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[CarnoustieCats]

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CarnoustieCats,
This is our post office here in our little village of Ballan.

..love it- wish I was there!!!

[DUFFYS]

We now have 31 in France - although only 20 of them are open for business, I should really report two of them for having their website address on their all about me page and one seller lives in Leigh-on-sea, Essex, France....
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Le heavy sigh...............

well here in Australia we had just on 200 stores this time last year , so it has picked up well.
we still have a lot of work to do , i would love to see atleast 500 stores by years end.
Just got to keep plugging away.

[DUFFYS]

..love it- wish I was there!!!

and the folk who run it are a Husband and wife team , the Lady runs the show and is excellent with the buisness.
her husband is death in one ear he is a charming gentleman.
Every christmas i give them a bottle of chard to have with their Christmas dinner.
lovely people.

[lejoueurdepipeau]

Oh my goodness Quentin Crisp ! My dad drew Quentin Crisp when he was an art student many years ago when Quentin was doing a stint as a life model

Did he have any clothes on??? Quentin I mean - not your Dad!

Almost forgot to tell you my amusing story from Bayeux market today.... This very sweet older French lady said to us that she could tell we were English from our accent (kind of her not to mention the c**p French I thought!) and where in the UK were we from? So I told her I was born and bred in Brighton. She said she knows Brighton very well as her sister, who married an English soldier after the débarquement, lives in Seaford and her niece lives in Hove. She then went on to tell me that another sister married a Canadian soldier and went to live there.

So I said - two sisters married to soldiers? Did you find an English soldier to marry too? With what, I can only describe as a lovely twinkle in her eye and great comedy timing, she replied "My mother wouldn't let me - I was only eleven at the time!!" Ooooops

[maplegin]

Cornish have just looked again at the toy stamp & its 1/2 by 3/4of an inch & this was blue stamp I rember having red ones as well & vey small writing paper & envelopes, dont think children are encouraged to write letters anymore. I used to enjou my Post office, was an only child so my Dolls were the customers.

[cornishmaid1961]

Did he have any clothes on??? Quentin I mean - not your Dad!

Almost forgot to tell you my amusing story from Bayeux market today.... This very sweet older French lady said to us that she could tell we were English from our accent (kind of her not to mention the c**p French I thought!) and where in the UK were we from? So I told her I was born and bred in Brighton. She said she knows Brighton very well as her sister, who married an English soldier after the débarquement, lives in Seaford and her niece lives in Hove. She then went on to tell me that another sister married a Canadian soldier and went to live there.

So I said - two sisters married to soldiers? Did you find an English soldier to marry too? With what, I can only describe as a lovely twinkle in her eye and great comedy timing, she replied "My mother wouldn't let me - I was only eleven at the time!!" Ooooops


Lol I can imagine a slight flush coming on there Corporal Pipeau. As for Quentin I should imagine it would have been au naturel if it was a life drawing class !

Just editing to say maybe we should get Private Gillam back to give us some art lessons as we wouldn't have to pay for a model as we have Private Ntings !

Cornish have just looked again at the toy stamp & its 1/2 by 3/4of an inch & this was blue stamp I rember having red ones as well & vey small writing paper & envelopes, dont think children are encouraged to write letters anymore. I used to enjou my Post office, was an only child so my Dolls were the customers.

That's right red and blue stamps and I remember the girl next door had a printing set like the one Private Cats mentioned which I played with whenever I went round to play. A little bit later Spirograph was invented and that kept me occupied for ages ! Like you Lieutenant Maplegin I was by myself as my brother was ten years older than me so he had left home by the time I was six.

[meebo1]

good morning!Lots of clouds and still very dark, so maybe more rain today. I am feeling miserable, as Clive has passed on his cold and I have a sore throat and everything aches. I expect I won't be going anywhere today except back to bed. I have made some coffee though and a pot of green tea. I'll just go and see if there are any relists to be done...

[Anniemcc2]

Morning

More rain in the night so my pots won't need watering again. I swear the lilies have grown another 12 inches over night

I have a pile of books on my desk that I am going to attempt to list today ..................... wish me luck!

[meebo1]

same here, though not just books

[CarnoustieCats]

Pouring rain here so garden is doing fine all on its own today.
Nothing to list and only lost 1
.. was at a craft fayre all day yesterday with Heidi so may potter about the house and even give the hoover a fright...
after the Turkish grand prix and more coffee of course...