tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2701912853639202265..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: That Riviera TouchSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-62218104325853512782009-09-21T11:19:15.619+00:002009-09-21T11:19:15.619+00:00'Scratchman' is an old word for the Devil,...'Scratchman' is an old word for the Devil, but has also been applied to scarecrow-like figures.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-27092632192894972072009-09-21T09:28:48.867+00:002009-09-21T09:28:48.867+00:00The French Riviera was beautiful but terribly full...The French Riviera was beautiful but terribly full of people when we went a few years ago - we did have fun going round the Grand Prix circuit (it was the week before the race and the grandstands were up) in Montecarlo though. <br /><br />Those photos are brilliant, I don't know what a scratchman is either - you're going to have to tell us. Although it was written later - they reminded me of Tender is the Night - which is mainly set there.Annabel Gaskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210341270502698508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-53768705726709302682009-09-21T06:56:48.847+00:002009-09-21T06:56:48.847+00:00As a student I knew a girl who lived in Norwood, r...As a student I knew a girl who lived in Norwood, renting a room in a large Victorian house - the very elderly lady owner lived upstairs. There was an outhouse - inside were about a dozen traveling trunks and cases. She had been on a 'Grand Tour' for her honeymoon at the turn of the centuary - and on return - just dumped her luggage in the outhouse and forgot about it. The whole lot was ruined, a pulpy mess of mould, fungus and rust.<br /><br />In amongst the rotted silk gowns, mouldy hats and parasols were dozens of souvenier albums and guide books like these, all ruined and falling to dust. It was heartbreaking. ( there were also dozens of Louis Wain prints,and a whole trunk of Chinese silk with vivid colours but home to dozens of mice )Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-24264955122629305142009-09-21T03:21:15.077+00:002009-09-21T03:21:15.077+00:00Reminds me of relatives that went and saw New Orle...Reminds me of relatives that went and saw New Orleans before the levees broke and French Quarter flooded. You can never return. <br /><br />Lovely photos, though I must confess not knowing what a "Scratchman" is.Harry Tournemillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364647829612042665noreply@blogger.com