country antique fairs and remembering young soldiers
As the temperatures drop, the brocante season winds down and makes way for low key relaxed country fairs, put together for a weekend in a château or a little store lost in the middle of Normandy.
A weekend that brought me country style furniture ...
the colours of the fall ....
...and these amazing hand written registers of young soldiers, from Normandy, signing up for the first world war. It is very touching to see how young, small and light weight they were. Each soldier was measured, closely observed and facial features described. Each was rated according to the level of education; starting with can he read or write, and finishing with whether he has studied beyond school. Quite a few couldn't sign their own name.
Among the skills the army was looking for were the ability to play a musical instrument, ride a bike, ride a horse, care for a horse, care for pigeons, drive a car, shoot straight and swim. Many replied 'non' to each.
On a weekend where we'll be remembering the armistice signed at the end of the first world war, this is a timely reminder of how many young men left their homes with very little knowledge and experience and lost their lives for their country in muddy trenches in Northern France.
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Source:
my french country home
URL:
http://myfrenchcountryhome.blogspot.com.es/
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