New clothes for the controllers of the treins

This young lady is a controller of the regional treins. The controllers are getting right now some new clothes in a purple colour. It looks very modern, doesn't?
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Birds on a roof in Aulnoye-Aymeries

Going from the place Matisse to the railway-station I saw a flight of birds and they sat down on the roof of a restaurant in front of the railway-station. So, I made this photo, where you can see them at the top of the roof.

You can click on the picture to see better the birds (you can click on every pic of this blog to see the things better).

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Snow of yesterday

A view of the snow of yesterday on the branchs of a cotoneaster. Photo taken in the Cité Notre-Dame.
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The vegetable and fruit shop has took its goods away from the street

It is now too cold and the vegetable and fruit shop in the shopping street in front of the railway station of Aulnoye has taken their vegetables and fruits away. A week ago there were still sold on the street. Since a few days in cause of the freeze you must go into the shop to buy some food.

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Paving stones of the North Country

During a long time the North country of France had a bad reputation, the reputation to have a bad grey paving stones on the roads, hard to ride one, especially with bicycles. Now, the paving stones of the North Country is very sought, for example for the great bicycle race "Paris-Roubaix". Or for the "Tour de France" or for the "Grand-Prix de Fourmies". or the "Quatre Jours de Dunkerque", all great bicycle races across the North of France. Now, this paving stones are used also to decorate some parts of squares or of pavements.

Here this paving stones are used to decorate the square Matisse in Aulnoye-Aymeries.

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Hommage to Doineau (4) : Going to let the dogs take a walk

Here in the Doineau style : a couple are taking a walk to let their dogs take the free air. Every day life also. This scene I photographed at the side of a supermarket Super U in Aulnoye-Aymeries.

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Reflection in a shop window

This is the square Matisse in Aulnoye-Aymeries (not far from the railway-station and the square where the great stage of the rock festival of the Secret Nights take place). This is a reflection of the square in a shop-window.

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Winter sunset in Aulnoye.

The sky of December is of a light blue. Under our latitude (51° North), the sky is not always of a right blue in December. We have now the shorter days of the year. The days are becoming shorter at the evening until Santa Lucia at the 13th december, and shorter in the morning until the begining of January. It is clear from 9 am until 4 pm. Here it is 16:38 (my camera says 17:38 summer hour!) and the sun is coming down. The photo was taken on the Place Matisse in Aulnoye-Aymeries also.

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Steeple of the ancient townhall of Aulnoye-Aymeries.

The steeple of the ancient town-hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries. View from the back. It is a town-hall from the beginning of the 20th century, as Aulnoye was a big railway town.

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The ancient feast hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries : Man looking at the posters

The old feast hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries. A man is looking at the poster on its door. This feast hall is at the side of the ancient town-hall. Hi! Hi! Now you know how to make out of a picture of the

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The ancient town-hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries 3 (view from the back)

Another view of the ancient town-hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries. View from the back, in the front below you can see the top of the old feast hall.

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The ancient town-hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries...(2)

Here another view of the ancient town-hall of Aulnoye-Aymeries. It was built a new one in red bricks at the side of the square of the town-hall. This one was always the only town-hall in the eighties.

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