matters of law. ■
For more information on this topic,
contact:
Laure CHAVERON, Avocat
10, rue Martin Nadaud, Boussac
Téléphone: 05 55 82 18 99
E: [email protected]
http://avocats.fr/space/laure.
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12 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
A
fter the first part
of the winter with
unseasonably
w
a
r
m
temperatures,
we
were
plunged into unseasonably
cold ones. The snow and
ice covered everything.
“Yay, that'll kill all the
pests and microbes,” said
some, ecstatically. Yes, but
by killing good things, too.
How will this drastic switch
affect the garden? Who
knows! It may be a good
idea, therefore, to pamper it
a little this spring, in advance
of the season starting.
Feeding: Give a light
feed of pelleted manure
of blood, fish and bone to
beds and borders. Mulch
shrubs with rotted compost
or horse manure. Make up
a bucket of liquid manure
and feed tubs and planters.
Help your soil organisms reestablish themselves. Don't
feed the weeds, so deal with
them before you do this,
by directing them to the
compost heap, chickens or
the salad bowl.
The first sowings: If
you laid down textile in the
autumn, the area should be
weed free and ready now, so
take some of it up, sowing as
you go, but be prepared with
fleeces or cloches if it turns
cold again. If you need to
dig or rotavate your potager,
it may be a little early,
depending on your terrain.
Start by preparing a small
bed as a seed bed. Weed and
loosen the soil to form a
nice crumbly texture, adding
compost if necessary. Warm
it up for a few days under
fleece or polythene, and it's
ready for sowing those things
that you will later transplant.
If you've got a tunnel or a
greenhouse, it's the moment
to get organised (although
this can be tricky if you're
storing lots of plants in it!).
Sowing inside the house,
on windowsills and in warm
areas, will produce a nice
crop of seedlings.
Make your seed work
hard for you: if you have
reasonable quantities of seed,
saved from last year, it can
give you four different crops:
sprouted seed for adding to
salads & sandwiches; micro
leaves, harvested by cutting
it's not, build another one for
this year's waste.
Check what may need
pruning
and
tying-in.
Climbing roses and ramblers
will flower much better if
trained nearly horizontal.
Make sure other climbers
are still well tied-in after the
winter weather (and before
the birds start thinking about
nesting).
Resist temptation!! The
shops and garden centres
will suddenly be full of
glorious plants, many in full
with scissors (think mustard
and cress); baby leaves,
picked at about 5 cm; and
last but not least, young
plants. Now that's what I call
worth it!
In warm conditions sow
lettuces, chard, spinach,
mustards, orache, spring
onion, carrots, beetroot,
herbs (dill, chervil, coriander,
parsley),
sorrel,
rocket,
mizuna, lambs lettuce and
most other leaf vegetables.
In situ outside sow peas,
broad
beans,
spinach,
mustards, radish, sweet peas
and annual flowers.
flower. If what you see is
much more advanced than
what's in your garden, then
it has been gown in hotter
conditions and it won't adapt
easily to life outside. Just try
to be a bit patient (though
that's easier said than done).
Remember that shops respect
their product cycles much
more than the seasons and
that it's in their best interests
if you need to buy tomato
plants twice over because
the first ones died. Ils sont
malins!
Start weeding: don't let it
get away from you later.
Empty the compost bin
if it's ready (be careful of
hibernating wildlife), and if
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Ashes to ashes
F
or many of us living here in rural France,
a log burner can be a relatively earth
friendly option for heating, and quite
economical too - particularly if you're
fortunate enough to have easy access to a supply of
good quality wood.
The ashes left behind from a wood fire are also a
valuable and versatile by-product; don't just throw
them away indiscriminately! Here's some great
uses for your ash. As per usual, exercise appropriate
caution, spot test etc. etc. etc.
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In the garden - March
Fire helper
Lumps of charcoal shouldn't be removed from
your fireplace if possible, just the ash, as the
charcoal will help kick start your next fire and get
it cranking out decent heat far faster than if a fire is
just started with wood alone. You could also save
it for summer barbecues, rather than using some of
the commercial products that sometimes have toxic
chemicals added.
sometimes. Wood ash increases the pH or
alkalinity of soil, so use sparingly. Black charcoal
is a little different in that it has a much higher ratio
of carbon, so this can be used more liberally.
Pest deterrent
Sprinkle the ash around the border of garden beds
to repel snails and slugs (this will need to be applied
after rain).
Cleaning
Dip a damp rag into ash and use to clean silverware,
brass and glass. Ash added to a scourer can also
give your scouring a bit more oomph.
Ice
Wood ash can be used as an anti/de-icing agent,
a little more environmentally friendly than salt or
other chemicals used these days.
Compost
Add a dusting of wood ash to each layer of your
compost heap as you're building it up.
If you do intend to use wood ash and carbon, be
sure not to throw things such as plastics, cigarette
butts and the like (which you shouldn't do anyway)
into your wood burner or fireplace as they can
contaminate it. Ash should be stored in a metal
container with a lid. Of course, you should also
wait for it to cool before using for any of the above
purposes. ■
Fertilizer
Ash contains potash (potassium carbonate),
phosphate, iron, manganese, boron, copper and zinc
and can be quite beneficial as a natural fertilizer...
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Harlequin Developments
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Dehumidifying
Lumps of charcoal placed in a can punched with
holes can help reduce moisture in areas such as
closets, basements, under sinks etc.
Camellias - la rose du Japon
At this time of year, many old gardens in the
Limousin have large rambling shrubs with dark,
glossy green leaves and white, red or pink flowers
– Camellia japonica.
When the first paintings of Chinese plants were
brought back to the West, there was some doubt
as to whether they showed real plants, so beautiful
were the flowers. The camellia certainly tallies
with that, having (depending on the species)
large, well-formed flowers, showy enough to
astound and cause envy in your neighbours. And
on top of all that, camellias flower during the
winter, at a time when few other things do and
so quickly became a must-have plant for royalty,
the aristocracy and the wealthy (Queen Victoria,
Impératrice Joséphine….) This popularity filtered
down through the classes and can still be seen
today; few are the old gardens that don't have a
camellia somewhere in them.
In France, Brittany, and especially Nantes,
became a centre for camellia growing after
1805, when Ferdinand Favre, mayor of the town
and passionate gardener, saw the economic
opportunities it offered – garden plants, pot plants,
cut flowers, buttonholes. He bought seed from
England and started production. We can clearly see
how popular this plant became by the fact that, fifty
years later, Nantes had a quarter of a million plants
growing! Clearly this implies sales at a national,
not purely local level. The town boasted many
family-run nurseries, all vying to produce their
own hybrids, each more beautiful than the other.
The charm of the plant itself was reinforced by
the publication 1841- 43 by Abbé Berlèse of his
great work « Iconographie du genre Camellia ou
description et figures des Camellia les plus beaux
et les plus rares peints d'après nature ». In his Paris
garden and greenhouses this fan had more than 800
cultivars.
Rather taken for granted now as the flashy
hussy of garden centres and supermarkets, the
much admired camellia entered into literature via
Alexander Dumas' « Dame aux Camélias », and
in the following century became a fashion icon
through Coco Chanel's pure white blooms. ■
to cook or trust me to do
much housework so I spent
most of my formative years
helping my Dad service
and repair his usually
clapped-out cars.
Having had no children
and
therefore
worked
continuously for 44 years,
I was always a ‘chicken
ding’ or ‘it had to come
in a tin’ type cook – the
microwave and tin openers
were, in my opinion, great
inventions and no-one
could accuse me of being
house-proud then or now.
It was not until 6 years
ago when we moved to
France that I began to try
real cooking with fresh
vegetables, meat and fish
and, provided I’m not
catering for more than 6
people, I enjoy cooking,
although I draw the line at
making my own pastry.
