Figure 1.-- We are not entirely sure what to make of the caption for this French primary school. It was labelef Polygone Classe de Lili. We thought at first it was a school in Lille, a city in northern France, but then decided that it probably meant that it meant that this was the school Lili, a girl, attended. Polygone is French for Polygon. We are not sure what that has to do with the school, perhaps it was the name of the school. The image was also marked 'memorie de Brest'. Apparentltly Lili's school was located in Brest--a French Atlantic-coast sea port. The class portrait was taken in 1961. A few children werar smocks. It was apparently taken on a cool day as we see sweaters and coats as well as heavy shoes. Intetrestingly, one girl wears long pants, that was not yet very common. We assume it was because the weather was chilly. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

We are not entirely sure what to make of the caption for this French primary school. It was labelef Polygone Classe de Lili. We thought at first it was a school in Lille, a city in northern France, but then decided that it probably meant that it meant that this was the school Lili, a girl, attended. Polygone is French for Polygon. We are not sure what that has to do with the school, perhaps it was the name of the school. The image was also marked 'memorie de Brest'. Apparentltly Lili's school was located in Brest--a French Atlantic-coast sea port. The class portrait was taken in 1961. A few children werar smocks. It was apparently taken on a cool day as we see sweaters and coats as well as heavy shoes. Intetrestingly, one girl wears long pants, that was not yet very common. We assume it was because the weather was chilly. One boy also wears long pants, in his case with a smock. The other boys wear sjort pants even though the wearher is obviously chilly. The school has a modern look to it. Brest was heavily damaged during World War II. It was a major port for German U-boats. The U-boats were protected by a bomb-proof reinforced cement open, but the rail lines leading to the port was attacked by the RAF to interdict supplies. As a result, large areas of the city were leveled. Perhaps this was one of the new schools built after the War.

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