The sun arrives and give light and hope to us all

Isolate for heavens sake

This virus you know is not a game. 

We are not trying to beat Macron or the gendarmes, we are trying to defeat the virus.

After three messages from friends asking if I would make clear it is no joke this virus I feel it needs saying.

All these restrictions are not just to protect us but to protect other families working on the front line in the health service.

Because of Taglines which has been going for over 17 years I have built up a network of good friends.

Their stories  from them to me about others trying to beat the system and laugh about it are unbelievable.

Please, please even if you think you are not vunerable others are.

You have heard the messages, isolate to live, isolate to save others, just listen for heavens sake, you are not clever.

ISOLATE your selves.

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Message from the hospital staff at Albi

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE ALBI HOSPITAL TO BE BROADCAST

 Hospital staff wish
 that this message be disseminated to all;
From tomorrow, do not leave the house and for bread, if you can freeze because the worst begins: the incubation date is respected and many positives will start to come out and many people can contract it, so it is very important to stay at home and not interact with anyone. From March 23 to April 3 we have to take care of ourselves because we will be at the top of the virus; the incubation period is two weeks, normally during these two weeks all the infected declare themselves, then there are two weeks of calm and then two weeks when they decrease. WE WILL BE IN THE STAGE OF MAXIMUM INFECTION. 👆👆👆
Please forward this message to all of your contacts.

Our contact

For Taglines our email contact has always been.    taglines82@gmail.com.  And it remains the same

An email address that Malc used more than me.  mail@bromlea.com has now been discontinued

For family and friends that is now my only email address

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Markets

A lot of the traditional markets will be closed

St. Antonins Sunday market is closed until further notice.

The Varen market will go ahead with social distancing measures in place.

Attention ! Officiel

St Antonin marchés

 Bio du jeudi maintenu

Du dimanche annulé

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Tonight the bells rang out in solidarity through out France

Candles were lit through out France and the bells rang out in solidarity

Stay safe everyone and thank you every Doctor, every nurse,every ambulance driver 

Every worker in the social care industry

We appreciate your efforts

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Controle technique info

Good news that if your car needs a controle technique we now have 3 months extra to get it done

A relief as one of mine needs doing in April

https://www.challenges.fr/automobile/actu-auto/la-validite-du-controle-technique-prolongee-pour-cause-de-confinement-covid-19_703515

Two messages from Hans

Hi Val, I hope you are feeling better again.

I have two messages :

 

Help on computers still available.

 

If anyone within reasonable distance of St Antonin needs assistance on computers or wifi/internet you may contact me. I keep my shop closed in St Antonin, but I can visit people. 0643734697 Hans, VIDEPC

 

 

 

 

Solidarity in St Antonin

 

I recently became élu in St Antonin Noble Val. The team of the elected group have now announced the following for the inhabitants of St Antonin:

The "Solidarity" operation of the 19 new elected officials works and continues. Spread the word around you.
We have set up an organization for the elderly but also for single people who need to go shopping, who cannot move or just need a call to get news.
For your food and medication shopping, place your order:
Carrefour Contact: Aziz or Aurore at 05.63.02.49.8
Occitan Workshops: Patricia on 09 53 05 34 34
Mme Grare, Pharmacy: 05 63 30 60 94
We deliver to your home, weekends included.
If you need a "special travel certificate", send us a message with your name, address and date of birth and we will bring them to your home.
If you know people who have a need, thank you for notifying a member of the team or for putting a message on our facebook page. Do not hesitate to contact us. Take care of yourself.

stanto2020@gmail.com

 

Hans Buijserd

For those of us who hate hunting

Book sale at St Pantaleon

Dear Booklovers,

It is with MUCH regret that I have to tell you that the Book Sale for the 4th April has had to be postponed/cancelled - hopefully the former.

The announcement that people of 70 and over should avoid contact with others as much as possible, just put the tin lid on it.  A lot of our loyal customers fit in to that bracket - as do some of our team !  We feel that if we went ahead, numbers would be well down which would be a shame after all the hard work that goes into making it a good event for you.

Hopefully, when all this madness settles down, we will try for an early Summer sale, if not, full steam ahead for the Autumn !

Keep well,

Sue x  Glibbery, Poorpaws

Mains Tendues 82 at Varen

Today we all felt sad at Mains Tendues 82 as a group we took the decision to close the friperie until the situation with the virus improves. Just too many of us over 70 and some with husbands with chronic health conditions.

What more can one say but “keep well and a bientôt 

Cheering ourselves up with a coffee at the bar.

Generator for sale SOLD

Generator, the model is hyundai hg2700

Only used to try it, bought in error as we do not need one at Mains Tendues, as we use local electricity.

HYUNDAI GENERATEUR (NOUVEAU) - HG2700

cela n'a jamais été utilisé (une seule fois pour s'assurer que cela fonctionne). Coût neuf 289 euros. Une grosse économie de 100+ euros.

Groupe électrogène essence de chantier 2700 W 2500 W - Système AVR

Puissance nominale 2500 W

Puissance maxi 2700 W

Puissance du moteur 7 hp

Système AVR Oui

Autonomie 10.5 h

Voltmètre Oui

Capacité réservoir carburant 15000 mL

Niveau sonore 95 dB

Poids net (kg) 37

Half price

150 euros

Mains Tendues 82.     taglines82@gmail.com

Varen

Aristides last morning in Varen market

We will miss you Aristide

Aristide is dead

The saddest news as our group were worried we had not seen Aristide on the market for two weeks I went to see his apartment to check on him. I was met by his daughter who told me he was dead, had been in his apartment dead for some days.

