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To find this thimble still wrapped in the folds of this sheet was an exciting and remarkable discovery.....

The Petrin, or French bread dough trough, was a typical sight in the kitchens of France. In the days before it was easy to pop down to the local Boulangerie bread in France was made at home.

Did you know...?  The word chair comes from the latin ...  

The French call it Années Folles - Crazy Years - and it was.

Vercingetorix (82BC-46BC) was a King and Chieftain of the Averni tribe, there is a absolutely wonderful panting of him surrendering to Julius Caesar…