With the price of gas for
the central heating rising
fast over the last few years,
we installed our very own
wood burning stove 2
years ago, but it has proved
somewhat
expensive.
Firstly because, 18 months
ago, one evening when I
was watching TV, I peeled
a few clementines, placing
the peel into a tissue on
the table beside me. After
a while I threw the peel
and tissues into the wood
burner. At bedtime I could
not find my bottom denture
A week in the life...
Kevin Andrews, Regional Estate Agent for Leggett Immobilier, gives us a look into his weekly diary.
J
udging from what I read on
some internet forums, most
people think that estate
agents spend their time
careering around the countryside
in their gold-plated Ferraris,
fleecing old people and ruining
the lives of unsuspecting English
house buyers. To try and set the
record straight (as we do have
something of a reputation it would
seem), I thought I would jot down
an ordinary week’s activities, just
to show what it is we get up to.
is probably worth about 20,000€
- she is going to think about it!
Signing in the afternoon at the
notaire’s office in Rochechouart
for a house near Marval. Neither
the buyer nor seller are there (both
are abroad and we have organised
power of attorney for both of them)
so the signing is really a formality,
but I need to check that the money
goes to the right place and that the
vendor isn’t being charged more
capital gains tax than originally
thought.
MONDAY
Early start off to the house of
another agent to drop off some
keys for one of my properties on
which he has a viewing. Straight
onto Châlus where an elderly
French couple have rung me about
putting their renovation project
on the market. As it turns out, she
wants 125,000€ for the place which
TUESDAY
Sun comes out, so I stop at a
house I recently mandated to take
some blue sky exterior photos
to replace the existing ones and
then straight off to meet a client.
They are a couple in their fifties
looking for a holiday home that
they can eventually retire to. We
spend the day looking around six
or seven houses and discussing
their requirements in more detail
when they let slip that they will
be funding the purchase with a
house that hasn’t yet sold in the
UK – they had, until that point,
maintained that they had cash in
the bank! Something of a wasted
day, although I’ll keep in touch for
progress on their house sale (or,
more likely, lack of it).
WEDNESDAY
Nothing scheduled, so a day in
front of the PC catching up on
emails,
completing
property
descriptions, editing photographs
and contacting the vendors of the
houses from the previous day’s
viewings to tell them not to hold
their breath – in the case of a
couple of vendors it would appear
that it is my fault that the clients
had no money.
THURSDAY
Early meeting with SPANC at a
house that has just gone under
house warm as we had
visitors for dinner due
shortly, I lit the stove.
Twenty minutes later, my
husband discovered my
12-year-old mobile phone
on the top of the burner
where I’d placed it in my
rush and it had ‘fried’ to
bits. The SIM card was
also decimated meaning a
new mobile phone and yet
more expense.
As we think those two
incidents have cost around
£2000, that is probably
more than we would have
spent if we had used the
gas central heating! But
we still love our wood
burning stove for its look,
its warmth and the fond
memories it brings. ■
offer to have the fosse septique
checked for the certificate of
conformity. Straight off to another
mandate – an English couple near
Gorre going back to the UK who
want to sell their bungalow. The
afternoon is spent at the Banque
Populaire with a client in the throes
of buying a house who needs help
opening a French bank account.
increase their offer – the vendor
says no, again. One viewing this
morning on a small house in a
nearby village with an English
guy who already lives in France
and a mandate in the afternoon of
a lovely gite property owned by
Dutch vendors who want to stay in
France but downsize and do a little
less work….don’t we all !"
FRIDAY
Two sets of client visits today at
opposite ends of the spectrum:
in the morning a young English
couple with 50,000€ to spend,
looking for a semi-habitable
renovation project to do up as a
holiday home and in the afternoon
a French couple from Dijon
looking to spend somewhere
around 350,000€ on an equestrian
property. Both put in offers on the
day – the expensive one is rejected
(it was way under asking price) but
the cheap one is accepted. Spend
the evening starting to prepare
all the information needed for the
compromis de vente for this sale.
If you have any questions regarding
these issues or indeed anything
else to do with house sales, please
feel free to get in touch:
SATURDAY
The horsey couple from yesterday
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A
n advertisement
in The Bugle
extolling ‘the
joys of a wood
burning stove’ set me to
thinking. It took me back to
my childhood where, in our
council house, there was an
open coal fire. I remember
one or other of my parents
holding newspaper over
the aperture to get the
fire to initially ‘draw’ and
my Mum cleaning out the
grate and re-laying the fire
every morning. I recall
now how comforting the
sight and heat of that open
fire was when growing up.
My Mother was not exactly
child-friendly and did not
encourage me to learn
editor:
This month Bugle reader Annie O'Kane considers the hidden costs when buying wood burning stoves... although it does
sound like she only has herself to blame!
SIREN: 453 573 388
A burning desire
(it hurts my gums when I
eat so I usually remove
it) and yes, you probably
guessed, I’d thrown it in
the fire and not a trace of
it was found next morning.
Luckily my husband, who
originates from Ireland,
had a spare set of dentures
so I used his bottom one
until I could get a new
one of my own. The joke
doing the rounds was that
I was now talking with
an Irish accent and more
rubbish was coming out of
my mouth than usual! That
incident cost a return crossChannel ferry fare with
car to consult my dentist,
3 weeks' contributions to
food while staying with
friends, the cost of the new
denture and an irresistible
urge to shop until I dropped
in the UK.
Secondly, 2 months ago
I came into the house after
visiting a neighbour in
hospital at Poitiers and,
being in a rush to get the
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FRENCH LIFE ♦ 13
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Email:- [email protected]
Tel:- 0631 195 581
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14 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
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At least, since 2007 there is no longer
inheritance tax between spouses, with the
same rule applying to couples with a “Pacte
civil de solidarité” (PACS).
Whilst your children may have a French
inheritance tax liability, the allowances
were raised significantly in 2007 and the tax
rates are perfectly reasonable. What is more,
there are ways of reducing the tax for them
in France.
A problem faces those, however, who wish
to leave assets to other family members or
friends, with siblings paying up to 45%,
nieces and nephews 55% and friends 60%
tax!
This also means that stepchildren and
couples without a PACS will pay most of
their inheritances to the State, in taxation,
since they will also be subject to the 60%
rate.
It is normally the wish of any couple in a
second marriage to want to leave everything
to each other and then to children and step
children. It is easy to see that this can cause
severe financial and family difficulties
without proper planning to avoid the above
problems.
David Hardy, Poitou-Charentes Regional
Manager for Siddalls France, who have
been providing impartial independent
financial advice to the British community
for over 15 years. If you wish to
discuss your own financial planning
requirements in more detail, please
contact David on 05 56 34 75 5 1
www.siddalls.fr
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ♦ 15
EVENT OF THE MONTH
The Living
Room
“ The place to be ! ”
Letters to
The
Editor
S.O.S. – Save Our Shops
Christine Moshy
By Email
Dear Editor,
I
love Saturdays, a bit of a
lie-in, put on my glad rags
(instead of the usual jeans),
slap on a bit of make-up and
off to Aubusson. As I work from
home, and can usually be found
with a telephone glued to my ear
in front of my solitary computer
screen, Saturday represents
FREEDOM. I can’t always whizz
off to Paris, London or Geneva
(much as I would like to), so
for many years now I have been
spending Saturday mornings in
Aubusson, my favourite town.
But have any of you out there
noticed that Aubusson is dying?
Every second or third shop is
closed or about to close. Gone is
my friend Catherine’s wonderful
second-hand clothes shop, gone
is the hardware shop up by the
market where you could buy any
kind of gizmo that you needed, as
is the mercerie where you could
always be sure to get just the
right shade of cotton to mend that
hem you never ever got around
to mending, the market itself
has shrunk beyond recognition
and so on. And let's be honest,
the shops that remain aren’t
doing well. Bourganeuf too has
suffered a similar fate and believe
it or not, when I first came to
the Creuse, Pontarion had three
cafés, two grocers, a newsagents,
two butchers, a mercerie, a doit-yourself shop, two restaurants
and two hairdressers. I won’t
even list the number of little
shops there were once in Guéret.