It was the third time he had tried to take his life. If only we had known we could have done so much for him.

I am really sad as the rest of our group will be. He was practically part of the team

His daughter will let me know when his funeral will be at Albi

How sad that a man who gave so much joy was so unwell and unhappy

Ps he also played in St. Antonin market on Sundays

A big thank you

A thank you to all who have open hearts and minds and who have welcomed the Yedizi ladies and their children at Septfonds and Caussade. Yesterday Jill Williamson and I went to make a donation to each of the eleven ladies of 150 euros. It was money donated by you all instead of flowers after Malc died.

Since the last time we went to see them just after they arrived when Mains Tendues gave each one 200 euros, we were delighted to see how they had integrated into the French community. After four mornings a week having French lessons their language and communication skills were noticeably different. 

They looked happy.

Jill and I drove home also feeling happy  as I am sure Malc looking down would also have done.

Thank you

Book swap March 2nd

Book swap Monday March 2 nd at the Gazpacho at St. Antonin, 10.30 am

Please note no book swap in April

Helen Graham

Poorpaws book sale

Poorpaws

Dear Booklovers,

A  reminder for you to put Saturday 4th April in your diaries !  It's time for your favourite - I hope - Book Sale.  As usual, at the St. Pantaleon, (Lot), Salle des Fetes from 10am to 3pm.  Books, dvds at one euro and cds at 50 cents.  Your best loved cakes, we have it on record that Liz's carrot cakes and Pat's coffee and walnut, are the best in France - and possibly the universe !

Tea, coffee and snack lunches will all be on offer, so come along and spend a great few hours browsing, buying, eating and drinking !

I am responsible for the books that are chosen to go on sale so if there are authors you don't see and who you like, or if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to tell me. (But please don't ask me to put them all in alphabetical order !)  I do categorise them but sometimes it is a bit difficult to know which genre to put them in so do look at miscellaneous and hard backs where different categories are put together.   I do try to ensure books which are in good condition but sometimes there are those which I think are cracking good and deserve to be read whatever state they are in, so they are given a chance.  This time - don't I always say this ?! - we have a really excellent choice, so come and indulge !

A service which I started last was a 'book search'; this proved quite popular, so if there is an author you really like, or a book you have been wanting to read, let me know and I will do my best to find it/her/him.

All proceeds to go to La Mere aux Betes, Cancer Support France and Poorpaws Dog Rescue.

So, come rain or shine your Book Team will be ready to greet you on Saturday 4th April !

Sue xx

Vide Maison

Vide Maison

Moya is having a vide maison on Sunday 1 March at Las Treilles, 81170 Itzac from 10am to 4pm. Her house is 1km up the hill from the centre of Itzac on the road to Vaour. There is a lot of great furniture for sale, including: 2 Stuart Jones chairs,  a nest of tables and a yew corner unit, as well as pictures, kitchen items, crystal glass and a wide range of books. The larger items can be bought in advance. Contact Moya on: graemoya@orange.fr for more information or to arrange a visit to see the furniture.

Remember Laura and Sid?

Glad to hear that you're happy in your new home.

We're fine, Sid's doing well, he's got past the first 3 months which apparently is the dodgy time after a heart attack & is now back to normal really. Portugal has taken us in hand totally... We're registered farmers now which was a bit of a shock to the system! But honestly everyone is so kind & helpful we really feel as if we're finally in the right country. We're now busy putting in raised beds for veggies, have pruned about 80 of the olives which hadn't been touched for years & made a start on double glazing and insulating the house, that in itself is now a building site but the weather's too glorious to be indoors so it'll remain a mess for a while. We seem to have a constant stream of visitors most of whom help.

We cannot believe how early spring comes to this area, the meadows are full of thigh high flowers, chamomile, marigolds, lavender, ash trees are in leaf it's just wonderful. Anyway here's a few pics of our place, we've got all the land both sides of the river just can't believe it.

Really if you ever fancy then do come & see us.

Look after yourself with love from both of us Laura & Sid

Val says.  There is life after France and this couple are now in Portugal

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A club no one wants to join

A club no one wants to join

A good friend who lost his wife a few years ago said to me, ‘’ Val we are in a club no one wants to join’’

I understood perfectly what he was saying. No one wants to loose a beloved partner but as we get older it is going to happen to us all, its a fact of life...or death.

There are  two other people in the village who lost partners around the same time as I lost Malc. It is uncanny how we are all going through the same stages of grief, but the over riding problem is the loneliness, after spending years of sharing ones life.

I am a great one for tackling problems head on. We must accept our lives have changed and prepare for the next phase, which we must try to make as much fun as possible.

Hearts  will ache at bedtime bit we still have our lives which are a gift to enjoy.

If you live in Varen or nearby and want for any reason to join the group no one wants to be in, then contact me to arrange having some fun.

Its a club  with no direction and no other aim than to make us happy.

Maybe we can discuss help we need with documents or jobs too difficult around the house.

So far I think I can  count on 5, not a bad start, and or course it will be a multi lingual group.

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