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ISSUE 43
SEPTEMBER 2012
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News and What’s On information for the Dordogne and surrounding area
UK police horses enjoy a Dordogne retirement
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Boost for Dordogne TGV link
Charles Gillooley
Tributes to key figure in local life TRIBUTES have been paid to the British head of the Dordogne’s estate agent association, Charles Gillooley, who has died at his home in Le Bugue, at the age of 59. Mr Gillooley was heavily involved in local life and spent an active nine years as president of the Dordogne branch of Fnaim. He had known for just three months that he had motor neurone disease. He came to France in 1979 with his wife Gil to work in a private international school in Mussidan. He went on to start a small language school in Périgueux and then teamed up with Keith Wilson in Le Bugue to work in the estate agency business, expanding it to a point where he was running five offices. Angela Martyn, who worked with him for more than five years said: “He was always willing to give his time and his customers got a service that extended way beyond the normal call of duty as an estate agent.” Î Turn to p4
by JANE HANKS
UNESCO BADGE IS A BONUS FOR RIVER What new status means for area, p7
Paris but neither pass directly through the Dordogne. Périgueux mayor Michel THE DORDOGNE’S bid to Moyrand has been campaignbring Périgueux within three ing for years to make sure that hours of Paris by train – cutting the department is not left the journey time by a third – has behind. He has advocated elecmoved a step closer to success. trifying the rails from his city Campaigners have warmly to Limoges to enable TGV welcomed the decision by the trains to continue on to French rail track operator RFF Périgueux once the new (Réseau Ferré de France) that Poitiers-Limoges line is built. the Dordogne capital should be The trains would not be at linked to the proposed Poitiersfull speed from Limoges to Limoges high-speed train route. Michel Moyrand: mayor of This was considered to be Périgueux backs campaign Périgueux, but it would mean that passengers could travel €50million cheaper than the directly to Paris without changing. The journey alternative route, joining the Bordeaux-Tours time would be cut by one and a half hours – line via Coutras. The committee promoting the meaning that a round trip would be possible in route believe it would be possible for the link to a day, which would be particularly useful for be established by 2020. The committee has also businesspeople. asked the RFF to discuss the number of trains Î Turn to page 2 to Paris – they are hoping for four return journeys a day. A public inquiry into the LimogesM 05151 - 43 - F: 0,95 E Poitiers line will start this autumn and if it goes through, work could begin in 2015. At present, there are two new TGV lines planned to extend into the south-west from
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