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Antibes Bookshop Hosts Dame Vera Lynn
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On the 70th
anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the Forces
Sweetheart
Dame Vera Lynn
topped the UK album charts and re-issued her autobiography
Some
Sunny Day.
On Friday 18th September Dame Vera, a regular visitor to the
Cote d'Azur, was guest of honour at
Heidi's English
Bookshop
in Antibes, where she signed almost 100 copies of her memoires.
Local journalist
Liz Morgan
and
David Rowe
produced this video report for
RivieraLife.tv.
Antibes Books (Heidi's
English Bookshop), 24 Rue Aubernon, 06600 Antibes Tel: 04
93 34 74 11
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Review: Dame Vera Lynn - Some Sunny Day
Crawley Observer 24 Aug 09
Amongst the acres of newsprint devoted to reminding us that Dame
Vera Lynn is the forces sweetheart her genuine record selling
and live performance success tends to be overlooked. So it is
good to be reminded in her autobiography, called Some Sunny Day,
that she was a talented hit-making and concert-performing singer
in her own right for decades. |
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Chart topper Dame Vera Celebrates in Golfe Juan
Mail Online 13 Sep 09
Dame Vera, who is 92, celebrated with a meal of champagne and
king prawns at the
Nou
Nou
fish restaurant in Golfe-Juan
on the Cote D'Azur in southern France. 'I plan to stay in the
South of France for another couple of weeks and just relax and
celebrate. 'It's not too hot and a lot of the tourists have gone
so its very pleasant now.
We
have
been
coming
here
for
years.
Richard Simpson. |
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The
International Club
of the Riviera
with the Actors Abroad
Company
presents the
Old Time Music
Hall.
Directed by
Liz Morgan
it is 'an
extraordinary extravaganza with artistes brought at great
expense' to the Antibea Theatre. Sponsored by
Events
by George,
this nostalgia fest starred
Liz Morgan,
Johnny
Dennis,
Peter Reeves,
Helen Patrick,
Frank Kovacs,
Samantha Z
and maestro
Stuart Barham.
Watch our video report on this truly magniloquent musical. |
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The 65th anniversary of
the liberation of the South of France from Nazi occupation by allied
forces was celebrated August 09 in Cavalaire-sur-Mer. The 'Glorious
G.I.s' from the U.S. were aided by Canadian, British and French
Resistance forces. Originally called Operation Anvil, the landings were
re-named Operation Dragoon.
RivieraLife.tv's
David Rowe reports on this lesser known but significant episode of World
War II. |
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November 11th 2008
was the 90th anniversary of the end of World War 1, Since then
millions more soldiers have scarificed their lives in conflicts
around the world. This video report records the 90th anniversary
ceremony at the
Bordighera British
Cemetery on
the Italian Riviera. The
Rev. Douglas Bean,
Chaplain of St. John's Anglican Church in Menton conducted the
ceremony. |
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Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin was guest of honour at a garden party hosted by the Prince
Albert II of Monaco Foundation in July. On the 40th anniversary of his
pioneering mission to the moon, Aldrin whose lunar landing vehicle was
called 'The Eagle', helped to celebrate an exhibition of Eagle
sculptures around Monaco, organised by Eco Art International to benefit
Prince Albert II's environmental projects around the world.
RivieraLife.tv was there, check out our video report. |
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Monaco
based beauty products company Daniele de Winter was launched in 2003.
With the launch of the 'deW InsideOut' beauty product range in 2006, the
company enjoyed rapid growth from local niche skincare company to a
global beauty phenomenon. The company founder InsideOut is a range of luxury
beauty products based on solid scientific research. In this
video clip Daniele de
Winter explains her life mission to turn
science into pleasure.
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