 Poster: A snowHead
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A fascinating look back at the troubles of the resort of Le Corbier back in '68, a date firmly etched in French memory following the general strike and riots through the month of May that paralysed the country...
The riots that ruined a ski resort - Piste Hors
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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PG, thanks for that bit of history - worth reading just for the piccy of
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| Yé-Yé girls Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy |
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Excellent piece, also giving an incite into the way ski 'resorts' were 'developed' in France.
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PG, Did'nt someone commit suicide at the end of all that ? I thought it was either the Architect (who was finanacially invovled too) or the Jazz musician ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| PG, Did'nt someone commit suicide at the end of all that ? I thought it was either the Architect (who was finanacially involved too) or the Jazz musician ? |
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I have skied Le Corbier and La Toussuire. It is interesting now to learn of the local politics and inter village rivalries at the time they were developed.
I suppose the one key message is never do business on the strength of a handshake
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... or milkshake
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Frosty, I don't know, but perhaps davidof has some info on this?
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| Frosty, I don't know, but perhaps davidof has some info on this? |
Hi PG,
When researching the original article I was told that Christian Guerin was living in Grenoble however someone recently told me that Marie Jo Vallençant was living happily in Chamonix which is not the case - well not unless you call resting in the Chamonix cemetry happy. Jean-Noël Augert who runs a ski hire shop in la Toussuire (or la Tossers if you one of the Natives) would know.
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