You get the picture...
I read recently that in the UK
the High Street is on its way out
too; people prefer, it seems, the
soulless out-of-town shopping
centres, with the muzak, the
escalators, the bland shops that
make you wonder whether you
are in Brent Cross or Barcelona,
Singapore or Stockport. No more
little book shops where you can
browse all morning and order
the book that would never get a
mention on Amazon’s best-seller
list. Gone is the little boutique
where the shop assistant will
remember you and say “I’ve got
something you will love in your
size”. Gone is the jeweller’s
where they name a derisory sum
or nothing at all when you say
how much was it to repair this
or clean that. Gone is the shoe
menders, where you can get your
shoes back, looking as good as
new, with a long interesting chat
thrown in. Shopaholic as I am,
I hate those dreary, alienating
shopping centres.
Whilst in dear old Aubusson
the bookshop is still there (I
challenge you to name any book
they won’t try to get hold of for
you), the jeweller cleaned my
ring a few weeks ago for nothing,
Gilles, the shoe mender is a
true craftsman and has a wealth
of stories to tell and a shop
straight out of the nineteenth
century, Claudine at the Café du
Commerce makes a mean cup of
coffee and might just ask you to
adopt a cat, Nathalie at the dry
cleaner’s has a beautiful smile
and so on and so on.
The American, Leonard
Lauder, of the cosmetics
company Estée Lauder invented
the term Lipstick Indicator,
because he said that, luckily for
him, in an economic downturn
more people bought small
luxuries like lipsticks to make
them feel better.
So let’s all save our shops;
give Aubusson or Bourganeuf or
anywhere’s city centre shops a
try. Isn’t it nicer to go and drink
a beer or a coffee in a friendly
café, get your shoes repaired
with a story thrown in, browse in
a bookshop that is browse-able
(you can’t talk to the people at
Amazon)? Let’s say to hell with
the economy, I want that shocking
pink lipstick, that yummy cake in
the patisserie, that small piece of
pleasure. Let’s save our shops
(and the local economy), and
who knows the Lipstick Indicator
might just make us all feel good.
With best regards,
Christine Moshy
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over your coffee at Claudine’s.
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10 actual quotes... honest!!
Bob Darvell, Chabrac
By Email
Dear Editor,
H
aving read and enjoyed the letter from Reg
Clarke (Febraury's Bugle) regarding life
in France, I thought your readers might
appreciate some of the things people have said to us
during our 9 years or so here. These are all true and
have not been altered, I believe they show us a little
about many Brits!
1. You ain't got no buses in France...
2. Most houses in France have no toilet...
3. I won't buy French wine as I don't like it...
4. There's no bingo in France...
5. Dentists in France do not use anaesthetic...
6. If you don't stop at a junction the Gendarmes will
shoot you...
7. Where is France... is it abroad?
8. I'd like to book somewhere within walking distance
of an airport, so we don't have to hire a car, and it must
have a beach and be near shops, bars and restaurants...
9. We want to be in the middle of nowhere with no
neighbours and no traffic, but we must be able to
walk to the bar and supermarkets... we would like 5
bedrooms, a barn, views, central heating, a pool and
about 4 acres of land... we have £20k...
10. Do they have diesel in France Bob?
Regards,
Bob Darvell
Chabrac
Little England Response
Joy Sutton
By Email
I
Dear Editor
have been following
the
varying
views
expressed by readers
on your Letters page since
the publication of the
“Little England” article and
would like to add my own
observations.
I do think it is important
to try to integrate into
the French way of life,
but some of my fellow
countrymen
who
move
here seem to develop “antiEnglish” tendencies. They
see France through rose
tinted spectacles, viewing
everything
French
as
good and anything British
as negative. If you dare
to criticise the service
from France Telecom or
the bureaucracy of the
Prefecture you can be told
quite curtly, “Well if you
don’t like it go back to
England”. If you admit to
using one of the shopping
companies
who
bring
English goods to France you
are met with a disapproving
look and accusations that
you should be supporting the
French economy. (Did these
people always buy British
when they lived in the UK, I
wonder?)
Then there are those
that wax lyrical about the
delicious food yet refuse to
taste the gésiers and look
decidedly pale when faced
with escargots or cuisses de
grenouille. However, they
soon look down their nose
at you when you reveal that
you just have to have Heinz
baked beans or Walkers
crisps or decent tea bags.
I even hear people declare
“I think of myself as French
now,” when they have only
been here a year or two or
state that they only mix with
the French and don’t want
to socialise with any other
Brits. (Is it just me that can’t
help a rueful smile when I
hear that they have moved
back to England just a few
months later?)
Of course we are all
different but I am proud
to be British and don’t see
why in this global economy
I shouldn’t exercise my
choice. After all, the French
friends I have don’t have
any hesitation in asking me
to bring back power tools,
cheddar cheese or work boots
for them when they see how
much cheaper things are on
the other side of the Channel.
I want to experience the
French culture but don’t see
why I shouldn’t also tell the
French about our customs
and help them if they want
to improve their English. It
helps us communicate and
understand each other.
So I say “Vivre la
différence” and can I have
the best of both worlds
please?
Yours sincerely
Joy Sutton
ED - This topic has rumbled on and on. Each time we printed a reader's thoughts on the
Little England debate, it generated a whole new raft of correspondence. I think we have
said all there is to say on the subject now, so thank you to everyone who wrote in and
apologies to those whose thought I could not print.
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FOR SALE: Mixture of corrugated
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Buyer collects. 50 euros the lot. Please
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FOR SALE: Quarry Tiles - 150mm
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Offers invited. Tel: 05 55 60 64 92
FOR SALE: Scaffold tower, cement
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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: OLD RECLAIMED
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FOR SALE: Farmhouse Table - 2
Carvers + 4 other Chairs Rug also
available if required. €100.00ono Tel:
05 53 56 90 87
FOR SALE: Pine Double Bed
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FOR SALE: Nathan furniture
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approx 6ft long, two leaded glass
illuminated displays and center drinks
cupboard with draws and cupboards
below. Plus matching corner unit.
€120.00 Tel: 05 55 76 69 32
FOR SALE: Welsh Dresser Good
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glass-fronted display cabinets on top .
€100.00 Tel: 05 55 76 69 32
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FOR SALE: Solid Oak Chest Age
unknown (at least 100 years). Been
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Contact for more photos. Dimensions:
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Depth of inside 34cm. €250.00ono
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FOR SALE: HABITAT round
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€75.00 TEL: 05 55 08 46 53
FOR SALE: Two pine dressers One
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€40.00 Tel: 05 55 51 91 79
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€200.00 Tel: 05 53 55 21 85
FOR SALE: Set of 4 70’s style dining
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central heating radiator. €30.00 Tel:
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- diameter 110cms €45.00 Email:
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56
FOR
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Rear venting. Almost as new, used
little. Includes some chimney pipes.
€350.00 Tel 05 55 03 87 56
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KNICK-KNACKS 1) Baby High
Chair/Stroller Combination. Antique.
Condition Excellent/Good. Wood.
Total height 3'8.5". width 19.5". As low
chair 2'6". 200€ or very near offer. 2)
YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE THE
PHOTOS OF THIS ONE. Vegetable
Serving Tureen. By removing the
handle this can transform from a
single Vegetable Warmer into two
individual serving trays. Brilliant Idea.
Made in Sheffield of Electo Plated
Nickel Silver (EPNS) it dates between
1890 - 1910. Measures approx 12"
long x 9.5" wide x 3" high (not
including removable handle). Weighs
approx 1kilo730g before packing.
