Fandango’s Flashback Friday – May 30th

This dates from June 1st 2016 and is another insight into local life in this little corner of La France Profonde. By this time my following was snowballing to the extent that the original post (38 views in nine years) even received some likes and comments. FULL HOUSE In a searing indictment of the awfulness…

Full house

In a searing indictment of the awfulness of French TV, close to 300 people packed into the local village hall (salle polyvalente) on a  Saturday night, in order to play bingo or – as they call it here – Loto. We joined them, eschewing the far more uplifting televisual entertainment offered by British programme-makers (Britain’s Got…