Three amigos

Around  70 years ago,  

 unknown beach ,

 somewhere in the world...

Squared

Textures

Almost shadows

Beginning of the end

Tomorrow ,in my part of France ,

the lockdown will be over .

Which means that I should be able to walk again along the beach,

to stroll again on the wharfs , to explore the shores again ..

Or not.

It will depend on how people will react.

Maybe , two days later ,

the lockdown will be back.

 

However, during those times we have passed through,

 I could count on the help of family and friends.

I'd like to thank them all today.

 

Thanks to

 

My father , Louis;

My uncle , André;

My grand-father, Félix, and his two Brothers, Jean and Antoine;

My great-grand father Giobatistta, and his brother Carlo.

 

Thanks to the pictures and tales you left me ,

I could spend some more time with you,

 and show what you've done in your rich lives.

 

And  special thanks

to

Taken For Granted ,

and to

James

 

You gave me motivation to go on feeding this blog!

Every of your comments was highly appreciated!

 

 

 

Wrestlers

 

One of the ways to celebrate

January first , 1917.

Must be a boys thing..

 

Rich and poor

Circa 1910 .

It's winter , in  Menton , French Riviera .

Two men with fur coats , and a third one with a camera ,

decide to sail for pleasure .

So they rent a boat , and a crew .

 

Two worlds in the same boat ..

 

 

 

Welcome on board !

Sometimes ,

 family came to visit you at the office..

 

 

..and sometimes , some of them

drunk too much wine to celebrate..

 

 

Circa 1930 ,

Saint-Tropez

Two faces 1956

Official

Officious

Asian Bliss

Circa 1955 , Vietnam

Engineer

It's always  easy to guess

which one is the engineer...

 

 

Last walk...

 

…. before sailing away.

 

Circa 1953

Let's be romantic !

On the back:

 

"Souvenir from a friend that thinks a lot about you ,

Marcel Louis

 

 

 

"The ocean will cover the sound of our kisses "

Have a nice week-end !

Celebrating

Around 1950

(Probably in Oran , Algeria)

I'm surprised by the strange hats.

But I know they were all in the navy.

Diving

 

My grand-father was one of the first diving men in french navy.

It was between 1920 and 1925.

I have no pictures of him from that time ,

but when I wanted to write his story

  I searched and found those postcards in flea markets.

 

 

Seeing the diving suit makes me think that

 those guys were very courageous , or fool..

Putting on the diving suit

Navy -Diving school

Funny game

- Toulon, 1921-

 

 

 

1) Find a mast

2) Coat it with black soap

3) Hang some good things (such as wine ) on the top

4) Ask for a volunteer to climb

A century

Title : 1860-1960, Nice 100 ans
Authors : Jean-Paul Potron , Paul Isoart , Preface de J.M.G. Le Clezio
Publisher : Editions Gilletta
Year : 1997

Boys , boys , boys

Cannes, circa 1922

Diving into archives

- Monaco -

 

- Antibes -

- Cannes -

- Menton -

- Saint-Tropez -

- Au loin, le massif de l'Esterel -



- Saint-Raphaël -

 -Menton -

- Menton -

- Nice -


 

Title : Archives de la Côte d'Azur
Author : Many
Editor : Editions Michèle Trinckvel
Year : 1994

Maritime bathroom