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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
That's more like it. Boney's nephew spent alot of time in Southport and there is some evidence that the post-1848 Paris rebuilding - with it's wide boulevards and splendid shops - was based in part on Lord Street, Southport.
Which makes me think.....suppose that instead of staying by the seaside. the last Emperor of France had resided 35 miles east...instead of the Champs Elysees, there could be Blackburn Rd, Paris...instead of Wallace fountains, Ossy passoirs.... instead of the Centre George Pompidou, the Centre Peter Britcliffe...... instead of the Eiffel Tower..Le Panopticon d'Accy.....
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Spot on Tealeaf, the Southport connection must have been at the back of my mind when I thought of the connection.
I like your flight of fancy for Accy as well...!