This is Désiré Poupineau and Aimée Bardon photographed in our/their backyard on 12 April 1939 on the occasion of their grand-daughter's wedding.
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Lecture: As part of the Archaeology Festival de la trace aux gestes there will be a lecture on the livres de beurre ('pounds of butter') stone tools produced in le Grand Pressigny area 5500 years ago to make very big flint blades. Tuesday 6 August at 6 pm in the Salle des Fêtes in Preuilly, free (in French).
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Ladies permanently in black, even for a wedding. There was always someone to mourn. P.
Marvellous !!
I notice the benches bahind them, presumably for the celebrations.
As Pauline said, the ladies always seemed to wear black for something formal.
It is like seeing ghosts...
I think she is wearing black because she is a serious business woman and black is practical and always in fashion. Even if we are in la France profonde, remember it's 1939, and we are post Coco Chanel.
What a great record of your home's history to have in your possession.
neat record to have.
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