The shops and artisans of Vierville during the war
Informed photo of Pavée Street dating from February 15, 1944. By clicking the original photo appears
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A shoemaker, the father Balmont, was installed between the 2 wars rue Pavée (A, after the bakery) in the current building of Mr. Claude SUZANNE (a descendant of Dagoubert, carpenter and mechanic).
Father Balmont had a talkative parrot that was a real attraction. We even went to see the shoemaker only to hear him call his master "Balmont, Ya du monde! There are people! ".
Another shoemaker, Mr Davot, practiced in the impasse Pavée, B, next to the last tobacco coffee, before the war and a few years later.
(details) Claude Suzanne's building
Tobacco shop
Before and during the war, the tobacconist was run by Miss Marguerite Lemoigne in the house of the Le Bastard family, located on rue de la Mer.
After the war, this installation lasted until 1959, when the Le Bastards having taken over their house to live there, Miss Lemoigne moved her tobacco shop next to the Dumont grocery store, C, rue Pavée, at the entrance of rue du Hamel au Prêtre.
Tobacco closed permanently around 2000, when the Dumont café-épicerie closed.
The Dumont grocery store-café, (C) on the corner of Rue du Hamel-Au-Prêtre, around 1910
Below, after the war
Café-épicerie Dumont then Dubosq
Located on Rue Pavée, C, at the corner of the dead end and at the entrance to Rue du Hamel-au-Prêtre, it existed before the war and closed in 2000. It had a gas pump, like the other grocery store on Rue Pavée.
It would have been opened in the 1920s or 1930s, by M and Mrs. Dumont.
Before its closure on September 30, 2000, it was held by Mrs. Dubosq, who had bought back the fund around 1985
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A brief announced the closure of the grocery-bar-tobacco store held in Vierville-sur-Mer by Jacqueline and André Dubosq. After fifteen years and a month of activity, they retired and had to welcome their last customers the following Saturday.
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After fifteen years and a month in Vierville, Jacqueline and André Dubosq announced the closure of their grocery store-bar-tobacco the following Saturday. Eager to retire, they had put the business up for sale for several months without finding a buyer. André, formerly employed in the sugar industry in Cagny, had followed his wife when she bought the shop.
He expressed his bitterness at the evolution of the village. In his eyes, the closure of the school, the departure of the parish priest and the successive disappearance of businesses showed a lack of dynamism, which he opposed to the opening of two hotels in three years in Saint-Laurent. He recalled having enlarged the bar three times and created a bread deposit: when they arrived, the bar was just a simple refreshment bar.
André recognized the importance of a good tourist clientele during the summer. In winter, however, he estimated that the inhabitants preferred the large supermarkets of Bayeux and only kept a troubleshooting role at the grocery store. He regretted the lack of support and openness policy. These judgments are those of the merchant questioned.
The La Pie qui Tête hotel, run by Monique Veyrat, was to temporarily take over the newspapers. These could return to the grocery store if a sale was successful; the resumption of tobacco depended on the tax administration. The couple did not plan to retire in Vierville, but remained waiting for a buyer.
The newspaper concluded that this closure would leave a void in the life of the village and regretted the decrease in the place of local shops, places of presence and social relations.
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After fifteen years and a month at the head of the Vierville grocery-bar-tobacco store, Jacqueline and André Dubosq announced a final opening the following Saturday, before their retirement. Their business had been on sale for several months without having found a buyer.
A former employee of the sugar industry in Cagny, André had followed Jacqueline, owner of the fund, when she had settled in Vierville. In front of the almost empty shelves, he expressed his bitterness about the future of local commerce. He associated the aging of the village, the closure of the school and the departure of the parish priest with a succession of disappeared businesses, while comparing this situation to the two hotels opened in three years in Saint-Laurent.
However, the couple had enlarged the bar three times and added a deposit of bread. André proudly showed the path traveled since the original simple refreshment bar. He acknowledged that tourists kept the establishment alive in the summer, but regretted that in winter the inhabitants prefer the supermarkets of Bayeux and only resort to the store to help themselves. He said he lacked support and policy of openness; these appreciations are his.
The newspaper depot was to be provisionally taken over by the La Pie qui Tête hotel, whose owner Monique Veyrat appeared in a photograph. If the business is sold, newspapers could return to it. The future of tobacco depended, André said, on the tax administration.
The spouses did not want to spend their retirement in Vierville, but were still waiting for a possible sale. The report highlighted the void left by this local trade and the disappearance of places of exchange that had long supported the social life of the villages.
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Gray store called "Le Gallois" (rue Pavée), D,
Installed in the building of the Le Gallois family on rue Pavée, it existed before the war of 14-18 and had in the 30s and 40s an arm gas pump with 2 5-liter tanks, filled and emptied alternately.
