The establishments Le Gallois
bazaar, cafe, brewery, cabin rentals, small chalets and furnished
in their different forms before and after 1939
The 4-level building built around 1930
In 1951, ceremony on June 6, on the German casemate.
The memorial of the United States National Guard, on the site of the former hotel Le Gallois and above the bunker
Around 1952, the guinguette Le Gallois provisional
A DUKW from the Van Loo scrap metal recovery company
The first Bazaar, seems to have been installed by the family Le Gallois around 1900, to the left of the downhill road, approximately at the location of the entrance of the current rue de la Percée
From that time on, the house Le Gallois rented beach cabins located between the road and the sea, at the beginning of the boulevard de Cauvigny.
She also operated a grocery store on Pavée Street (on the site of the current Episervice)
Advertisement dating from 1932
(details) On the right the 3 small rental chalets Le Gallois, and just below, the betit bazaar Le Gallois opening onto the descent street
Around 1930, a large establishment Le Gallois, the Café Eden-Bellevue, was built a little lower, between the road and the sea, where the monument of the National Guard is now. This large building was, it seems, designed to rent holiday furniture.
A 1932 advertising document described it as follows:
"The facade overlooking the boulevard and the back at sea level, which it overlooks its five floors (in fact 4 levels including 2 below the road) ; like a challenge thrown to the great ravages, is the establishment of Mr. Le Gallois. It is fully entered through the facade where the shops are located containing all the items necessary for bathers and tourists, as well as food. From these shops you enter a huge fully glazed hall serving as a coffee room, billiards, and where, during the season, parties, evenings or film performances take place.
On the side are, slightly elevated, cabins belonging either to individuals or to the aforementioned establishment, where for a modest price, you can settle comfortably and temporarily sheltered from bad weather
Going down to the sea we are struck by the imposing appearance of the building that dominates it and we can only bow to the courage of the bold man who made it so to speak get out of the waves, because it is an indisputable fact, it is that the sea eats our coasts and every year accuses a very slight progression..."
In 1943, the Germans destroyed the building and built instead the bunker containing an 88mm anti-tank gun. This bunker remains today, it is now surmounted by a monument dedicated to the United States National Guard that landed on the beach on June 6, 1944.
After the war and pending reconstruction, a wooden barracks was installed in 1951, in front of the old quarry, where the house of the Séron family is now located :
It was in 1958 that the current establishment, under the name "La Plage d'Or", (bazar, brewery, bar, furnished) was built, but on the other side of the boulevard de Cauvigny, following the resmemberment of the properties overlooking the beach.
Some old postcards
The first Le Gallois establishment was a small bazaar that can be seen on the right in the photo above, and opposite
Around 1920, Piprel restaurant and bazaar Le Gallois
First establishments Le Gallois, overlooking the downhill road to the sea
(In the center, in front of the Casino overlooking the sea)
(details) The rental cabins of Le Gallois
Some storm views under the hotel LeGallois
(details) March 1931 storm on the new establishment
March 1931, storm by high equinox tide
(details) Aerial view dating from 1938, showing the Piprel and Le Gallois establishments
(details) Around 1936, the waterfront dike was built over 600m from Vierville (to Villa Hardelay). The extension of the dike to Saint-Laurent dates from the post-war period, around 1950
(details) The new dike and the hotel Le Gallois
Below the Bar-brasserie de la Plage rebuilt after the war
1960
1960
1960
1960
(details) 2017 or 2018
