Dear Madam,
I think this photo was taken somewhere in the Somme (Northern France). The type of mill in the background is very specific to this region and more specifically to the Somme coastal region. Today, a restored example of this mill type is still present in the open-air museum of Villeneuve d’Ascq near Lille (France). This type of mill does not occur in Flanders.
Kind regards,
Raymond Six
Nieuwkerke-Heuvelland (Belgium) raymondsix@hotmail.com
Raymond Six says
Dear Madam,
I think this photo was taken somewhere in the Somme (Northern France). The type of mill in the background is very specific to this region and more specifically to the Somme coastal region. Today, a restored example of this mill type is still present in the open-air museum of Villeneuve d’Ascq near Lille (France). This type of mill does not occur in Flanders.
Kind regards,
Raymond Six
Nieuwkerke-Heuvelland (Belgium)
raymondsix@hotmail.com
Michelle Ule says
Ah, thank you. I wrote this blog post so long ago, I don’t remember where I obtained the photo. I’ll make the correction.