130€ or very near offer. 3) Antique
Vase made by A J HARLEY JONES,
FENTON,
STAFFORDSHIRE,
ENGLAND between 1907-1934. The
principle colour is blue - called Bleu
de Feu because of the type of firing the
glaze. The picture on the side shows 2
peasant women in a woodland setting.
Approx 10.25" tall x 16" round the
body (not including the handles). This
vase has been valued by two local
Antique Dealers (in France) as being
worth between 150€-200€. 150€. 4)
Large Wall Clock with Westminster
Chimes. Runs for 20 days per windup. In very good over-all condition.
Measures approx 28" high x 12" side to
side x 6.5" front to back. 140€ or very
near offer. 5) A set of 3 jugs. coloured
green decorated with various fruits.
Unmarked. 1) 4.75" high x 4.5" handle
to spout x 2.5" wide. 2) 5.25"high x 5"
handle to spout x 2.5" wide. 3) 6" high
x 6.25" handle to spout x 3.25" wide.
40€ 6) Very unusual Brass Lamp with
2 wicks. Marked DUPLEX. MADE
IN ENGLAND on both wick handles.
Patterned glass shade. Overall height
18.5". 150€ or near offer. Email for
photos. Tel: Jannie 05 55 89 98
47 Email: janniesjunkandjems@
gmail.com
FOR SALE: Various 2 x Free
standing electric heaters. Different
models/styles in very good/ excellent
condition. Very little use. 20€
eachFlame effect electric fire. 54cm
x 44cm x 30cm. In good/excellent
condition. Very little used. 50€Free
standing Fire Grate with attached
Back Plate. In good used condition.
45cm x 53cm x 29cm. 250€ or very
near offer.Heavy dining table and 6
chairs. Malaysian Oak. Not sure of
the age but at least 10yrs old (possibly
older). In very good/excellent
condition. Table 96cm x 152cm x
78cm. Chairs height to top of back
115cm. Height to seat 47cm x 52cm
x 47cm. 300€ or very near offer.Email
for photos. Tel: Linda 05 55 89 31
97 or Jannie 05 55 89 98 47 Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Various - House
Clearance 1) 6 Chairs and a Dinning
Room Table. Solid oak. Very good
condition. €250 2) 2 Single Beds.
€100 the pair. Metal framed. 3) 2
Reclining Chairs. Cream leather. 4)
Electric Bike. Needs new battery.
EUR 50 ono. Tel: 05 55 64 18 33
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2.50 per bale. Tel: 05 46 33 18 75
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handicapped person Wheelchairs,
stanner stair lift, 3 wheel electric
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€489. Area 87130. €399.00 Tel: 05
55 56 62 84 Email: pugsley.homer@
gmail.com
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playing records Including: Bizet
Carmen, orchestral magic, Buddy
Holly live, box set Cliff Richard &
Shadows, Johnny Mathis [double alb]
plus others all in v/good condition.
Offers welcome. We are located in
Chenerailles [dept 23] - buyer to
collect. Phone 05 55 41 47 00
FOR SALE: A beautiful old French
Pendulum Clock in oak case with
bevelled glass Strikes on the hour and
half hour. 800 x 360. €110.00 Tel: 05
55 787902 (Near Rochechouart)
FOR SALE: Godin solid cast iron
woodburner fire Size 660mm long
- 600mm high - 320mm wide. V.G.C.
Buyer collects. Phone Patricia for
details. €200.00 Tel: 05 55 41 19 28
FOR SALE: Ikea oven White. Used
only few times. V.G.C. Buyer collects.
Phone Patricia for details. €50.00 Tel:
05 55 41 19 28
FOR SALE: "PETIT GODIN"
multi fuel circular stove 10kw
output. Majolica enamel brown finish,
with decorative ash tray and cast iron
tool for opening door catches. £1600
new. In good condition. €300.00
TEL: 05 55 08 46 53
FOR SALE: Woodland and Pasture
Almost 5 acres of beautiful land near
St Saturnin (north of Boussac, east
of St Severe). Pasture, woodland and
rough pasture. Has a stream and a
spring - possible to construct etang.
Mature woodland and coppiced trees
- grow your own firewood and enjoy
nature. Plenty flat areas for caravan
etc. Not building land. Offers around
15,000 euros. €15,000.00 Tel: 05 55
63 83 28
FOR SALE: Antique woodburning
stove dating from the 1900's
Excellent condition with bread oven.
Delivery possible. €450.00ono Tel:
0613363979
FOR SALE: 2 off Shimano
Baitrunner 6000b GTE Carp
reels C/w spare spools and boxes,
instructions etc. Hardly used, as
no time. In excellent condition. 75
Euro each or 140 Euro for the two.
Also a tackle box trolley/barrow still
in box never assembled. 50 Euros.
Phone Andy 0555-483062 (nr
Rochechouart)
FOR SALE: 5 pairs of original
wooden windows Varying sizes, with
original window furniture and fittings.
All fitted with the original glass. 75,00
euros for the lot. €75.00 TEL: 05 55
08 46 53
FOR SALE: Various PETMATE
AIR TRAVEL and TRAINING
KENNEL Through flow ventilation
for safe air and auto travel. Safe way
to help solve behaviour problems. For
dog/cat up to 51 cms tall by 61 cms
long. Meets international air travel
requirements. (IATA) Kennel bedpad also included. Unused. Easy to
carry. €50 3 SINGLE PINE BEDS.
TWO
MATCHING,
including
mattresses for all three. Comprised of
head and footboards and slatted base.
€50 each. BATHROOM WASHHAND BASIN AND MATCHING
PEDESTAL. White. New and unused.
Includes two taps. Basin measures
66 cms wide by 56 cms deep. €30.
Ladies BICYCLES° Ladies Peugeot
Mosaique. Pink. 15 gears. €50° Ladies
Ammaco Oasis. Purple. 15 gears.
€50° Ladies Boulevade EMMELLE.
Black. 12 gears. €50 Telephone 05 55
14 28 09
FOR SALE: Fonds de commerce
Fonds de commerce
FOR SALE due to ill health - for
restaurant in Parnac area. Includes all
equipment, cat IV licence, all stock &
4-year-old sign-written Kangoo van.
Plus furniture & 2-bed apartment with
the restaurant. €45,000.00
FOR SALE: Licence IV Enables
sales of beverages and spirits in Bars/
Restaurants etc Email: jsezer@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: Ladies Coats Pale blue
swede, full length ladies coat. Brand
new. Size 14. EUR 80 onoRed leather,
short ladies coat. Brand new. Size 14.
EUR 50 onoCream, full length ladies
coat. Brand new. Size 14. EUR 35 ono
Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (orsennes, dept
36)
FOR SALE: Computer Equipment
Computer screen, Epsom printer,
English keyboard, mouse + mouse
mat. €60.00 Tel: 02 54 25 38 97
(orsennes, dept 36)
FOR SALE: SCHAUB LORENZ
COMBO FLAT SCREEN LCD
TV/DVD 19" with TNT and HDMI,
still boxed, as new. €50.00 Tel:
0555895605
(La
Souterraine)
FOR SALE: Baby/child items
Quality baby car seat, in excellent
condition, 30 euros. Travel Cot
which folds into carry bag, in good
condition. (Also suitable as play pen).
25 euros. Used few times during our
grandchildren's visits! Tel: 05 55 78
79 02
FOR SALE: Land Rover Discovery
dog guard, mats & UK headlights
TRAVAL dog guard for Land Rover
Discovery, as new - 60 euros.Full set
Land Rover mats for Discovery - 15
euros.UK Headlights for Land Rover
Discovery - 60 euros. Tel: 05 55 78
54 20
FOR SALE: Rectangluar Hay
Bales (87) Ideal for use as animal
bedding. 6 euros a bale. Please call 05
55 00 98 52
FOR SALE: Hot Water Cylinder
150 litre hot water cylinder, brand new
from Castorama, never been out of its
box. €95.00 Please call 05 55 00 98 52
FOR SALE: Yeoman Freestanding
Multi-fuel Stove "Country Integral"
model, colour black. 770mm(w) x
810mm(h) x 480mm(d).Will serve
4 large and 5 small radiators + hot
water.Used for 1 winter only, in very
good condition.Buyer collects (dept
19). €700.00 05 55 98 29 73 Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: BASS GUITAR IBANEZ SR305DX 5 STRING
ACTIVE,
VERY
GOOD
CONDITION, PROFESSIONALLY
SET
UP,
NEW
STRINGS.
