tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5758335422081058130..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Closing in on Saint-AignanKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28338296376275217962019-09-16T06:15:32.298+02:002019-09-16T06:15:32.298+02:00According to Susan, in a blog on Saturday, 7 June...According to <a href="https://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/search?q=trognes" rel="nofollow"> Susan</a>, in a blog on Saturday, 7 June 2008 titled Les Trognes, pollarded trees live much longer than unpollarded trees.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61821937044212425612019-09-16T05:06:04.551+02:002019-09-16T05:06:04.551+02:00I had an uncle who had a weekend, summer, vacation...I had an uncle who had a weekend, summer, vacation place — he called it his "camp" — that was a little house on a coastal creek just about 20 miles from his house in Morehead City. He would go there to fish and would bring home big buckets full of blue crabs.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6307561358901347472019-09-16T05:01:24.293+02:002019-09-16T05:01:24.293+02:00Those trees might be plane trees — platanes. Not s...Those trees might be plane trees — platanes. Not sure. And feux, yes, fires in the sense of fireplaces, meaning homes or households.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9347327990720110742019-09-16T03:25:57.210+02:002019-09-16T03:25:57.210+02:00Your description of someone living in town and hav...Your description of someone living in town and having a "summer place" only two miles away sound a bit like lots in the US. There are people in a number of medium and even larger cities who do that. <br />I wonder if there's a correlation between loss of rail service and decline in a town's population. I like the idea that you can take a train from your area direct to Lyon, longer in time perhaps but so much more pleasant than having to deal with highways.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-83313550163996256952019-09-16T00:47:33.952+02:002019-09-16T00:47:33.952+02:00I thought feux was fires, lol. I love the pollarde...I thought feux was fires, lol. I love the pollarded trees along the banks of the river in the last photo. Perhaps lindens?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75418921008569107072019-09-15T16:04:33.123+02:002019-09-15T16:04:33.123+02:00I thought that feux might mean foyers but I wasn&#...I thought that feux might mean foyers but I wasn't sure. Sounds like 18th or 19th century usage.<br /><br />You know, the woman we bought our house from lived for 15 or 20 years with her husband in an apartment in Saint-Aignan, not much more than 2 miles from here. This was their "summer place." And as you know, our neighbors who own the house across the street, which is their summer place, live in Blois, which is just 25 miles north of Saint-Aignan.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88141054743551176912019-09-15T09:13:39.473+02:002019-09-15T09:13:39.473+02:00As far as Mareuil is concerned, do you suggest som...As far as Mareuil is concerned, do you suggest some people left the bustling metropolis for peace and quiet less than two miles away?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57187992308839237682019-09-15T09:02:17.225+02:002019-09-15T09:02:17.225+02:00Feux, in this case, is an old French term for ména...<i>Feux</i>, in this case, is an old French term for <i>ménages</i> or households!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82887789800967818642019-09-15T08:21:33.924+02:002019-09-15T08:21:33.924+02:00Oh, and the population of Mareuil has increased fr...Oh, and the population of Mareuil has increased from 950 to about 1,150 over the same number of years — +20%.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63875205995373788972019-09-15T08:20:21.267+02:002019-09-15T08:20:21.267+02:00By feux do you mean traffic lights, or something e...By <i>feux</i> do you mean traffic lights, or something else?<br /><br />I'm not sure there were or are any, or at least not very many, <i>gens du voyage</i> living in Saint-Aignan. There are some in Noyers and some in Selles, as well as in Pouillé.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19353825532080260032019-09-15T08:05:52.153+02:002019-09-15T08:05:52.153+02:00Also, it would be interesting to know if the numbe...Also, it would be interesting to know if the number of <i>feux</i> has decreased or not in the same proportion.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66959330508493917872019-09-15T07:55:42.870+02:002019-09-15T07:55:42.870+02:00The loss of seven hundred people over twenty years...The loss of seven hundred people over twenty years is enormous for such a small town. The birth rate must have been especially low and the death rate especially high in addition to people moving out and not being replaced. I wonder if <i>les gens du voyage</i> were counted in the general population in 1999 and if they moved out after the riots a few years ago?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com