Monday, 21 July 2025

Vide maison

There was a vide maison in the adjacent village last weekend, basically a car boot sale in a house.   In this case it was to empty an old shop that has been closed ever since we have been in France.   It was full of old electrics, machines and sundry items from a time when complicated things could be repaired by someone with creativity and a "can do" attitude.

I have never seen a carding comb before, and these machines look victorian in their "can do".   It was Aladdin's cave, and if you wanted old things for decorating a pub, it was a dream.



I bought a bunch of CDs and two Salmson pumps as spares for the gîte plumbing.


1 comment:

James Higham said...

Do the CDs fit in the pumps, Mark?

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