€225.00ono
FOR
FURTHER
63 43 35
FOR SALE: BABY ITEMS
CHILDS
BUGGY.
XTS
3
WHEELED,
OFF-ROAD/
JOGGING BUGGY. EXCELLENT
CONDITION,
NEW
TYRES,
CARRY CASE, RAIN COVER,
COSY-TOES SNUGGLE BAG.
€100 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. €25CHILDS
BLACKBOARD/
EASEL.
EXCELLENT
CONDITION,
LENGTH 43CM, WIDTH 62CM,
HEIGHT 118CM. BLACKBOARD
ONE SIDE WHITE BOARD ON
REVERSE, ALSO COMES WITH
A ROLL PAPER ATTACHED FOR
PAINTING. €17.50 FOR FURTHER
63 43 35
FOR SALE: Shower suite Blue
knight shower cubicle - toilet white
close coupled suite - white vanity
china basin. All still in packaging. All
brand new. 87 area. €180.00 Tel 05 55
60 27 03
FOR SALE: Godin Circular Wood
Burner Brown enamel, filigree
finish. 75cm high, 28cm diameter.
€250.00ono Tel: 05.55.60.46.33
FOR SALE: Nokia mobile
telephone 3500 Classic, earphones
and mains adapter Good condition,
with black leather protective case w/
belt clip. €40.00 Tel: 09 50 76 37 75
FOR SALE: Electric Sewing
Machine - Lervia Almost new. Only
used twice. Perfect condition. €70.00
Tel: 05 55 62 49 65
FOR SALE: Vox Cambridge 30
twin guitar amplifier The amp has
been upgraded to 50 watts and is
in perfect working order. Features
incl. footswitch for channel, reverb
and tremelo. €199.00ono Tel: 05
55 71 79 31 Email: john.martin@
netcourrier.com
FOR SALE: White kitchen sink
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ceramic single bowl With barge like
flowers painted on (still in bricodept).
€85.00 Please call 05.55.67.58.87
FOR SALE: French Linguaphone
Course Complete course in boxed
set (books, tapes & cd's). €30.00
Tel: 05 55 71 79 31 Email: john.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Ladies Mountain
Bike 26" wheels, 18 gear twist grip
change. Good condition. €40.00
Tel: 05 55 51 91 79
FOR SALE: Bike trailer 20"
wheels. Seats 2 children. €30.00
Tel: 05 55 51 91 79
FOR SALE: Bikes Ladies shopper
bike, 17" wheels. New tyres &
tubes.Boys mountain bike, 24"
wheels.EUR 30 for pair. Tel: 05 55
51 91 79
FOR SALE: New White PVC
D.G. Window 1600 x 1250 inc sill.
€50.00 Tel: 05 55 51 91 79
FOR SALE: Large wooden
storage chest/coffee table 92cm
x 94cm. €30.00 Tel: 0555895605
FOR SALE: TAKAI open face
sports helmet Matt black, clear
visor and retractable sun visor. XS
53-54cm. 5 months old, hardly
worn. €65.00 Tel: 0555895605
FOR SALE: Towable Altrad
Cement Mixer With a 3.5 Briggs
and Stratton engine, with a ball hitch.
€450.00 Email: sermur2002@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR
SALE:
Complete
photographic dark room Any
offers considered. Tel: 05 55 02 93
01 (Saint Junien-87)
FOR SALE: Scanner Epson
Perfection 1240U Photo. Any offers
considered. Tel: 05 55 02 93 01
(Saint Junien-87)
FOR SALE: AMD Tower and PC
Complete with DVD, CD rewriter
and floppy disk drives, IIYAMA
monitor, 2 keyboards (French and
qwerty), speakers and mouse. Needs
hard disk. Any offers considered.
Tel: 05 55 02 93 01 (Saint
Junien-87)
FOR SALE: Antique French cast
iron fire dogs with iron basket
Height: 59cms, Overall Width: 90
Crime and family sagas. All in
good condition, 3 for 1 euro, North
Creuse. Contact 05 55 80 75 78
FOR SALE: Red Diesel heater
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 on 05
55 75 27 01
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: Large number of
bargain books Adventure, Mystery,
Including 700 ltr tank and electric
pump.Excellent
condition.
Lignerolles 36160 €450.00ono Tel:
02 54 06 02 37
FOR SALE: Various Log saw, free
standing, 1.8KW 230V, 480mm
blade. 400 euros.New generator
2KW. 200 euros.Window - new,
white, double-glazed. 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: 100 Edwardian
English Books Many with gold leaf
covers. Ideal for bookcase display.
€300.00 Tel: 05.55.63.46.69
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: 100 Novels /
Autobiographies
All
good
condition. €100.00 Please ring 05
55 78 45 24
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,
EASY
MEDIUM
cms, Basket Width: 63 cms, Depth:
57 cms. €300.00 Phone: 05 55 65
00 04 Email: pc.cullen@yahoo.
co.uk
FOR SALE: Caste Iron fire grate
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 eurosM&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: 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: 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: 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
VEHICLES/PARTS
FOR SALE: Classic Car 1961
Peugeot 404. In good condition,
drives regularly. Car on show at
events organised by the VAHL
(Volants Anciens du Haut Limousin)
in Bellac.Price EUR 2,500 or
exchange for 2CV. €2,500.00 Tel:
06 20 79 79 34
FOR SALE: FORD FOCUS
1.8TDi Sept 2004 French registered
but RHD, with French headlights.
62,000miles. Alloy wheels. Pale
HARD
blue metallic. CT until 07/13. All
round good condition. €3,500.00 05
55 29 39 15 - Correze (19)
FOR SALE: Landrover 4x4
TD5 French green. Alcantara
beige interior. 2001. 60,000km.
€15,000.00ono Tel: 06 75 51 47 27
FOR SALE: Peugeot 307 SW
LHD. Met Grey. 122,000 km. Full
service history. Just had Controle
Technique. Good reliable car. Priced
to sell. €6,500.00ono Tel: 05 55 61
99 14 / 06 76 52 26 47
FOR
SALE:
APRILIA
ATLANTIC
500
MAXI
SCOOTER UK registered, 2005.
500cc, vgc, fast and comfortable,
lots of storage space. €1,500.00
Tel: 0555895605 (La Souterraine)
FOR SALE: Renault Master
T35D (ex ambulance with seats
removed) Used to move down
to France now selling. Good
mechanical condition, lots of space,
on French plates & part registered
in France. Only needs new Controle
Technique, and registration to
complete. €1,000.00
FOR SALE: Peugeot 406 HDI
man sal 2002 RHD, on French
plates, CT until Oct 2013. Silver.
VGC. High spec, climate control,
computer, CD player, elec windows
and mirrors. All good tyres, under
90000 miles. €2,495.00ono Tel:
+447779 406613 Email: tony.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Renault Megane
Cabriolet 'Karmann' LHD French registered. Petrol. 89,000
km. Colour: champagne. Glass
roof. Fully serviced, CT until 2012.
Excellent condition. €5,200.00 Tel:
05.46.59.79.55
FOR SALE: Peugeot 307 HDI
Estate - 2005 French registered.
