cliquez sur le lien et/ou la vignette pour lire l'article ou la page

click on the link and/or thumbnail to read the article or page

Page three - The Hill Climb of the Pays de la Faye, organized by the Moto-club de Cannes (M.C.N. section) on the occasion of the annual Saint-Constant festival. From Saint-Vallier to Logis du Pin, follow the description of the 5-kilometer course, discover the best times of the different categories and the names of the winners, smile thanks to a little adventure of the President of the Moto-club de Nice, Mr. Verdy. With congratulations for the organization, the timing, let us mention Messrs. Guillemet and Pélissier, the timekeepers, the presence of three women, Mesdames Nouveau, Philibillin and Raffini and a special mention for the security service, "directed perfectly by the Saint-Vallier gendarmerie". Of course, a photo report where we can admire in particular Mr. Bompard, 1st on "Amilcar" and the photo of the "Jury proceeding with the classification", on which we can find four female silhouettes among many representatives of the male sex.

Page five - Festivities and banquets at the Levens summer resort. On the occasion of the patronal feast, after the banquet served under the shade of the Place de la Liberté, the congratulations of the deputy mayor, Mr. Barrière, the evening ball, the beautiful athletics meeting the next day. A few photographs of the Veterans' race, of the competitors in the Tyrolean race (be careful, these are not the modern Tyrolean ones to be found in any good leisure park) with the arrival of the winner, as well as the ladies' race. Enjoy the varied outfits of the participants!

Levens in the Alpes-Maritimes where there are still trees, Place de la Liberté

And a century later, it's not a Tyrolean race that's being prepared in Levens, but the new shallot race: Éric Ciotti announces the creation of his own party, the Union des droites pour la République, it's happening in Levens and well, the atmosphere has changed... and the outfits too.

Page two - Mr. Louis de Lombardon, a young and very talented painter from Marseille, exhibited in the window of Messerer, rue Saint-Ferréol, a painting that attracted the attention of connoisseurs, but also of the crowd, which never ceases to circulate in this elegant street and which is seduced by beauty. It did not last long. Who is the collector, who acquired it to complete his rich collection?

Not much these days about the painter Louis de Lombardon, apart from a few sales. While a century earlier... A painter to (re)discover and follow? And a little Marseille walk:

Rue Saint-Ferréol in Marseille, nicknamed by the family Rue Saint Fé; 74-76-77 rue Saint Ferréol, Henri Messerer organ builder and the Gébelin house

And other little tidbits - The chapter's wart. This concerns the unsightly blind sales shack, which continues to dishonor this charming corner that is the Chapter's course. And an appeal to the 1st mayor of the Phocaean city: "Come on, Mr. Mayor...".

The Chapter of Marseille

The cheesemakers are starting again... their scams, their techniques for selling paper at the price of cheese, we learn that tome and buron cost between 16 and 20 francs per kilo in Marseille. And for current prices, go to your favorite cheese shop.

Le Buron

After the opening of the hunting season last Sunday, the price of game, at the Halles de Paris, with the traditional ringing of the bell at noon, the race of the sellers of the poultry pavilion with their cry: "To the partridges!". Compare the prices of game in Marseille and Paris. A century later, no recent quotation of game at Rungis

Page two - Today's menu for lunch and dinner. And a little tip to prevent the grapes and orange peels from falling to the bottom of the plumcakes while they are cooking.

La Bignole's movie tip: Comme un chef and the scene where Jacky Bonnot advises his mother-in-law, Béatrice's mother, on this interesting subject: how to prevent the grapes from always falling to the bottom of the cake pan!

The trailer for the movie "comme un chef"

Page one - Three wars. First the adventures of the employees of the Central Post Office on Place Tartas. Between a lady wearing a white beret who asks for a tight swimsuit, when the only thing that is tight about one is stamps and an Englishman who asks for purgative pills while wanting to pay in sterling, the fault of.....

Secondly, the annexation of Playa-sur-Plage and the white rabbit by the municipality and...

finally, the ignoble barracks of Mr. Despujols, on the left bank of the Bassin, which must be dislodged. But Mr. Despujols has support, from parliamentarians, thanks to promises or donations of boats

The proof is in the image with among others, a postcard from 1920: The Arcachon Post Office through time, some news from the white rabbit: 15 tons of waste and 8 shipwrecks removed at the Lapin Blanc, Chantier nautique Despujols in Arcachon, some information gleaned here and there.

