New Year's Eve and a 73 year old [ not old then] lady got trapped in an Intermarche store all night in the Northern town of Roubaix. Even though the alarms went off through the night no one came to her rescue. It was not until 10.30 am on New Year's Day that someone came to let her out. The poor soul had not even had the nerve to eat some of the delicacies on the shelves or sleep in the office.
I know Roubaix well as Middlesbrough was twinned with Roubaix and it is where age 12 I met and made my lifelong friend Annie Depoorter, who still lives in the town. Gosh, hope it was not Annie, better give her a ring.
Doreen Porter says
Read the story about the old lady in the supermarket but was interested that Middlesbrough is twinned with Roubaix. When we lived in Ealing, we were twinned with Marcq en Baroeul, which is next to Roubaix. Going there was our first real experience of extended French hospitality, long lunches and copious food and wine. On one occasion, for some reason, our hosts took us on an extended tour of the industral estates of Roubaix. We're not too sure why as on previous occasions we were nearly always taken to Bruges. I think it's a shame that St Antonin isn't twinned with anywhere!
Doreen x
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