RHD. 22 months left on CT. High
milleage, hence price. €2,300.00
Tel: 05 55 60 45 03
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: 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: Truckman HiTop 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: 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: 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 96-02
40€. Tel: 05 55 78 73 46
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:
[email protected]
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: 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:
FRIDGE,
FREEZERS,
FRIDGE/
FREEZER 1 x Fridge/Freezer, LG
Multi air flow.model GR349SQF. 80
Euros ovno...67 1/2 inches high x 23
1/2 inches wide x 24 inches deep..1
x Upright Freezer, DIVA Metro
model MM5. 90 Euros ovno..76
inches high x 29 1/2 inches wide
x 28 1/4 inches deep..1 x Fridge,
Model Frigster BC135.. 45 Euros
ovno..34 inches high x 21 1/2 inches
wide x 22 1/2 inches deep..1 x Chest
Freezer, Curliss model CC2001..
60 Euros ovno..35 inches high x 31
1/2 inches wide x 28 inches deep..
All in very good condition.Also an
Electrulux Fridge model RF493.32
1/2 inches high x 19 1/2 wide x
22 1/2 inches deep..Plus a Chest
Freezer Elmec..{ lid detached }34
inches high x 21 1/2 inches wide x
23 inches deep.20 Euros each OR 35
Euros the pair.Both a bit untidy, but
would make ideal freezer and fridge
for Anglers bait... Phone 0555 64
48 35 (St. Dizier Leyrenne) Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Fridges Large
Bluesky fridge - 1450 high by 550
wide. 75 euros. Under counter fridge
50 euros. Please call 05.55.67.58.87
FOR SALE: Three-Way Fridge
for a Caravan Electrolux 700 12V, 22OW, gas fridge. €220.00ono
Tel: 05 55 64 27 86 Email:
[email protected]
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:
16
Roumazieres
Loubert II interlocking roof tiles
Size 435mm x 255mm. Maximum
500 needed. Approx 150 to be exact
match for an existing roof. South
of Limoges - North of Thiviers off N21. Please email to discuss
further.Other building materials
required - oak flooring - celotex
insulation - window/door heads &
cills Tel UK 0044 1848 841581
WANTED: Small Trailer to
sit behind ride-on mower Any
conditions considered Tel: 05 55 51
19 67 Email: mazzer09@hotmail.
com
WANTED: Cot or travel cot and
a high chair in good condition
Tel: 05 87 86 52 04
WANTED: Covered parking to
store a car For approx. 12 weeks
a year in the region of Limoges or
Bergerac airports. Tel: 0044 1748
884526 Email: thiernswood@
talk21.com
WANTED: For compact tractor
Transport box (bennette), rotovator,
plough and snow plough all in
usable condition. Tel: 05 55 64 33
71
WANTED: Chain harrow /
grass rake Approx 8' x 8'. Any
age considered, for use on a small
tractor. Tel Barbara 06 30 02 35 73
WANTED: Tea chests/ stong
boxes for packing Tel: 05 55 51
91 79
WANTED: Mobile home For
use while restoring my house near
Guéret (23). 06.83.42.72.75. after
6 pm Email: [email protected]
WANTED: Various ...Roof bars
for 124series Mercedes estate,
engine for 3ton mini digger or
similar with pumps if possible,
large log saw bench, PTO or engine
driven. Tel: 05 55 60 64 92 Email:
[email protected]
WANTED: Vacuum Cleaner in
good working condition Tel: 05
55 78 79 02
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: Inexpensive House/
Building to Renovate Quick
purchase. Tel: 05 55 65 84 95
WANTED: Land With or without
buildings, with or without planning
permission. All types of land
considered: woods, fields, houses
with attached land etc. Preferably
in the Blessac/Ahun area of Creuse.
Tel: 06.03.07.82.10
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
18 ♦ COMMUNITY
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 3pm 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.
[email protected]
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 [email protected]
Interested in Alpha?
An opportunity for those who don't regularly attend church to explore the
Christian faith. More than 17 million people worldwide have done this
course. In English @ L'Eglise Baptiste Evangélique, Limoges (contact
details as above).
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
SALSA! SALSA! SALSA!
Learn to dance! Come and join in the fun! Recommencing 12th March.
Every Monday, 7pm-8.30pm (Absolute Beginners) & every Thursday, 7pm8.30pm (Improvers). 4 euros per person, 7 euros per couple. No partner
required. Any age welcome. Free soft drink included.
Come and join in the fun and fitness and burn off the winter blues at StPriest-la-Feuille community hall.
NEW for this year. Why not try bachata or merengue? Private lessons also
available. For more info contact Ellie on 05 55 63 86 05 / email elena.
[email protected]
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.
Chinese Gym & Karate
Mondays & Thursdays at the DOJO, Allée Jean-Marie Couturier, Aubusson.
Warm and friendly atmosphere.
For more info tel 06 08 92 30 53
Tai Chi at Boussac and La Châtre
Tai Chi classes in Boussac (Tue 18.15-19.45) and in La Châtre (Thu 18.1519.45).
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, lighthearted 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:
[email protected] - 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-Yrieix-sous-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
Http://jardiniers-du-limousin.webs.com
Do you love gardening or are you keen to learn more about it? Then why not
come along and join Les Petits Jardiniers? We’re a friendly group of English,
French and Dutch residents and normally meet on the 3rd Thursday of each
month at 2.30pm in the salle de fêtes in St-Amand-le-Petit, between Peyratle-Château and Eymoutiers. Our meetings are held mostly in English and we
have guest speakers, organise garden visits and swap plants and seeds. You
can take out an annual membership of 15 euros per person or 20 euros per
couple or pay as you go for 3 euros per meeting.
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Agenda for 2012: 15th March Vegetables & Seed Trial; 16th April Private
visit to Garden Centre & talk by Proprietor; 17th May Drought resistant
planting & water conservation; 21st June Guided Tour of Private Garden;
19th July Growing Herbs for culinary/medicinal use; 16th August Annual
BBQ; 20th September Plants for free – splitting perennials; 18th October
AGM plus ‘All about apples’; 15th November Gardeners Question Time; 6th
December Natural Christmas Decorations & party.
If you would like to receive more information about our association or be put
on our mailing list for our quarterly newsletter or monthly agenda then please
contact Carolyn at [email protected] or Gill at [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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
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:
[email protected] 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.
Language Classes (take place at the Maison des Associations, Rochechouart)
Beginners and intermediate classes - Monday am; French/English
conversation – Tuesday am; Advanced and children’s classes – Wednesday
am.
Games Night (Rochechouart) 1st Thursday; Games Night (St Junien) 2nd
Thursday; Lunch Club – Last Thursday. Next lunch club 29th March at
Massignac. Book with Pat Hewitt in the normal way.
For your calendar: St Patrick Party Night – Sun 18th March (Register with
HENRY GRUNDY on 05 45 71 51 02. All Welcome); Quiz Night – Thurs
12th Apr; Race Night – Sat 19th May; Picnic & All American Hoedown Sun
17th Jun.
For more details visit www.learningtogether.me or contact Mike or
Christine ELLINGHAM 05 55 03 27 67
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: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you!
Charente Limousine Exchange
The Charente-Limousine-Exchange (CLE), founded in 2003, aims to
improve the provision of French language courses and to share experiences
and skills among members who live in Charente, Vienne and Haute-Vienne.
CLE provides information to members living and/or working in France and
works with local communities and organisations to tackle practical issues
through forums and workshops, as well as organising a wide range of
cultural and social events throughout the year. The recent launch of English
lessons has been well attended by Confolentais. If you would like to know
more about this group of volunteers, please look on our new website www.
charente-limousine-exchange.com or contact the Chairman, Barry Leech, on
06 35 96 77 46.
