FRENCH HOUSE HISTORY
THE HOUSE COULD BE SEVERAL CENTURIES OLD IF LOOKING AT THE ROOF STRUCTURE WHICH HAS BEEN SHAPED BY ADZES AND HAND SAWN. TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE AGE OF THE HOUSE, OR VILLA AS IT SHOULD BE CALLED, I HAVE ENQUIRED AT THE RUFFEC MAIRIE (TOWN HALL), TO LOOK AT THEIR TOWN PLANS BUT THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO ANGOULEME TO VIEW THE ANCIENT PLANS WHICH ARE KEPT THERE. HOWEVER, I JUST NEVER SEEM TO HAVE HAD THE TIME TO DO THIS.
I FOUND THE POSTCARDS SHOWN BELOW BY SEARCHING THE NET BUT AS WE ALL KNOW THE CARDS COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE THEY WERE PURCHASED AND SENT BY POST.
SOME CARDS HAVE BEEN SENT ENCLOSED IN AN ENVELOPE WHICH UNLESS DATED BY THE SENDER MAKES THE DATE OF SENDING DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN.
AS THE HOUSE IS IN THE LINE OF SIGHT, LOOKING AT THE REMAINS OF THE CHATEAU, IT`S IMAGE HAS THANKFULLY BEEN PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY.
I FOUND THE POSTCARDS SHOWN BELOW BY SEARCHING THE NET BUT AS WE ALL KNOW THE CARDS COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE THEY WERE PURCHASED AND SENT BY POST.
SOME CARDS HAVE BEEN SENT ENCLOSED IN AN ENVELOPE WHICH UNLESS DATED BY THE SENDER MAKES THE DATE OF SENDING DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN.
AS THE HOUSE IS IN THE LINE OF SIGHT, LOOKING AT THE REMAINS OF THE CHATEAU, IT`S IMAGE HAS THANKFULLY BEEN PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY.
ABOVE, THE HOUSE VIEWED FROM ACROSS THE RIVER LIEN. THE REVERSE SIDE IS NOT DATED BUT THE STAMPS ARE FROM 1906.
THIS POSTCARD IS NOT DATED AND NOT STAMPED BUT JUDGING BY THE CLOTHING WORN BY THE CHILDREN, I WOULD TENTATIVELY DATE IT AS AROUND 1912
THIS POSTCARD IS DATED 1925
DATED BY THE STAMP AS FROM 1931
DATED BY THE FRANKING AS 1978