Same page - The misfortunes of " Ponpon ": An undemocratic municipal decree chases street traders from the maritime domain. Affected by this draconian measure is poor Dachary, known as "Ponpon", "the cutest of candy merchants", and his picturesque and funny refrain that he singsWith lemon for boys
With vanilla for little girls
With coffee for priests, But "Ponpon" persists...

And the war of doughnuts and darlingsA century later,

In Hossegor, a little further south of Arcachon, street vendors are banned from the beach  The mayor has just issued a municipal decree. Sugar donuts! Jam donuts! Chocolate donuts! ... These words will no longer be heard on the Central, South and North beaches of Hossegor.

from Anglet to Hendaye, the war of the beignets is declared.  Loulou Beignet notes a financial loss after the ban on selling in Palavas les Flots (Hérault)  The ban on operating on the beach of Palavas-les-Flots following a municipal decree weighed on the turnoverBut summer is ending, the sweets, donuts and chouchous on the beach are soon more than a distant memory, while waiting for the roasted chestnuts in the 21st century.

Page two - Some gossip from Arcachon. Between the tea given on the beautiful schooner, the former yacht of William II, by the Yachtwomen, Madame Heriot, the head dinner at the home of Prince and Princess Poniatoski at the Hyowava villa and Monsieur Philippe de Rothschild and his rally-paper, a meeting -you very select, there are People, normal, Playa-sur-Mer will be next year a small Deauville

Madame Virginie Heriot, from whom we will hear more speak

The Hyowawa Villa , whose owner was the Countess of Sainte-Aldegonde, whose only daughter, Aglaë, married in 1920 Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, whom his entourage nicknamed "The King of Poland", and today exists still or has it made way for a nice concrete bar?

Stanislas Poniatowski

And the chance of the calendar on September 7, 1764, Stanislas, then aged 32, was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, but it is not the same

The paper rally, in fact a treasure hunt and an orienteering race, consisting of a predefined course by solving puzzles or completing challenges to progress. An "old-fashioned outdoor escape game"

Page three - Between us, a new credit that our deputies have granted themselves. This time, it is to meet the costs of correspondence exchanged with their voters. After the matches, soaps, brushes and mirrors for washing, and the famous refreshment bar at the Palais-Bourbon, yet another small advantage to the credit of our honorable members. But first and foremost, it is the pension scheme for parliamentarians that is their first advantage... Welcome to the 21st century, sorry, the last century.

The Republic refreshment bar and the parliamentary grill-room

Page four - Current events through images, including,

• a new original race Regatta? Steeplechase? To be discovered in photos and perhaps at the next Olympic Games in 2028? Although, according to the latest information gathered by La Bignole in informed circles, the Hidalguia Socialista Majorem would consider organizing a Parisian steeplechase. She also plans to participate, given her latest sporting performances.
  
• Still on the subject of animals, the first Ostrich race. It's taking place in Berlin. Could this be unexpected competition for horse racing meetings?

And unlike the last century, there is still ostrich races, but mounted so without a sulky. A bit ridiculous the mounted ostrich? and the harnessed Ostrich?, et in an omelette? A recipe for good French cuisine: how to surprise your guests with ostrich eggs, an original recipe, different from classic omelettes. But be careful, a certain amount of help is required

And there is the one who does not like ostriches, the assassin of wild animals

• Still in the news through images, another animal, this time a pachyderm from the Krone circus where there are no small savings.
• And a century later late...the Krone circus is always inventive in selling its lions' excrement. To do what? Answer: "Our customers have been asking us for lion excrement for years. When I ask them what it's for, they tell me it's to keep cats away from their garden."
  
  Fun math from La Bignole: 26 lions and a jar of droppings for 5 euros, how much does that bring in? But there are not only cats in life,
  
  there are also Dutch fallow deer
  
  and Israeli soldiers who are concerned about the poop of the big cats  And a certain Kim Jong Un must be dreaming of it  
• The Crown of Emperor Theodore presented by the British government to the Empress of Ethiopia

Page ten - The weekly recesses of La Bignole, finally the recess: ladies. And the solutions of July 27 and August 3.

And if! Finally, La Bignole has found a little recreationIf we placed all the copies of a collection, which unites books and cinema, sold in less than three years, one on top of the other, how high would that be, in meters and in number of Eiffel Towers to superimpose one on top of the other?, thanks to advertising for the Cinema-Library. opener" style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">The answer

Page three - The Eyes of the Blind. The naturalist François Huber, who became blind at a very young age, was nevertheless able to have a remarkable scientific career studying the life of bees, in particular, thanks to...

François Huber, the king of the bees and his better half Marie-Aimée Lullin, And for the pleasure of reading: New observations on bees... by François Huber (135MB pdf)