Libraries
St Jean English Library, La Souterraine
The La Souterraine Library and Information Centre – the friendly library
– is now firmly installed in a beautiful medieval building at the Porte de
Puy Charraud, Route de Portail, La Souterraine. The library has over 5,000
books, DVDs and other items, as well as its café, Caxtons, which serves
English cakes. The Library also provides French lessons and organises
Anglo-French conversation groups. The Information Centre provides
support and assistance with bureaucratic, family and legal problems to
British residents and new arrivals. The library is open from 9.30 -12.30
on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Contact Rodney Sabine on 05 55
Directeur:
Steve Martindale
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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.ententecordiale-creuse.org or email [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there soon.
Music
Club de Musique
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: [email protected] http://www.clubdemusique.
fr
Club de Musique , Le Vieux Soldat, 7 rue de La Fontaine, 87250
Fromental
If you like music and have ever fancied getting up and having a go, please
come and join in. This monthly evening (first Friday in every month @
8pm) is designed mainly for amateurs who would like to play or sing or
just to meet some like-minded people with similar interests. There is no
age limit. So if it be guitar, violin, spoons, triangle etc (get the gist?) or
maybe you might like to read a poem, then please come and see what it's
about, dust down that instrument and bring it along. jacqueline.grant@
sfr.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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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.
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.
Drop-in Service at the Maison des Usagers (MDU) at Limoges CHU
Held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 9.30 – 12.30. There will be
2 trained Active Listeners available to you if you have been affected by
cancer in some way and have questions or need information about CSF
Charente Plus and the service we provide. We are entering into a contract
with Limoges hospital which is very thorough on their part. They do not
take it lightly, allowing associations onto their premises, so be assured the
service is confidential and that we are fulfilling the requirements of the
hospital. The hospital informs all departments of our existence, it informs
other associations and those in the community of the service we provide,
so this is another way of promoting our services and getting to those who
may need us.
If you need any more information, please get in touch via csf.
[email protected]
Storytime in La Souterraine
Parents and young children in La Souterraine will now be able to hear stories in English and take
part in language based activities at the new ‘Storytime’ sessions at the La Souterraine English
Library and Information Centre.
“This is an opportunity for the English children in our community to access English stories and
English Literature’, said Library President and former primary school head teacher Rodney Sabine.
While our children get a good education in French schools they cannot always access the variety of
English children’s books in an English Library”.
The sessions which will be run by Suzanne Ellwood and Emma West, both of whom have a wide
experience of working in English Primary Schools. French parents who want their children to
listen to English stories will be equally welcome. The sessions will be held at 10am on the second
Wednesday of each month, starting on 8th February and 14th March. Mums and Dads can enjoy a
coffee in the Library café as well as listen to the stories with the children.
For more information contact Rodney on 05 55 63 03 87.
COMMUNITY ♦ 19
Creusetec
Bugle
Notice
Board
SPECIAL OFFER - "tooway" satellite broadband
from €24.99 per month
Tel: Martin - 05.55.66.60.21
http://www.creusetec.com
JJ’s Café Bar
Aigurande
Saturday 17th March
ST PATRICK'S NIGHT 2012 AT JJ's
Le Pub
Its time to let out your 'inner leprechaun'
and celebrate St Patrick's Night.
Vic Hargreaves will be entertaining us and playing
all our favourite songs, plus for food there is an
Irish-style Beef Casserole and Dessert - and all
for €12 per person.
Meal from 7.30 onwards, concert from 9pm.
Reservations advisable but optional.
58, rue d'Orjon, Argenton-sur-Creuse
Thursday Night PROMO
2 entrecotes (env.225g) and chips
for only €20 (booking necessary)
Sunday Roast + Pudding - just €10!!
02 54 60 02 14
Music Club
2nd Sat of every month. 8.30 pm.
Next event: 10th March
JJ's Music club is for musicians of all levels and
genres entry is free, there is no membership and is
open to everyone who loves music. You can also buy
fish and chips from the van in the market square
(from 6.30 - 8.30) and eat them in the comfort of
JJ's. The club starts from 8:30, but we are open for
all those who want to come earlier to eat. In fact we
hardly ever shut !!!!
JJ's Cafe Bar, 39 Place du Champ de Foire,
36140 Aigurande
[email protected]
See Business Directory for more information
and opening hours
Tel: 05 55 12 99 45 - 06 04 09 03 10
We open again after our Holidays
on the 1st March 2012 at 10am
Plat du Jour 12.50€
3 Courses & 1/4 per person - Mon to Fri
Hotel – Restaurant – Café-Bar
Le Bellerive
I apologise if we did not inform all our customers.
Peyrat-le-Château
Under new management
Saturday Plat du Jour, not inculding Wine
Re-opening in April 2012.
Further details will be announced next month.
Sunday Lunch 15€
In March Fish & Chips Days - 12.50€
3 Courses incl. 1/4 l wine per person
Friday 9th & 30th March 12-3pm
Reservation only
10th & 11th March - Sale, from 9am
We have many items for sale that are no longer required after extensive renovations. Various items
are available including furniture, chairs,
tables, glasses, glassware, books, cutlery, pictures,
linen and various bric-a-brac....too much to list!
Please Note. We are close at 2.30pm on
Wednesday and re-open Friday at 10am
(Closed all Day Thursday)
29 Ave de la Tour, 87470 Peyrat-le-Château
Further information: [email protected]
Porc Stew - Ragoût de porc
(recipe provided by Chef George at the Auberge du Golf - see above)
This stew is very tasty and nourishing, good for all
the family. Serve straight from the casserole dish
with a few boiled potatoes. Serves 4
Ingredients:
1kg Pork, diced (jambon du porc)
1 Onion, finely chopped
2 Cloves of garlic
1 Red, green & yellow pepper
1/2 Frozen bag of minestrone mix
2 tbsp Apple compote
1 tsp Wholegrain mustard
Salt & pepper to taste
1 litre Chicken stock
Flour for dusting
BOOK CLUB
For ladies who love to read (and chat!)
BELLAC AND
SURROUNDING AREA
Get in touch if you would like to join
in with a new book discussion group
or for more details:
[email protected]
Method
1. Dust the pork in seasoned flour. Brown the meat
in a large casserole dish and set aside.
2. Now fry the onions until soft. Add garlic, peppers
and minestrone mix.
3. Then add the compote, mustard, chicken stock
and pork and bring to the boil.
4. Simmer for 1 ½ - 2 hours or until pork is tender.
5. Season with salt & pepper to taste, add a handful
of parsley and serve.
The Living Room
Fish and chips every
Tue evening, just €7.50
NEW €8 Menu - starter + plat du jour
OR plat du jour + dessert
Tel: 02 54 24 83 31
[email protected]
A huge increase in book numbers and we now
have in stock over 500 DVD's to suit all tastes
ready for those long Winter nights.
Read/Watch and exchange at 'The Exchange'
Weekly Quiz Every Friday
5 Euros – to include a hot meal.
Prize for the Winner.
Auberge du Golf
Au Bon Vivre, Parnac
5 Rue Andre Jouhannaud, Compreignac
2-course Sunday Lunch from €10.00
Tel: 05 55 51 19 67
The Exchange
Daily Plat du Jour from €9.00
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
We live near Gouzon and are interested in
starting a gardening club to integrate with
all people who enjoy gardening etc. We are
hoping to be able to share knowledge, seeds,
plants and experience and of course, language. If you are interested in joining in,
please get in touch.
L'Escale
Restaurant & Bar
Tel: 02 54 06 30 77
WANTED: Gardening
Club Members
Upcoming events
Thu 8th Mar
Quiz Night
Sat 17th Mar Music Night (Motown/Soul 60s 70s 80s)
Thu 22nd Mar Quiz Night
Thu 5th Apr
Ladies Afternoon (Choeur de Lion)
Tel: 05 55 48 92 37
Route de St Laurent, 87310 Saint-Cyr
Rochechouart
Call Phil and Jane:
06 62 84 16 14 or 05 55 78 19 24
www.theexchangerochechouart.com
WANTED: Singers
I am looking for singers to start a new ensemble vocal. You need to be able to (sight)
read music and have choir experience, we
aim for a more than average level of music
making. Repertoire from early renaissance
to contemporary 21st century, in French,
English, German and Latin. Rehearsals in
French, every two or three weeks, in the
north of La Creuse, in Lourdoueix-SaintPierre. If you are interested please let me
know me your voice, level and experience.
