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Aspirational
Posted on September 26, 2021
Pulling in the punters
Posted on August 7, 2021
The picturesque city of Perigueux is (in normal times) a popular tourist destination. Inevitably that means there are lots of shops, all competing for footfall from passers-by. Signs alone are not enough in some cases.
Fancy A Coffee?
Posted on July 15, 2021
This weathered sign, in the open air museum of Montrol-Sénard, is outside a century-old equivalent of a modern-day coffee shop.
Against Bric-a-Brac?
Posted on July 10, 2021
At first glance, this ancient and well-weathered sign in the city of Cahors appears to read ‘anti-brocante’, but in fact it’s just old and bent (don’t say it) and actually reads ‘Brocante Brocante”.
So good they named it twice, presumably.
For non-francophones, a brocante is essentially a bric-à-brac shop. You know: the sort of place whose owners buy junk and sell antiques.
Posted for the Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted this week by Cee
Shop sign, Loches
Posted on April 15, 2020
This elaborate wrought-iron shop sign in the town of Loches is quite distinctive.
Thursday Doors: Chabanais – empty shopfronts
Posted on October 31, 2019
More doors from Chabanais, but there’s a theme this week and it’s one I’ve written about before – the demise of the independent local retailer in rural France.
Thirty or forty years ago, the town could probably have supported two boucheries, but no longer..
I found the English sign in this window a little anomalous:
Other trades have also struggled to keep going:
Thursday Doors 31 October 2019
Weekly Photo Challenge: Smile
Posted on April 4, 2018
Should you ever find yourself in the town of Saint-Junien and need to have a new key cut, this is the place you’re looking for.
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