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Flea markets in France are a cultural experience
Here in the middle of nowhere in rural France where I live, the pace of life is slow and wonderfully tranquil most of the time. In the summer months though, it gets rather more lively.
Long sunny days are de rigeur, even in Pas de Calais at the tip of northern France. Southerners call it “the north pole of France.” And though it might be a bit of an exaggeration to give it that name, it’s true, it rarely reaches the toasty temperatures experienced in the south. A friend of mine who lives in the far south tells me that when it gets really hot there, the only way she can sleep is to soak her nightdress in water, keep it in the freezer all day and put it on frozen stiff just before she goes to bed. There’s none of that going on in the north I can tell you. But it is pleasantly warm.
When the sun is out here, there’s nowhere more lovely than the beautiful beaches of the Opal Coast, more relaxing than the glorious countryside – or more French that flea markets!
Flea market fanatics
French people are mad for flea markets. You’ll see signs advertising brocantes, marchés aux puces and vide greniers (literally it means empty your attic) all over the place. It’s a national obsession to browse stalls set out in the stree
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My French Life: Finding Kendo Nagasaki assume the Flea Market
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Continental Wrestling Association
Former professional wrestling promotion
Not to be confused with Catch Wrestling Association or Continental Championship Wrestling.
Continental Wrestling Association (later the Championship Wrestling Association) was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling or the Memphis territory. This promotion was a chief NWA territory during the 1970s and early 1980s while operating out of Tennessee and Kentucky. The CWA was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1986 and affiliated with the American Wrestling Association until 1989. In 1989, the CWA merged with the World Class Wrestling Association to form the United States Wrestling Association thus ceasing to exist as a separate entity. Lance Russell and Dave Brown were the television commentators and hosts for the Memphis territory, including the Continental Wrestling Association.
Throughout the existence of the CWA, there were notable feuds that took place.[1] These feuds included Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee in 1977, and Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler in 1981.
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