It was held successively, even before the war, by Mrs. Delacour, then Mrs. Gromelon (wife of the electrician), then Mrs. Bourg, then Mrs. Françoise, then Miss Bataille, then Mrs. Gicquiau. After a period of closure, the store was taken over around 2000, then bought by Mrs. Marie-Eve Godard who operates it (Episervice, which now makes general food and bread deposit).
(details) before 1914, the grocery store D
The building and the grocery store Le Gallois, after raising the building
(Around 1925?) (D)
Itinerant fish Merchants
Before the war of 14-18, it was Mrs. Auvray (mother of several future small farmers in Vierville). She came from Grandcamp-les-Bains, in a cart pulled by dogs, serving the road from Grandcamp to Port-en-Bessin. In Vierville, it stopped in particular on rue Pavée and at the Hamel au Prêtre. The dogs were fed fish and smelled very strongly of fish. Several old postcards show this picturesque crew that Simone Cordelle remembered very well.
After the 39-45 war, several fish sellers passed through Vierville 1 or 2 times a week with a van, selling fish from Grandcamp fishermen, including Mrs. Callouët, Leblond, Chardon. Some sometimes made the journey on foot by pushing a small cart.
Bakeries
In the 1920s: Mr Loiseleur whose bakery may have originally been installed in the current house, E, of Mr. and Mrs. Lequier, left side of Pavée Street.
In the 1930s: Mr Chaté,
Before 1940: Mr Leroux, the bakery settled on rue Pavée, F, before Claude Suzanne's building, where the Balmont shoemaker was located.
Then after the war we note the successive bakers: MMrs Esnard, Brard, and a few others, before final closure, around 2000 with the retirement of the last baker and a non-repairable oven.
Subsequently, Episervice provided a bread deposit (from 2000?)
details before the war of 14, Mrs. Lequier's current house was a bakery-grocery-charcuterie (E)
(details) We see a store in the center right of the photo which will later become the Leroux bakery (F)
(Photo from before 1914)
Bucheries
The first butcher (Mr Houyvet) settled around 1944/45, rue de la mer before the house of Le Bastard. She moved to rue Pavée, G, around 1948/49 to replace the Dagoubert carpentry that closed at that time.
Subsequently, the butcher Mr Houyvet was replaced by Mr Legendre then by the Le Marois father then son.
This establishment closed around the year 2000.
A other butcher also operated after the war, but in the form of a store open 1 or 2 times a week. At least 2 butchers succeeded each other: MMr Francoise then Lorel (coming from Formigny) in a small room on rue Pavée H on the right, just before the current Episervice.
Forge Blin
It existed before the war, rue Pavée, J, just after the current property of the Hédont family. Closed in the 50s/55s at the death or retirement of Marshal-ferrand Auguste Blin). At that time, horses gradually disappeared, replaced by tractors. The workshop equipment seems to have been sold and has not been kept in Vierville.
(details) At the bottom left, the long building housed the forge overlooking Pavée Street. On the right, the Le Gallois building is not yet built
Before 1914
The premises of the old forge, rue Pavée
2010
Garage-workshop
Created before the war by Lucien Olard. He carried out the maintenance and repair of cars and various work on agricultural or other machinery. Around 1970, the garage was taken over by Edmond Scelles who operated it until the 1990s, when the garage was taken over by Henri Gicquiau, current owner and operator.
Craftsman carpentry or mechanic
1/ Mr. Dagoubert, carpenter and mechanic with various skills (carpentry, bicycle repair, pumps...)
The father and son Dagoubert were installed before, during and shortly after the war on rue Pavée, G, in Claude Suzanne's current building, perhaps after the location of the butcher shop that settled there around 1948 after the end of Dagoubert's activities.
Electrician Craftsman
Mr Gromelon worked during and after the war, installed rue Pavée D next to the grocery store that Mrs. Gromelon held for a few years.
He worked a lot in the village to redo electrical installations damaged by the war and occupations, (especially at the Château de Vierville) around the years 46 to 55.
He retired to Louvières and was for a long time in the service of the parish and church of Vierville.
Craftsman mason
Mr Emélie worked before and during the war, rue Pavée, K, in Mrs. Leduc's current house, just before the impasse Pavée. He had to stop around 1954/55.
Craftsman roofer
Auguste Callouët
Before and during the war, he was settled in Vacqueville in the current house of the Thomas family.
Hairdressers artisans
Two hairdressers worked in the immediate post-war years:
Mr. Lemanissier, worked on the current market place, in the 4-level building that borders it to the North
Mr Heudelin, worked on rue de la mer, at Mr Merlin's
Clothing trade
Mr Delin had a store on Pavée Street, L, overlooking the small square on the right after Episervice. He did the markets, especially that of Trévières on Friday.
He seems to have worked after the war and until around 1980.