Email to [email protected]
or call 05 55 81 31 26.
20 ♦ WHAT’S ON
Sun 19th Feb to Sun 11th Mar SAINT-SULPICELE-GUÉRÉTOIS
Diverticreuse
Indoor soft play for both children and parents. Open
for the school holidays - every day from 10h-19h
at the salle des sports, Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois.
Snacks available.
Entry 5€ (1€ for accompanying adult).
Contact 06 98 39 12 45 for more information.
Fri 2nd Mar SAINT-SÉBASTIEN
Soirée, Repas Quizz
A quiz night for French and British. In fact you need
both in your team if you want to win!
Teams of 4 to 6 people - come with your own or we
will match you up on the night. All questions asked
in both languages.
A three course meal will be served during the
interval.
Venue: Salle des Fêtes, Saint-Sébastien, 19:15 for a
19:30 start.
Reservation please: Quiz plus meal 10 Euros. Please
contact Clare on 05.55.63.05.36
Sat 3rd to Sat 31st Mar AHUN
Saturdays in the Garden
A series of gardening courses held at the Lycée
Agricole in Ahun. For March: Sat 3rd Grafting (level
2); Sat 10th Pruning Roses; Sat 17th Bio Gardening;
Sat 24th Introduction to Vannerie - a chance make
simple objects in wicker; Sat 31st Cuttings.
Courses cost EUR 27 (free for accompanying children)
and are held from 8h30 - 12h at the CFPPA Ahun.
For more information tel: 05.55.81.48.90
Sun 4th Mar LIMOGES
Carnival
Get out your costumes! Since 1998, the city of
Limoges has been organising its carnival on the first
Sunday in March. A continuous effort has allowed
the creation of unique floats, matched by top quality
musical entertainment.
The growing reputation of the Limoges Carnival has
opened up the event to national and foreign musical
troupes and you will now find Brazilian music,
bagpipes and so on here… A fantastic day out to
enjoy with friends or family.
Departs 15h from the Champ de Juillet.
Sat 3rd to Sun 4th Mar AIXE-SUR-VIENNE
Salon Antiquités Brocante
32nd antiques fair organised by the Val de Vienne
tourist office. Exhibitors (all professionals) from
Limousin, Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes, Indre etc.
Centre Culturel Jacques Prévert Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Sat 9h - 18h30 & Sun 9h30 - 18h30. Entry EUR
2.50. Free parking. Refreshments available.
For more information contact the tourist office on
05 55 70 19 71
Thu 8th Mar LIMOGES
André Rieu in Concert
Waltz your way through an unforgettable evening
with Andre Rieu & the 60 musicians of the Johann
Strauss Orchestra.
Zenith, 16, avenue Jean Monnet, 87000 Limoges.
Quality handmade wood furniture
20h30.
Tickets: 52,50/79€. Fnac Limoges or buy online
at www.fnac.com or www.ticketnet.fr or www.
francebillet.com
Fri 9th Mar LE DORAT
Book Signing
Haute-Vienne author, James R. Vance, will be at La
Petite Fontaine in Le Dorat on Friday 9th March
from 19h and at Thé Bonbons Cadeaux in MagnacLaval on Saturday 17th March from 11h to sign
copies of his latest historical fiction novel, Les
Ruines, a present-day mystery involving the HauteVienne Resistance from the dark years of occupied
France during WWII.
Sat 10th Mar BOUSSAC
St Patrick’s
Be Seen In Green For An Early St Patrick’s Day!
The AIPB of Boussac, in partnership with the
Troubadours, is holding a St Patrick’s Event. It’s
a night of music from the talented Poitiers-based
band Argyle, winners of the Battle of the Bands in
2010, and Boussac’s own excellent Fingers in the
Noise. The entertainment begins at 9pm in the Salle
Polyvalente in Boussac. Entrance is €5 per person.
Food and drink will be available. And, for fun,
please wear green if you can to celebrate this special
day for the Emerald Isle!
Tickets are available on the door or in advance from
the Office de Tourisme in Boussac.
Please see AIPB’s website at www.aipbboussac.fr
for further information.
Mon 12th to Sun 18th Mar BOURGANEUF
Spanish Week
Exhibition about Spanish immigrants at the Mairie
& poster exhibition on dance & bullfighting at the
centre Alain Gouzes & the tourist office.
Various events incl. a pot d'accueil "Tapas et
sangria", a soirée "Auberge espagnole" & Spanish
film showings. Contact the tourist office for the full
programme & for more information.
musicians - listen out for the sublime melodies heard
in Titanic, Braveheart, The Last of the Mohicans and
other traditional music.
Espace André Lejeune. 15h & 20h30. Tickets €38
via Gueret tourist office (05 55 52 14 29) or online
at www.fnac.com or www.ticketnet.fr or www.
francebillet.com
Fri 30th Mar to Sun 1st Apr LIMOGES
Limoges Salsa Carnival
Sun 18th Mar LA CROISILLE-SUR-BRIANCE
Sale of Secondhand Books
On the 18th of every month, during the monthly
market at La Croisille-sur-Briance (87130), there is a
sale of secondhand books (both English and French)
from 9am to 12 noon, at the church. All proceeds
towards the restoration of the church.
From antique reproductions
to contemporary pieces
& customised gifts
We are able to design and handcraft the furniture
of your dreams
Nicholas Hemming,
Award-winning cabinet maker
Consultations by appointment across central France
02 48 63 15 09
Montgenoux
06 83 56 46 41
18170, Maisonnais
[email protected]
France
SIRET: 533 607 115 00011
Sat 24th to Sun 25th Mar ROCHECHOUART
Salon régional de la randonnée
Biennial event organised by the tourist offices of
Saint-Junien & Rochechouart together with the 2
Communautés de Communes Vienne & Glane et
Pays de la Métérorite.
The salon (60 exhibitors) will take place in the Salle
du temps libre from 10h - 18h30 and invites you to
discover "randonnée" in all its forms (hiking, cycling,
pony trekking etc) and also to participate in various
activities, events and conferences. Free entry.
In the morning of Sun 25th 8 outings will be organised
(pédestre, équestre, VTT, moto, quad, moto route).
Contact the tourist offices of Saint-Junien &
Rochechouart for the full programme & more
information.
Fri 30th Mar GUÉRET
Irish Celtic
With its precise choreography, explosive tap, catchy
music & colourful costumes, this show will transport
you to the heart of Ireland. On stage, the talented
dancers of the legendary Irish show Riverdance,
Celtic Tiger and Lord of the Dance who have chosen
to put their experience to a unique performance:
Irish Celtic. Choreographed by Denise Flynn and
Jim Murrihy & accompanied by the best Irish
For this year's Limoges Salsa Carnival, the EnDanse
association is launching a new formula with two
evenings at the John Lennon Municipal Cultural
Centre. The programme is composed of an opening
night with shows on the Friday evening, two days
of courses, with the customary traditional costume
party and concert.
Centre Culturel Municipal John-Lennon, rue de
Feytiat, 87000 Limoges Tel: 05 55 06 24 83
For more info visit http://www.carnaval-salsa.com/
Sat 21st Apr LUSSAC-LES-EGLISES
Fund raiser for Cancer Support France HauteVienne
Sausage and Mash 'give us your cash'. 7 euros per
person. Ingredients are being donated by Del and
Jackie of Fish et Frites.
Le Petit Verneuil, 87390 Verneuil Moustiers (nr
Lussac-les-Eglises).
Contact Karen 05 55 68 64 43 for bookings

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